With all of the Jose talk around town, we figured we would chat a bit about a guy who just doesn’t get enough of the spotlight: Marc Vetri. ‘Narf. Seriously though, Vetri is a bit polarizing around these parts, evidenced by showing up twice on our list of the best and worst of 2009. First, for [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Diet Vetri Tastes Like The Real Thing
Aired January 18th, 2010 on Celebrity Chefs, Italian and Openings.0 CommentsYou Came To The Right Place: Phoodie Is Here To Help
Aired January 14th, 2010 on Animal Rights.1 CommentWe recently received this email and decided to turn it over to the learned denizens of you, the Phoodie.info commenting posse: Hi- I stumbled onto your site and I’m hoping you will offer me some advice. I’m throwing a 90th Bday party for my mom in Haverford, PA. Can you perhaps suggest someone who would [...]
Gourmet Desserts Soon To Be Available Curbside
Aired January 14th, 2010 on Openings, Sweets and Trucks.2 CommentsThere’s a fancy new lunch truck rollin’ about to be around these parts, but it’s actually not a lunch truck at all — it’s a gourmet dessert truck. Sugar Cube Philly is the brain child of John Suh and his business partner Franklin Shen, who have been hard at work merging the worlds of gourmet [...]
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Moms and Margaritas at Cantina ‘Dos Segundos’ and Cantina Los Caballitos
Aired January 12th, 2010 on Uncategorized.0 CommentsOn Wednesday, January 20th from 2PM-4PM Cantina ‘Dos Segundos’ is hosting their first monthy “Moms and Margaritas” event with $2 margaritas, 1/2 price pitchers, and arts and crafts to occupy the children. “It’s time for the hardest working women in Northern Liberties to break away from the monotony of playground life and treat themselves to [...]
Philly’s Largest Outdoor (Winter) Farmers’ Market to be Held at the Piazza on Saturday
Aired January 12th, 2010 on Uncategorized.2 CommentsThis Saturday (January 16th) from 10AM-2PM the Piazza is hosting Philly’s “largest outdoor winter farmers’ market”. Featuring 20+ vendors, the list includes poultry from Griggstown Quail Farm (Princeton, NJ); produce from Culton Organics (Silver Spring, PA); goat cheeses and yogurts from Shellbark Hollow Farm (Chester, PA); fair trade coffee from Joe Coffee Bar (Philly); herbs, [...]
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Fast Food Chains in Philly Now Required to Post Nutritional Information on Menus
Aired January 11th, 2010 on Uncategorized.0 CommentsFinally on February 1st, fast-food chains in Philly will be required by law to post nutritional information on their menu boards. Other cities and states have done this in recent-ish history: New York City in the spring of 2008, and the states of California, Maine, Massachusetts, Oregon, and New Jersey (only last month). The penalties [...]
New Whole Foods Opens in Plymouth Meeting: Winter Cookouts, Giveaways
Aired January 11th, 2010 on Uncategorized.2 CommentsIt’s more than a stone’s throw away from Center City, but according to their Facebook page another Whole Foods is opening tomorrow in Plymouth Meeting (500 W Germantown Pike). At 45,000 square feet, it’s the largest Whole Foods in Philadelphia so far. Tomorrow at 10:00AM is the official “Bread Breaking Ceremony” with a cookout of [...]
Sweet Freedom: Philly’s First Vegan and Gluten-, Soy-, Dairy-, Refined Sugar-Free Bakery
Aired January 8th, 2010 on Uncategorized.7 CommentsDear those who are cursed with both dietary restrictions and a sweet tooth: meet Sweet Freedom Bakery. Opening on January 15th at 1424 South St. (215) 545-1899, Allison Lubert and Heather Esposito will offer one of the country’s only vegan and gluten-, soy-, egg-, dairy- and refined sugar-free bakeries. “Both Heather and I have struggled [...]
Michael Pollan’s Rules for Eating. Make this year a good one.
Aired January 8th, 2010 on Uncategorized.0 CommentsFrom Michael Pollan’s book In Defense of Food, the rules seem more 1910 than 2010, but offer practical advice for those of you who like to have a friendly reminder around this time of year: 1. Don’t eat anything your great-grandmother wouldn’t recognize as food. 2. Avoid food products containing ingredients that are a) unfamiliar, [...]
Bobby Flay Twitters: Bobby’s Burger Palace Is Coming to West Philly
Aired January 7th, 2010 on Uncategorized.1 CommentYou cannot escape the BBP logo on Bobby Flay’s Burger Palace website it’s because of this logo that the Flay PR team probably opted out of “Bobby’s Burger World,” the more obvious title. According to his Twitter posts here and here from yesterday, the newest Palace location is at 325 Walnut St., at the Radian. [...]
