The Art of Bread, a new Main Line bakery-style café, will be opening June 1st. Georges Perrier is behind The Art of Bread, where he says he will be bringing handmade baguettes like the shops of his hometown Lyon, France to the people of Narberth. The Art of Bread will be serving coffee, cakes, and [...]
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(Happiest-Looking) Blogger (We’ve Ever Seen) Gets Year’s Supply of Free Doughnuts
Aired May 9th, 2011 on Bakery, Doughnuts, Openings, Phoodies and Sweets.2 CommentsHappiness, thy name is Krispy Kreme. Last Wednesday, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts opened its doors on 16th and Chestnut Streets for the first time. According to Philly Chit Chat, when the doors opened at 6:00AM, first in line to enter was Ryan Hatt, baker, blogger, and Philadelphia Zoo employee. Being first in line paid off for [...]
Today is Fastnacht Day in Philadelphia — the day where you eat as many hole-less donuts as you can before Lent starts. A sort of PA Dutch version of Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, Fastnacht comes out of an Old Country custom, with similar traditions celebrated in Germany and Switzerland as well. You can get [...]
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5th Day Of Christmas Cookies: Peanut Butter Kisses
Aired December 17th, 2010 on Bakery, Chocolate, Peanut Butter, Sweets and christmas.0 CommentsOh hells yea. We weren’t gonna have a baking bonanza and forget about these babies. I used to make these with my roommate in college, and, between the two of us and all of the kids on our floor who would come wandering towards the lovely smell coming from our door, we’d manage to finish [...]
We don’t know about you, but when we visit our families over the holidays, we can’t shut up about the awesomeness that is the Philly food scene. For those that just don’t get it, but would never make it to our neck of the woods to try it out for themselves, look into which of [...]
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The Turducken Of Desserts – What We Like To Call “The Pumppel Experience”
Aired November 18th, 2010 on Bakery, Food Porn and Sweets.0 CommentsAttn. 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.
So, apparently there’s a bagel joint in Jenkintown called Fill A Bagel that is celebrating the Flyers’ entry into the Stanley Cup run with a curiously hued breakfast baked good. Behold, then, the Flyers Bagel. It’s a very, VERY orange poppy-seed bagel that supposedly doesn’t actually taste like orange – it’s just dyed. Whether we’re [...]
On March 27th, starting at 11 a.m., there will be a “secret” bake sale at Piranha Betty’s Art Market in Fishtown. According to our tip, this is a monthly roving bake sale founded by several people for as-yet unknown reasons. However, upon thorough Google searching, one can find their Facebook page, so you can secretly [...]
With Ash Wednesday only a day away, we’re prepping to give up our guiltiest pleasure for the next 40 days… DONUTS!  Keeping to our roots, we’re going to hit up Haegele’s Bakery located in the Mayfair-Wissinoming section of Philadelphia to celebrate Fasnacht Day (alternately known as fasnacht kinklings), an old German delectable. Glen Haegele, the [...]
