Or maybe not wonderful at all. You be the judge. After reading Drew Lazor‘s City Paper cover story on Philly pizza (lede: “The pizza in Philly sucks.”), we’ll admit we’ve had slices on the brain. But if you’re still not convinced about our city’s dough (apparently, it’s all about the water, man), there’s an alternative [...]
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And now, the latest from the 85th greatest hard rock band of all time, WhiteSnake: A wine for all your hot tub jolly needs. The marketing can’t be beat: “It’s a bodacious, cheeky little wine, filled to the brim with the spicy essence of sexy, slippery Snakeyness … I recommend it to complement any & [...]
Phoodie.info Predicts The Future: Forthcoming Claims To Be Made In Future Stephen Starr Press Releases
Aired April 22nd, 2010 on Bad Food Writing and Stephen Starr.11 CommentsWe know, we know: It’s a little petty, but we’re still a little bit miffed about yesterday’s Stephen Starr’s press release claim that, essentially, Philly has never seen a real-deal mixology/high-end cocktail joint when hello, throw a rock around here and you’ll hit one. We went to the Phoodie.info staff counselor in a tizzy (“Again?,” [...]
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With Friends Like Patel, Who Needs Enemas?
Aired April 14th, 2010 on Bad Food Writing and Phoodies.0 CommentsFrom ektaindiancuisine.com: Well, if you have to ask… maybe you shouldn’t. Some dude named “Patel” has started a very weird tribute indeed to Ekta on Girard Ave. in Fishtown, with a mix of faint praise, health code violations and, just for good measure, a bit of good ol’ domain squatting. While we’ve had our problems [...]
America’s Favorite Dumpling On A Stick: The Corndog
Aired November 12th, 2009 on Bad Food Writing, Carbs, Hot Dogs, Junk Food and Uncategorized.2 CommentsPhiladelphia is known for many things; sadly, we are not known for our corndogs. You’d think that Philly would be more of a corndog town; all of our trademark foods are unhealthy like corn dogs. Cheesesteaks, cream cheese, soft pretzels, and Breyers, and not a famous Philly corndog in sight. Corndogs seem to fit right [...]
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The Hoagieman On Twitter: He’s The “Deep Thoughts” Of The Hoagie World
Aired August 27th, 2009 on Bad Food Writing and Phoodies.0 CommentsSomewhere, someone whom we can only imagine is very, very stoned just started up a new Twitter account called TheHoagieman. And it is all so very Jack Handey. Except it’s all about hoagies. We just thought you should know.
Hot Potato: Lied To Us, About To Feel The Fiery Tongue Of Gordo
Aired May 19th, 2009 on Bad Food Writing and Celebrity Chefs.13 CommentsPreternaturally doomed carb-peddlers Hot Potato are going to have a lot of ‘splaining to do this week: For one, they’re going to have to explain a lot of things to Gordon Ramsay who, it has now been confirmed, will be taking over the Fishtown BYOB for an episode of his show, Kitchen Nightmares. But for [...]
Shame On You, Lesley Stahl!
Aired March 16th, 2009 on Animal Rights, Bad Food Writing, Locavore and Phoodies.8 CommentsIn case you missed last night’s 60 Minutes report on slow food maverick Alice Waters, check it out above. What should have been a quick, easy, “Hey, America, here’s Alice Waters, she’s trying to make you less fat and ignorant!” type piece instead came out the whole other way around. Lesley Stahl‘s piece is littered [...]
Will The Real El Camino Real Review Please Stand Up?
Aired February 25th, 2009 on BBQ, Bad Food Writing and reviews.5 CommentsSince we gave it our first solid run-through back in December, Owen Kamihira‘s El Camino Real has become a Phoodie go-to staple. This has been for two reasons: One, geography, and two, Camino’s excellent, amazing, nothing-quite-like-it-in-town Waygu Brisket. But in the last week, two significant reviews of El Camino Real have surfaced: Trey Popp‘s evisceration [...]
City’s Most Intellectually Lazy Blogger Tries To Replace Beer Lass, LULZ Ensue
Aired February 6th, 2009 on Bad Food Writing and Beer.0 CommentsWhen we put the smack down on Philadelphia Weekly a few weeks back for acting like a tribe of right jackanapeses over their Beer Week rollout, we also let it be known that PW had gotten rid of their Beer Lass column, penned by the Beer Lass herself, Suzie Woods. Well, this week, PW launched [...]
