We’re lucky to live in a city with handy access to a variety of Asian supermarkets, where grocery shopping often doubles as full-immersion education, but by far our favorite is Spring Garden Market at 4th and Spring Garden. Of the ones we’ve visited in the city, SGM is the largest/cleanest/best organized, and its aisles are [...]
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Dept. Of Things We Found At Spring Garden Market: Xiao Meng Xiang Hot Pot Soup Mix
Aired February 8th, 2012 on Asian Fusion, Noodles, Pho, Ramen, Spicy, Supermarkets and soup.0 Comments“This soup is like magic,” were the first words uttered by our flu-struck friend, upon trying our new creation. And yes, he could still taste things! Another housemate/taste-tester, who typically hates tomato-based soups, was blown away by this tasty concoction. This is a marvelously healthy soup, chock full of hearty veggies. The best part about [...]
You Can Make It At Home: Pepper Pot Soup From Davio’s
Aired January 24th, 2012 on Recipes and soup.0 CommentsDavio’s Philadelphia (111 South 17th Street) is, for a limited time, offering Pepper Pot Soup. It is historically known as the dish that Washington had his baker make for his weary troops in the dead of winter in Valley Forge. Davio’s is offering a special version, made by Executive Chef David Boyle for $9 for [...]
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Lunch Savers: Wedge + Fig’s Panini Of The Day
Aired January 20th, 2012 on Lunch, Sandwiches and soup.0 CommentsWe’ve been keeping up with Wedge & Fig specials since they opened last summer. We’re always eager for their daily Facebook posts. They share their new creations everyday, happily luring us out of the office. Today’s Panini of the Day is the “West Oak Lane,” made with ham, havarti, russian dressing, avocado + tomato on [...]
Straight From Lake Wobegon: Minnesota Wild Rice Soup
Aired January 17th, 2012 on Recipes and soup.1 CommentWe stumbled across this great recipe from the very wonderful Pastry Affair this weekend, and finding ourselves once again in hibernation-mode, we dedicated our afternoon to adventures in soup-making. We’d invite you all over to try our Minnesota Wild Rice Soup, because it’s even better the second day, but we’re feeling greedy. This is the [...]
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Dept. Of Depressing: Bookbinder’s Not Even Just A Memory Anymore, Just A Lowly Jar Of Soup
Aired January 5th, 2012 on soup.2 CommentsHey, at least it’s a jar. For all of the amazing progress and wild turns Philly’s restaurant scene has experienced over the last decade, perhaps nothing hurts our hearts more than the fact that neither of the city’s legendary Old Original Bookbinder’s locations still exist. It wasn’t so much that Bookbinder’s was such a culinary [...]
What’s For Lunch: Grocery’s Soups Got Us Through The Winter And Got Us Through Today
Aired March 24th, 2011 on Lunch and soup.1 CommentOkay, we wanted to keep this a secret until now, just so we could have more amazing soup over the winter. We were in denial that today was going to be so g’damned cold, but it really friggin was, so there was no way we weren’t getting something warm for lunch. Grocery has a twitter [...]
Pardon The Re-Post, But Please Let Us Know When Someone Actually Starts Serving Soup Boots
Aired February 16th, 2010 on Animal Rights and soup.0 CommentsVia Philebrity: Local boy/comedian Dave Metter has the answer for everything ailing you today.
Attn. People Of Port Fishington And Surrounding Area: There Is A Pho Emergency
Aired February 11th, 2010 on Pho, Vietnamese and soup.2 CommentsTO MY OFTEN-BESMIRCHED PEOPLE OF THE EAST: You may not know this, but the denizens of South Philly and West Philly — yes, your own friends, in all likelihood — talk a lot of smack about you. Oh, I can’t believe so-and-so moved up to Asperger’s Beardytown, they say, where there’s no decent Thai and [...]
