We had a particularly stunning Snapper plating last week in Zahav‘s Quarter, with potato foam and shaved Brussels Sprouts that was finished with what we believed to be a balsamic reduction. Sweet and briny at once, aromatic but not pungent. It had much more complexity than a typical balsamic reduction, so we assumed it was just [...]
Archive for the 'Superfoods' Category
PETA Asks Shane Victorino To Stop Eating SPAM; Phoodie Asks PETA To Just Shut The Hell Up Already, Please
Aired October 15th, 2008 on Phoodies and Superfoods.2 CommentsPeople for the Ethical Treatment of Animals recently sent Phillies outfielder Shane Victorino a letter asking him to stop eating Spam. Victorino says Spam Musubi is one of his favorite things to eat. That prompted PETA to send the Maui boy a letter documenting, what it calls, horrific findings at a pig farm that supplies [...]
Capogiro Gelato Quietly Begins Conquest Of The Other Five Boroughs
Aired August 7th, 2008 on Retail, Superfoods and Sweets.0 CommentsClick image to enlarge. When no one was looking, Center City fave/future Starbucks-size gelato juggernaut Capogiro Gelato has been creeping onto the dessert menus of finer NYC restaurants, as described in this New York magazine sidebar. While we in Philly famously do not like to share home-grown delicacies (if I catch you touching my Pennsylvania [...]
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Dept. Of Recession Chic: Infuse Your Own Damned Vodka
Aired July 24th, 2008 on Drinks, How To and Superfoods.2 CommentsApothecary got us to thinking: We’re not sure that $10 cocktails are really ok, let alone cocktails reaching multiples of that number, even if they have rare and crazy (and with all due props, delicious) ingredients. If you’re as broke as we are, try infusing your own liquors. “Infusing” is a fancy restaurant/lounge word for [...]
FROM PHILEBRITY.COM: Surely by now, you’ve seen Wawa‘s Hoagiefest promotion in pretty much everywhere advertising can be consumed. The campaign is eye-grabbing in large part because of the Yellow Submarine-esque artwork, but delve into the Hoagiefest website, and you’ll find a whole bunch of stuff you never thought you wanted. Next thing you know, you’re [...]
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“Don’t Worry, Honey, There Will Always Be Ham”: The Food Of Mad Men
Aired July 9th, 2008 on Diets, Drinks, HealthCheck, Junk Food, Phoodies and Superfoods.2 CommentsAMC’s hit show Mad Men will debut its much-anticipated second season in a few weeks. The show, set in 1960 in New York City, centers on advertising Exec Don Draper, and is an amazingly stylized glimpse into the lifestyle of the time. A lifestyle that includes smoking, drinking, cheating, eating lots of butter, oh and [...]
More Ice Cream News: Bassetts/WHYY “Terry (Gross) Garcia” Ice Cream Flavor Coming Down The Pike?
Aired June 18th, 2008 on Phoodies, Polls, Superfoods and Sweets.2 CommentsWe know that headline makes no sense. But that is only because THE WORLD MAKES NO SENSE. Witness: After hooking up during the production of WHYY’s “The Philly Food Show” last year (view clips here), Bassetts and your local public television station have partnered to produce an, uhrm, WHYY-flavored ice cream. Which brings up more [...]
Molecular Gastronana-what? Chef Jonathan McDonald Drops The Science
Aired May 15th, 2008 on Superfoods and video.0 CommentsPhoodie.info’s Collin Flatt talks with Jonathan McDonald from Snackbar about molecular gastronomy. [Director: Steve Mohimani]
Hey Mikey, We Like It! Metropolitan Granola Converts Even The Most Devout Of Scrapple Eaters
Aired May 13th, 2008 on Brunch, HealthCheck, Retail and Superfoods.1 CommentI think I can say with some degree of confidence that Metropolitan Bakery’s All-Natural Granola is the healthiest thing to pass through my body at least in this century. And it is here that I gently whisper in your ear with the fervor of a new convert, I really, really liked it! From their unassuming [...]
Up until last year, if you wanted a fresh mangosteen — a creamy, citrus-y fruit that we like to call, today, a “space mango” — you’d have to go to one of the countries where it’s grown: Australia, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Burma, Colombia, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka. (Wikipedia says there is [...]
At least it wasn’t when I was there this past year.
