Chef John Taus has struck a creative and techincally refined balance at Snackbar that has gotten the thumbs up from critics around town, and we think he’s a real swell guy. He spends his days watching The Price Is Right and his nights trying to elevate Pork Rinds to new heights.
His very successful menu is [...]
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The Best Fucking Chicken On Earth
Aired September 8th, 2009 on BBQ, Object Of Desire and You Wish You Had This Dish.3 CommentsThat glorious mess you see above is the hard work of Marc Coates, Smokengrillenmaster at Bebe’s BBQ in the Italian Market. Really, it’s a gamechanger. We stopped by for a taste of the goodness, hoping dearly there might be some of his famed brisket left (Coates doesn’t make everything every day, just what comes in, [...]
You Wish You Had This Dish: Yellow Submarine Cookies From Whipped Bakeshop
Aired August 17th, 2009 on Bakery and You Wish You Had This Dish.0 CommentsAt a baby shower over the weekend, we spied these Yellow Submarine Cookies, courtesy of Whipped Bake Shop, which we hear will be opening up a Fishtown outpost in the not-too-distant future. If Whipped’s whimsical taste on Food That Looks Like Stuff seems familiar to you, that’s because Whipped is headed up Phoodie fave Zoë [...]
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A Lunch Date With Destiny: Homeslice’s BLT Pizza
Aired August 6th, 2009 on Pizza and You Wish You Had This Dish.1 CommentMarch Of The Pigs
Aired July 28th, 2009 on Animal Rights, Celebrity Chefs and You Wish You Had This Dish.4 CommentsTonight at Meme, David Katz has organized the end-all-be-all Murderer’s Row of Philly Chefs to slice and dice their way through so many little piggies. And all for our pleasure.
The already WAY SOLD OUT Uber Pork Dinner is a food and drink extravaganza featuring Katz, Johnny Mac of Pub and Kitchen, Mike Solomonov of Zahav, [...]
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You Wish You Had This Dish: Bar Ferdinand’s Gambas Y Cangrego
Aired March 30th, 2009 on Seafood, Tapas and You Wish You Had This Dish.0 CommentsYou know, what with Jose Garces dominating so much of the tapas and tapas-fusion market in Philly these days, sometimes it’s easy to forget about Owen Kamihira’s Bar Ferdinand, a less expensive outing than, say, Amada, but often, no less elegant or delicious. We popped in on a whim last week and, among other things, [...]
