Philly fellow Daniel McLaughlin (pictured) is taking on 12 mainstream diets this year, one for each month. The diets range from played out (Atkins, The Zone) to practical (Minimum Wage) to WTF? (Blood Type Diet). He chronicles his travails on his pet project’s site, The Thirteenth Diet. McLaughlin’s goal is to come up with a [...]
Archive for August, 2010
What’s Lunch Without A Martini (Or Three)?
Aired August 23rd, 2010 on French, Liquor and specials.1 CommentFile this one under Ways To Ease into Fall: Le Meridien‘s $30 three-martini lunch. From now until the end of September, the hotel’s Amuse restaurant will be serving onion soup, steak frites and three martinis of your choice every lunch hour (11:30-2 p.m.). And since you’re getting three, there are plenty of choices: The Dirty [...]
I’ll Have The Heart Attack Platter With A Side Of Fried What
Aired August 20th, 2010 on Junk Food and Phoodies.0 CommentsSpotted on the boardwalk in good ol’ North Wildwood. We like the approach.
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We know that we should be scared of this — like CLOWN-SCARED — but we just can’t be. Red Stripe Man, we want to, we must, party with you. Sooner rather than later.
A Full Plate Café’s 4th Annual Rib Cook Off Shapes Up
Aired August 20th, 2010 on BBQ and Events.0 CommentsA Full Plate Café’s 4th Annual Rib Cook Off will be back this year on September 11th, and each year, the competition, which is quickly becoming a NoLibs staple, seems to get a little more stiff. This year, according to Full Plate’s Shannon Dougherty, there’s some changes in store. Among them: “- Professional Division. You [...]
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This week’s issue of the New Yorker has a great piece about Brett Ottolenghi, proprietor of Artisanal Foods in Las Vegas and something of a huckster-to-the-stars of high-end dining. In Dana Goodyear‘s profile, we follow the twentysomething Ottolenghi — who’s been selling truffles and fine foods on the web since he was a kid — [...]
In Praise Of The Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations Rome Episode
Aired August 18th, 2010 on Celebrity Chefs and TV.4 CommentsMake no mistake: Anthony Bourdain is this blog’s spirit animal. That said, No Reservations hasn’t always been a perfect television show: Both Anthony and the show’s jump-cuts can be corny, and sometimes, all that “personality” can get in the way of learning about the food. But we think this season — as the show nears [...]
The Food Trust’s Nightmarket Just One More Thing Making Fall 2010 The Most Awesome Ever
Aired August 18th, 2010 on Events.1 CommentYou know, even if we weren’t already spending the next few weeks contemplating all the wonderful things we will be this fall, we’d still absolutely love the concept behind The Food Trust‘s Nightmarket, which will set up shop every few months at locations TBA. Why? Because we like doing things at night. [h/t Meal Ticket]
Readers Write: Is Your Server Overcharging You, A Few Dollars At A Time?
Aired August 18th, 2010 on Phoodies.58 CommentsThe Phoodie.info mailbag brings us one of the more interesting controversies we’ve seen in a little while: “1601 Cafe at Tasker/Morris is overcharging Credit Cards. If you’ve been a recent patron at 1601, and have used payment methods other than cash – check your receipts. It seems that their already angry and broke bartenders are [...]
You know, for months, we’d been thinking that the Pickleback — a double-shot of pickle juice and Jameson, introduced to the Philly market, we believe, at PYT — had the honors locked down for Official Drink Of Summer 2010. (If we are to be honest, though, the honor should have been carried away by the [...]
