In a few weeks, it will have been a full five years since the world lost Julia Child; while the timing might be coincidental, two notable tributes are currently making waves. The higher profile project is the Meryl Streep and Amy Adams vehicle Julie & Julia, in which, if you haven’t seen the constant commercials [...]
Archive for July, 2009
The show Three Sheets just appeared as a blip on our radar, but it’s already beginning its fourth season. What took us so long? Three Sheets spent its formative years on the now-defunct MOJO HD network (which we can’t recall ever watching), but has just transitioned to the higher-profile (?) Fine Living Network, garnering [...]
Ok, so we haven’t written about Jose in like a week, so it truly is time. But with this exciting news, comes a tad of sad. Our beloved restaurateur and Person Of The Year is going to be a contestant on The Food Network’s Next Iron Chef.
What’s that mean? If he wins, he joins the [...]
And Now, An Open Letter To Wawa Regarding What Could Be The Nastiest Iced Coffee In The Known World
Aired July 29th, 2009 on Animal Rights, Coffee and Phoodies.9 CommentsListen, Wawa,
We need to talk. You know we love you, right? And we know that, when it comes to Philly, you’re about as true blue as they come. But there is something that has been bothering us: It’s your iced coffee. We have two questions: Are you serious? And, are you trying to kill us?
First, [...]
Every once in a while, we feel a twinge of nostalgia for our awkward youth; granted, it’s rare, but it does happen. High on those rose-colored feelings right now, we strongly want to spend at least one of these hot 2009 summer days enjoying a favorite “meal” from our childhood: Cheesedogs washed down with a [...]
If you’re in the mood for a pub crawl tonight, Hoegaarden’s Summer Gaarden Party Series is starting back up tonight after launching last week. Each of the participating bars will have Hoegaarden tastings and giveaways. Hoegaarden, one of the best-known Belgian white beers, is ranked in the 90th percentile by the “beer snobs” (we mean [...]
We just got word that on Friday, August 14, CBS Eye Too Productions will be in Philly casting for a new competitive restaurant reality show. They’re looking for teams of two that have some sort of relationship (spouses, friends, neighbors, etc.) and want to run a restaurant (both front- and back-of-house). Sadly, if you already [...]





