When it comes to taking an inside look at the food world, few have made it more popular than Anthony Bourdain, and tomorrow, he and Eric Ripert (seen above enjoying some seafood in Chicago) are coming to the Merriam Theater (250 South Broad Street) to “share an evening of storytelling, providing the audience with a provocative back-and-forth about what really goes on behind the kitchen doors.” And the great news? We have a pair of tickets to give away. To enter to win, email ihopeiwin[at]philebrity[dot]com with “NO RESERVATIONS” in the subject header. You’ll automatically be subscribed to the forthcoming new Philebrity Reader weekly newsletter and win chances for other exclusive free stuff. We’ll be picking winners very soon so make sure you get those emails sent.

Starting at 11AM and going until the food runs out, you can stop by the corner of South 17th Street and Sansom Street, to snag a complimentary sandwich, bag of chips and a house-baked chocolate-cherry blondie. The sandwich is a crispy chicken breast topped with a sunny side up egg, frisée and bacon-soy vinaigrette.

Regardless of your opinion of the show, it sounds pretty impossible to dislike this sandwich, and for free, you really can’t beat it.

On Tuesday September 20th, Dock Street Brewery (701 South 50th Street) will be hosting the first Philadelphia screening of the documentary Urban Roots. The film follows the rise of urban farming in Detroit, spearheaded by a group of local farmers taking action to rebuild Motown into “GrowTown.” The screening is free, and Dock Street is donationg $1 per beer sold during the screening to the Tree Foundation which works to put farms in local schools.

You guys, this Saturday is National Hot Dog Day, and from 1:00PM to 6:00PM, you can get a free hot dog outside of Silicon (139 North Third Street).

You can get your free hot dog, “as long as [you] bring some new or gently used clothes or any of a wide range of goods used by children, from infants through preteens. It will be donated to Cradles to Crayons, the area organization that served more than 25,000 low-income and/or homeless children in the five-county southeastern Pennsylvania region last year.”

The dogs will be served by Scott Schroeder, chef of the South Philadelphia Taproom, at his “Scott Dogs” cart, featuring homemade hot dogs and topping, including a chili dog and homemade mustard-relish dog, that will be premiering at the National Hot Dog Day event (even if you don’t bring a donation, you can still buy a hot dog).

In addition, hot dog prints (like the one above) made by artist Hawk Krall will be on display and for sale at Silicon.

All of that aside, Pringles is running a pretty great promotion on their website. They are giving out Pringles can speakers, or a single speaker, or the electronics to make your own. To be honest, it’s not exactly clear. But all you have to do is buy 4 cans of “Super Stack” Pringles and save the receipts. After that, download and print the .pdf over on their website. Fill out the form, circle the Pringles items on your receipts, and mail them back to Pringles (we secretly love that this involves actual postage on our part). After that, “wait (at most 10 to 12 weeks) … until your speaker arrives.”

Once your Pringles cans arrive you will be the envy of all of your barbecuing friends (unless the speakers sound terrible, then you’ll only be the envy for the first 5 minutes).

·  Chef Patrice Rames, of Bistro St. Tropez, is dishing out an Easter Brunch on April 24th from 11AM-3PM. The first of three courses is a choice between Saumon (house-cured salmon with cream cheese, red onions, capers, cucumber and farmer’s greens) or Vichyssoise (customary creamy potato-leak soup). The main course’s first option is Saucisse, sausage with roasted fingerling potatoes with spanish onions, swiss chard and two fried eggs. The other choice is Mollets Florentine, a dish that consists of three poached eggs on a bed of spinach with roasted wild mushrooms and butter-poached lobster, and parmesan and grilled french baguette croutons. Dessert is Assiette de Fromages (a plate of french cheese, fruits, walnut pralines and grilled croutons) or Pain Perdue, a small plate of challah bread french toast with caramelized bananas, creme anglaise, walnut pralines, whipped cream and a drizzle of maple syrup. After brunch guests get to pick an egg out of Bistro’s Easter Basket for a chance to win either a free dinner for two, a brunch for four, bottle of wine or one of their other prizes. Bistro St. Tropez is located at 2400 Market St.

· The Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant‘s brew-master Chris LaPierre and his girlfriend Suzanne Woods are creating a pepper-infused beer called Saizanne. Starting next Tuesday, March 29, the duo will start brewing. On Saturday, April 30, from 12 noon until 5 p.m., guests can meet and greet Woods and sample the beer, which LaPierre says will be unfiltered, light-bodied, bright and complex with earthy, fruity, spicy character and a refreshing finish. Woods is also the president of In-Pursuit of Ale, an all-women beer appreciation club and the author of the beer-inspired blog, beerlass.com. The release party will be held at the Iron Hill in Maple Shade, NJ.

All you have to do is be at McGillin’s Olde Ale House on Wednesday, November 17 for a party starting at 7 p.m. At McGillin’s, you will be able to enter the raffle for $5 a ticket. You will choose a brewer that you would like to send to Belgium, and if your ticket gets pulled, both you and the brewer you selected will win the free trip.

In February 2011, Naudts will work with the winners to create a special porter that will be unveiled during the annual Philly Beer Week, June 3-12, 2011. The porter will be part of De Proef’s ongoing Brewmaster’s Collection series.

We’ve always wanted to help create an awesome beer (as well as drink it), but we have no idea which brewery we would select. How about you, Phoodies? Who would you pick?

McGillin’s Olde Ale House, 1310 Drury Street. (215)735-5562