The 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 [...]
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The SNAPpiest Event In Philly
Aired September 2nd, 2010 on Events, Liquor and competitions.0 CommentsThe Food Trust’s Nightmarket, which we mentioned recently, has just announced its first outing, for Thursday, September 30th at Passyunk Ave. and Tasker St. in South Philly, where all kinds of phoodie wares will be onsale. Not a lot of info about who’ll be selling what exactly yet, but updates are promised soon.
A Full Plate Café’s 4th Annual Rib Cook Off Shapes Up
Aired August 20th, 2010 on BBQ and Events.0 CommentsA Full Plate Café’s 4th Annual Rib Cook Off will be back this year on September 11th, and each year, the competition, which is quickly becoming a NoLibs staple, seems to get a little more stiff. This year, according to Full Plate’s Shannon Dougherty, there’s some changes in store. Among them:
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The Food Trust’s Nightmarket Just One More Thing Making Fall 2010 The Most Awesome Ever
Aired August 18th, 2010 on Events.1 CommentYou know, even if we weren’t already spending the next few weeks contemplating all the wonderful things we will be this fall, we’d still absolutely love the concept behind The Food Trust’s Nightmarket, which will set up shop every few months at locations TBA. Why? Because we like doing things at night. [h/t Meal Ticket]
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 [...]
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Attn. Cooking Channel-loving freegans, if you exist: Ching He-Huang of Chinese Cooking Made Easy on the Cooking Channel is going on an ice cream truck tour! Of the USA! For reals?!?! Now, we don’t have the scoop (tee-hee) on what the flavors are except that they are allegedly the “summer’s most delicious…coolest, tastiest flavors” and [...]
The secret-garden-y, otherwordly suburban near-paradise Terrain at Styers is giving you more reasons to go all the way to Glenn Mills. This Saturday, Warren Brown from CakeLove (making delicious cakes from scratch in the D.C., Virginia, Maryland neck of the woods) is having a tasting (!) and signing his new cookbook for you, United Cakes [...]
Garces Doing A Mean Brunch And A Meaner Dinner
Aired June 29th, 2010 on Beer, Brunch, Celebrity Chefs, Events and Jose Garces.0 CommentsFor all of you avid brunch-goers, Garces Trading Company does a weekend brunch (from 11am to 2:30pm) as of now. One option is to go for the $25 prix fixe menu, which includes 3 courses and a refreshing, booze-free beverage. Potential combinations include Fresh Summer Melon with mint labneh and spiced pecans, Blueberry Muffin French [...]
The Wine School of Philadelphia’s latest installment of Sommelier Smackdown – a monthly culinary competition that pits two wine professionals in a palate v. palate battle of food and wine pairing ability – will feature Christian Garces of Peruvian-Cantonese fusion restaurant Chifa.
The Chicago-native started his Philadelphia food career in 2005, joining his brother (and Iron [...]
In a mash-up of all things manly, Spanish tapas restaurant Bar Ferdinand in Northern Liberties will offer a Steer & Beer dinner on Thursday June 24 featuring meals of Prime Black Angus Beef from Green Meadow Farm in Gap, Pa. and craft beer from River Horse Brewing Co. in Lambertville, N.J.
The five-course meal created by [...]
