November 16, 2012
One of restaurants’ and bars’ busiest nights of the entire year is the night before Thanksgiving, Wednesday, November 21. Hometown friends reunite, offices are closed the next morning and there’s a general feel-good skip in people’s step as the promise of a delicious Thanksgiving feast hovers on the horizon. Since Thanksgiving Eve is the unofficial [...]
Read more»April 26, 2011
Today, April 26, is National Pretzel Day. According to the U.S. Pretzel Museum, the average Philadelphian consumes about twelve times as many pretzels as the national average. That’s a statistic we’re proud of. And seeing as Philadelphia is home to the original soft pretzel thanks to the Pennsylvania Dutch, there is an abundance of ways [...]
Read more»January 23, 2009
Few dishes are as evocative as stew. For me, a piping hot bowl of stew conjures up memories of snow days spent sledding and getting in snowball fights with the neighborhood kids, while a big pot of stew was waiting for me at home. Yum, yum. And while our snow days may be behind us, [...]
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