This morning, Whipped Bakeshop — whom you may remember from such adventures as the Yellow Submarine Cookies — has officially opened as a bright little corner store in Fishtown, serving La Colombe coffee and and their own cupcakes. The bakeshop occupies the first floor retail space in a LEED certified building from the architecture firm, [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Whipped Bakeshop Opens, Daily Yellow Submarine Cookies This Much Closer To Being A Reality
Aired October 21st, 2009 on Bakery, Openings and Sweets.0 CommentsTo celebrate Dia De Los Muertos, Xochitl restaurant is offering a prix fixe four course dinner for five days. The special runs from October 27th through November 1st (the actual holiday occurring on the last night) and is an affordable $35 per person. The menu reads as follows, choosing one option from each category:
The South Philly Taproom has revamped their menu again. This time, the entire menu is hormones-and-yucky-stuff-free, but still with all-natural ingredients. Some of the old choices remain, others were omitted or streamlined. For instance, chicken can no longer be added to a salad but the fries and wild boar tacos remain, tasty as ever. Along [...]
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Hub Bub Coffee — a $45,000 state-of-the-art coffee truck (yes, you heard that right), currently parked at 38th & Spruce — opened up today, and we have to say: Damn. That’s a mighty fine cup of coffee. Boasting coffee and espresso from Stump Town Coffee Roasters as well as “top-of-the-line Fetco coffeemakers, a La Marzocco [...]
Behold, The Nectar Of The Gods: Kombucha Wonder Drink
Aired October 19th, 2009 on Animal Rights, Drinks and Tea.2 CommentsSure, it’s like anything else: The healthy properties attributed to fermented tea drink known as Kombucha might well be malarkey. As with many old-world recipes, sources are foggy, health claims are more or less unprovable, and, frankly, it’s hard to trust anything modern hippies consume or make in their own kitchens. (And Kombucha has all [...]
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After a much-anticipated opening, we sat down and enjoyed a meal at the new Portuguese BYOB, Koo Zee Doo. The Northern Liberties restaurant serves their entrees and appetizers family style, allowing the table to enjoy favorite ingredients and to try new ones. Delicious and unique, the portions are just right, leaving you satiated but not [...]
Fear not the impending doom of H1N1, my friends, because we are in the season for Monster Cereals. That’s right, it’s time to get your Boo Berry, Franken Berry, and Count Chocula on. For some reason, the brain trust at General Mills thinks we only deserve these breakfast buddies around the frightening month of October. [...]
Wine School To Get Actual Smackdown By The WWE?
Aired October 15th, 2009 on Animal Rights and Phoodies.0 CommentsIn another annoying legal battle over words and phrases that companies claim to own, Philadelphia’s own Keith Wallace is being sued by the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) for his use of the word “Smackdown” in a wine-and-food pairing event hosted by his Wine School. According the the Law.com article, “WWE is opposing the Philadelphia Wine [...]
Brain Trust: Who Else Is Having A BLACK TACO Party Tonight?
Aired October 15th, 2009 on Mexican and Phoodies.9 CommentsWhat happens when a Phillies-based impromptu Internet meme goes in your mouth? We really have no idea, but tonight, we’re gonna find out. As we speak, we’ve dispatched the Phoodie Chef de Cuisine to the market to acquire the necessary ingredients for making the best Black Taco Buffet man has ever known, to be consumed [...]
We Can’t Stop Drinking This: Paul Jaboulet Aîné’s Côtes du Rhône Parallele 45
Aired October 15th, 2009 on Animal Rights and Wine.5 CommentsUnless you’ve got one of the Center City PA State Stores immediately handy, woe betide the Philadelphian looking for a cheap and very drinkable French wine at the neighborhood state store. For us, running out to get a bottle of red usually means ultimately standing at the Germantown & Girard state store, wondering if this [...]
