March 20, 2013
Prepare the matzo ball soup! Passover is quickly approaching. The holiday begins on Monday, March 25 and lasts until Tuesday, April 2. For those looking to avoid cooking and celebrate Passover at a restaurant in the Greater Philadelphia area, you’re in luck. We have compiled a roundup of restaurants (and one museum!) offering special Passover [...]
Read more»February 15, 2013
Things are about to get pretty tasty. From February 25-28, Philadelphia magazine is hosting a weeklong Philly Cooks event featuring some of Philadelphia’s favorite chefs and restaurants. Many of our great chefs recently received a writeup in The Washington Post. The article recognized their delicious restaurants and tasty meals. Try out their award-winning food at [...]
Read more»December 11, 2012
‘Tis the season to shop local. And Uwishunu is here to help. After some serious browsing, sifting, taste-testing and evaluating, we’ve pulled together our 2012 Holiday Gift Guide. Rather than narrowing your options by category, we thought it would be helpful to provide one solid list of great-for-anyone gifts. Stock up on locally crafted jewelry, [...]
Read more»December 6, 2012
Hanukkah 2012 is quickly approaching and the city is more than prepared with a plethora of Hanukkah celebrations planned at restaurants and museums around the city. The eight-day long holiday, December 8-16, is the perfect excuse to celebrate with friends and family over and over again. To help you do that, we’ve compiled a list [...]
Read more»December 3, 2012
Master chef Anthony Bourdain heeded the calls of thousands of Philadelphia fans and finally booked a trip to the 215 to be featured on his Travel Channel show The Layover. We shared a blow-by-blow guide to Tony’s trip to Philadelphia, but tonight is the real deal. The Philadelphia episode of The Layover is set to [...]
Read more»December 3, 2012
Labeled recently by Food & Wine magazine as an “Empire Builder”, Chef Michael Solomonov will offer tastes of all the traditional Hanukkah favorites this season with a dash of celebrity chef excellence to boost the authentic spices and flavors to a whole delicious new level. For $48 a person, this year’s Hanukkah menu offers six [...]
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»November 12, 2012
On Tuesday, November 20 at 7 p.m., Chef Michael Solomonov and sommelier Marnie Old are pairing up with Brauhaus Schmitz Executive Chef Jeremy Nolen and owner Doug Hager for a night of sips, suds and German-inspired plates. The “Beer vs. Wine Pairing Dinner” presents passed hors d’oeuvres and five courses each accompanied by one beer [...]
Read more»November 5, 2012
This Wednesday, November 7 at 5 p.m., restaurateurs Steven Cook and Chef Michael Solomonov will welcome the newest addition to their Philadelphia food empire: Citron and Rose, a glatt kosher restaurant and catering company in Merion on the Main Line. Joining Cook + Solo in the venture is owner David Magerman, a philanthropist who created the Kohelet Foundation, [...]
Read more»October 1, 2012
The super popular fried chicken and donuts shop Federal Donuts, co-owned by Michael Solomonov, restaurateur Steven Cook, coffee aficionados Thomas Henneman and Bob Logue and food-and-drink expert Felicia D’Ambrosio, is expanding to Center City. This Wednesday, October 3 at 7 a.m., Federal Donuts will open its second location at 1632 Sansom Street. We. Cannot. Wait. [...]
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