Hey, anybody remember this stuff? For a time, in the late 1980s, Clearly Canadian was the very height of soda-fying luxury, a status symbol on par with one of those t-shirts that changed colors. The “flavoured sweet sparkling water” preceded the whole high-end-ish beverage market by years, and while it’s still in production, we couldn’t [...]
Archive for August, 2010
Hey, You Know What Was Awesome? Clearly Canadian Was Awesome
Aired August 18th, 2010 on Drinks.2 CommentsCelebrate Catering with Further Catering (For Free!)
Aired August 17th, 2010 on Beer, Free and Openings.0 CommentsSouth Philly’s Birchtree Catering is throwing a launch party this Thursday, 6-9 p.m. at the Fleisher Art Memorial, and it has all the makings of a good time: Dock Street’s Summer Session wheat beer, a “triple shot cold soup station,” with Caramelized Carrot and Ginger, Citrus and Beet and Clean Green Cucumber Soups and bunches [...]
Philly Beer School: The Only Kind of Summer School We Promote
Aired August 17th, 2010 on Beer.0 CommentsIt’s Philly Beer School‘s second to last summer class and there are three tickets left. Tomorrow night (7:30 sharp — best be on time, we don’t know what the deal is with tardies and such) they’ll hold a Brewer Master Class (talk & tasting) with Head Brewer of Flying Fish, Casey Hughes. Tickets are $36 [...]
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This Just In: Final Menu for Amada’s Heirloom Tomato Fest And It Is Bangin’
Aired August 17th, 2010 on Jose Garces and specials.1 CommentFor one week starting tomorrow, Garces’s Amada will be celebrating Spain’s La Tomatina Festival. The festival is actually a big-ass food fight but since, being Philadelphians and all, we’re civilized — there will be none of that. Instead, Amada chef MacGregor Mann created a menu of dish after dish of heirloom tomato goodness. Each of [...]
Adam Kanter (owner and mixologist of Rum Bar) is bringing in Paul Francis Yellin (chef, rum expert) for something they’re calling Rum Fusion. There are two separate menus seating at two different times on Wednesday, August 18th; the concept is fancy rum and Carribean food. The pairings include Sugar Cane Speared Drunken Chicken with Watermelon [...]
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Bistrot La Minette is doing a couple of interesting things: First, the place celebrates its second birthday on Wednesday, August 25th where they’re offering a three-course meal for $22, and glasses of French wine for $2 a pop. Then, in September, they’re extending Restaurant Week to Restaurant Month; with $30 three-course meals or $42 ones [...]
The Fair Food Farmstand in Reading Terminal Market is doing a “Meet Your Local Cheesemaker Happy Hour” on Wednesday, August 25th from 4-6pm. The cheesemaker is Ian MacDonald of Cherry Grove (based in New Jersey.) There will be a number of cheeses for tasting, but the big cheese (teehee) is called Maidenhead, a rich, dense [...]
If You Have Ever Had A Pitch For Philebrity Or Phoodie.info, Now Is The Time
Aired August 12th, 2010 on Authors.1 CommentWe know that some of you have been wondering what is up with Philebs the last few weeks (erratic posting, low post count, absentee-ism), and we might as well come clean: It’s not laziness. We swear. As it happens, we’ve been taking lots of time, making deals, meeting with folks, mapping out some new stuff, [...]
The Only Slushie That Comes With The Risk Of Heart Failure/Clothing Loss
Aired August 12th, 2010 on Animal Rights.0 CommentsWe don’t know why we’re telling you this. We were pretty hopeful that this stuff would be gone by now. Nonetheless, the saccharine, cough-syrupy taste of Four LOKO is unfortunately still in Philly’s mouth. This Friday (and the Friday after that, etc…) you can experience the Four LOKO Slushie (in cranberry-lemonade, orange, or grape) at [...]
