Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits is part spirits history, part adventures in drinking, and part recipe collection. Jason Wilson, who writes the spirits column for the Washington Post, tells of his travels while writing about, well, booze. Though he lives in New Jersey and teaches writing [...]
Archive for September, 2010
Fork Over The Sustainable Seafood!
Aired September 7th, 2010 on Celebrity Chefs, Chefs, Props Is Due, Seafood and Top Chef.1 CommentChef Terence Feury of Fork (306 Market St.), has announced the restaurant’s new policy of serving only sustainable seafood. Fork is now sourcing the most responsible fish and shellfish, and serving only those that are caught and shipped with respect for the environment. To celebrate, Chef Feury will host a Sustainable Seafood Dinner on Wednesday [...]
Restaurant Week is quickly approaching (September 12-17 and 19-24), and we just wanted to offer you Phoodies a few words of advice. A few tips and tricks if you will….. No reservations available? Try to eat at the bar! While few places will actually let you make reservations to eat the bar, this is your [...]
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Hello Fall Brews, We’ve Missed You
Aired September 7th, 2010 on Beer, Events, In Season and Seasonal.3 CommentsFall beer overload! Now that we have dried our eyes and stopped crying about summer being over, we can drink in the wonders of fall…. or, in this case, the wonders of fall seasonal beers. Our favorite local brewers put out some of their best seasonal brews during the fall and we cannot resist with [...]
So Wrong It’s Right (And Then It’s Wrong Again): Lorenzo’s Pizza Apparel
Aired September 7th, 2010 on Animal Rights and Pizza.0 CommentsA lazy weekend stroll to the venerable Lorenzo & Sons revealed this prized artifact of modern urban warfare: The Lorenzo’s t-shirt line. A very perverse part of us nearly bought both designs until we realized they were done in late-80s “coed naked lacrosse” style, with a small logo on the front corner and the good [...]
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Attn. Food Network: Just Cast Zoe Lukas Already
Aired September 7th, 2010 on Bakery, Celebrity Chefs, Phoodies, TV and video.0 CommentsDept. Of Aw: Here’s the mega-talented Zoe Lukas of Whipped Bakeshop‘s audition video for the Food Network Challenge. Clearly, she’s got skillz.
Orbitz: A Drink With Balls! Orbitz was a drink that ruled 1997′s refrigerator with an iron fist. A drink that wasn’t afraid to say “Check out my sweet balls… My sweet, chewy, gelatin, pink balls.” But sadly, like so much Clearly Canadian and New York Seltzer, Orbitz disappeared from our grocer’s shelves and entered into [...]
The SNAPpiest Event In Philly
Aired September 2nd, 2010 on Events, Liquor and competitions.0 CommentsThe good people at Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction are putting on a Cocktail Competition and Launch Event for their new gingersnap flavored liquor SNAP, which we told you about last month. On September 13, Philly’s best mixologists will put on the snappiest cocktail competition Liberties Walk has ever seen. Some of our [...]
Unhealthy Obsession Of The Moment: Dutch Pantry
Aired September 2nd, 2010 on Brain Trust and Phoodies.0 CommentsThis post on Philebrity today about Harrisburg’s fiscal woes has led us down an Internet wormhole into all things Dutch Pantry. We are frightened, yet curious. Anybody ever been to one of these? Surely, you must have stories.
It’s ok, Nacho Libre….Nachodelphia has you covered! What do you call cheese that isn’t yours? Nacho cheese. What do you call a girl eating and rating all the nachos in Philadelphia? Nachodelphia. Since the middle of May, the writer of this tasty blog has been devouring and reviewing all the nachos she can get her [...]
