December 4, 2012
In honor of the fourth annual Vans Custom Cultural Program, a nationwide initiative to raise funds and awareness for the importance of art in high schools, our own Chef Jose Garces was asked to design a unique pair of Vans shoes. Here’s how the program works: In 2013, Vans will donate $50,000 to the school [...]
Read more»November 16, 2012
It’s a chef… it’s a restaurateur… it’s a culinary entrepreneur… nope, it’s a 2012 “Empire Builder” and his name is Michael Solomonov. In the just-out December issue of Food & Wine, a feature article names just 10 of the country’s most “extraordinary, prolific chef-restaurateurs,” and our very own Solo is one of them. The point [...]
Read more»October 10, 2012
Midtown Village moguls Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran are hosting an awesome woman power dinner on Sunday, October 21. Titled “Made With Moxie,” the event will take place at Barbuzzo, and entail a six-course feast with beverage pairings, all prepared by hotshot female chefs and mixologists. The event is in honor of the release of [...]
Read more»October 5, 2012
Want to get up close and personal with Iron Chef Jose Garces? Here’s your chance: Garces will be appearing at the Free Library for a very special Author Event on Monday, October 15 at 7:30 p.m. He’ll be interviewed on stage by Michael Klein, Philadelphia Inquirer Table Talk columnist and editor/producer of philly.com/food. They’ll be [...]
Read more»August 17, 2012
Philadelphia’s becoming quite the draw for the TV camera. With an impressive brag sheet of featured restaurants, dishes and chefs on national television, it’s no wonder why Philadelphia’s attracting a lot of screen attention. Adding to the buzz, Bobby Flay of Food Network fame is heading to town to cast his next project: America’s Best [...]
Read more»August 10, 2012
Philadelphia has a solid place on the national radar when it comes to food and drink. Just this week, Saveur Magazine declared Philly to be the East Coast’s most exciting emerging food town. And, as we told you yesterday, Esquire just crowned Philadelphia The Late Night Capital of the United States. Pretty awesome. Not only [...]
Read more»April 9, 2012
So you remember that Questlove of The Roots makes fried chicken now? It’s good. Bon Appétit included it on the magazine’s list of the “25 Things to Eat, Drink and Cook in 2012.” Well, Questlove knows David Chang, the chef behind New York’s Momofuku restaurants, who also happens to make a pretty legendary fried chicken. [...]
Read more»March 21, 2012
The 2012 Great Chefs Event is set for Tuesday, June 12 and tickets are officially on sale. The event, now in its seventh year, is a huge deal, featuring a stellar lineup of participating chefs dishing up their fine fare for the benefit of Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation and the Vetri Foundation for Children, founded [...]
Read more»December 16, 2011
Charlie Manuel and Morimoto dined together yesterday at Morimoto on Chestnut Street. The occasion came about stemming from an auction prize from Morimoto’s fundraiser for Japan back in June of this year. The auction winner won lunch with Charlie Manuel and Morimoto. The meal was prepared by the Iron Chef himself in the restaurant’s open kitchen, with guests looking on. No word on how adventurous an eater Charlie is. [Starr Restaurants]
October 20, 2011
Master chefs Anthony Bourdain and Eric Ripert are opening up to share an evening of provocative storytelling about the truth behind the toques, November 2, 7:30 p.m. at the Merriam Theater, and we’re giving away a special prize package for you to make an amazing night out of it: one lucky uwishunu reader will win [...]
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