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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Yay Or Nay: Tyrrell’s Sweet Chilli & Red Pepper Potato Chips
Aired December 15th, 2009 on Junk Food and Yay or Nay.2 CommentsTyrrell’s Potato Chips hail from Herefordshire in the jolly old UK, so we suppose it might be more culturally sensitive to call them “crisps.” (However, in what is perhaps the first move ever by the English foodies to assimilate into American culture, it clearly says “potato chips” on the bag. We don’t know how to [...]
Yay Or Nay: Zapp’s Limited-Edition Spicy Creole Tomato Potato Chips, Spiked With Tabasco Sauce
Aired November 17th, 2009 on Junk Food, Object Of Desire and Yay or Nay.3 CommentsIt’s been a while since we did a Yay Or Nay, but these babies, encountered in line for a sammich at Palm Market today, are firing on so many cylinders that we had to table whatever we were doing for a few moments, just to consider them. Around the shell of Lousiana’s beloved Zapp’s Potato [...]
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When we casually mentioned The Wawa Gobbler in a comment on Philebrity last week, we were instantly hit with further comments, IMs and emails, begging us to road test this sandwich as soon as possible. So today, craving a spot of rainy-day comfort, we did. The Wawa Gobbler, of course, is part of Wawa’s Thanksgiving-ramp-up [...]
Yes, we’re a nation of TastyFlakes from the 215, but there’s something wholly American about the Twinkie. Representing the zenith in flabby convenience and nadir of health consciousness just makes sense to us. It’s why we have a problem with this new 100 calorie Twinkie. The recession is being blamed for these little monsters, because [...]
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PBC’s girliest seasonal beer makes blueberry ale look like hard stuff. This pale Belgian-style is as floral as her label suggests, bringing to mind both your spice rack and your tea caddy. Cardamom plays with ginger, lemongrass, rhubarb root, and flirts with rose hips, which is commonly used in mead, for a wispy, herbaceous blend. [...]
Most blueberry beers, we’re sure you all know, come in the form of a blueberry wheat, where the fruitiness is submerged to the point of being merely a gentle aftertaste. So imagine our surprise when picking up Wild Blue, a blueberry LAGER, at the Foodery and discovering how very fruity it is. It’s like [...]
Yay Or Nay: Philly Steak & Cheese Hot Pocket
Aired April 25th, 2008 on Cheesesteak and Yay or Nay.0 CommentsIf Jim Gaffigan has taught us anything, it’s that Hot Pockets are endlessly dissectible. But what of the brand’s most daring venture? We speak of course of the Philly Steak & Cheese Hot Pocket. First, let’s start with some of the strange cave markings that adorn this box: Phrases like “Now Stuffed With More [...]
