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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Garces Trading Co. To Open Next Tuesday
Aired February 9th, 2010 on Bakery, Celebrity Chefs, Cheese, Coffee, Openings and Sandwiches.0 CommentsCan’t get enough of Philly’s own Iron Chef, Jose Garces? Uh, neither can we. Next Tuesday, February 16th, Garces will open his sixth culinary venture, the hotly-awaited gourmet market and café called Garces Trading Company, located on 1111 Locust Street. With operating hours of Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Saturday and [...]
We know that today, dear readers, you’re all either wondering how you’re going to find 8 cheap, plastic baby dolls for your Octomom costumes (not to mention wondering who’s going to be your Jon Gosselin look-alike date), or trying to find time to go rifle through the dregs at I. Goldberg for that sailor outfit [...]
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Whipped Bakeshop Opens, Daily Yellow Submarine Cookies This Much Closer To Being A Reality
Aired October 21st, 2009 on Bakery, Openings and Sweets.0 CommentsThis morning, Whipped Bakeshop — whom you may remember from such adventures as the Yellow Submarine Cookies — has officially opened as a bright little corner store in Fishtown, serving La Colombe coffee and and their own cupcakes. The bakeshop occupies the first floor retail space in a LEED certified building from the architecture firm, [...]
Brown Betty Petite (the offshoot of Brown Betty Dessert Boutique in Northern Liberties) will celebrate their first b-day on October 9th in delicious fashion. On this day stop into the Rittenhouse Square bakery and finagle some sugary goodness for the low, low price of free. They’re shutting down sales. They don’t want you to buy [...]
You Wish You Had This Dish: Yellow Submarine Cookies From Whipped Bakeshop
Aired August 17th, 2009 on Bakery and You Wish You Had This Dish.0 CommentsAt a baby shower over the weekend, we spied these Yellow Submarine Cookies, courtesy of Whipped Bake Shop, which we hear will be opening up a Fishtown outpost in the not-too-distant future. If Whipped’s whimsical taste on Food That Looks Like Stuff seems familiar to you, that’s because Whipped is headed up Phoodie fave Zoë [...]
Metropolitan Bakery in Rittenhouse To Offer Artisan Cheeses, We Start Drooling
Aired August 14th, 2009 on Bakery and Cheese.0 CommentsWhile it will never take the place in our hearts reserved for the Downtown Cheese Shop in Reading Terminal Market, we are glad to hear that Metropolitan Bakery is going to be selling American artisan cheeses at their 19th street location. We scanned the cheese list and one of our interns, who happened to go to [...]
Cupcake Truck Makes Snacking Even Easier
Aired July 21st, 2009 on Bakery, Junk Food and Uncategorized.0 CommentsHaving spent the past year envying NYC’s iconic Treats Truck and the way it distributes its delicious baked goods like an ice cream truck (but being too proud to admit it), we were happy/relieved to read that Philly’s finally getting a snackwagon of our own. It’s about time! Buttercream, the bakery run out of Philly [...]
At least it wasn’t when I was there this past year.
