PHILLY
EVENTS
Dinner With ... Chef Alison Barshak
of Alison at Blue Bell and new Alison Two in Fort Washington
First dish I learned to cook:
With supervision, pancakes.
With supervision, pancakes.
My drink:
Silver El Tesoro margarita: up, no salt, made with lime juice squeezed to order.
Silver El Tesoro margarita: up, no salt, made with lime juice squeezed to order.
Most embarrassing food love:
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts, with or without icing.
Brown Sugar Cinnamon Pop-Tarts, with or without icing.
Favorite Philly restaurant, other than mine:
Family food tradition:
Hard-shell crabs from Baltimore, dumped on a newspaper-covered table. Watch out. It gets a little crazy.
Hard-shell crabs from Baltimore, dumped on a newspaper-covered table. Watch out. It gets a little crazy.
Favorite Philly food:
My classics are the Commissary’s carrot cake and strawberry heart tarts.
My classics are the Commissary’s carrot cake and strawberry heart tarts.
Biggest restaurant pet peeve:
Just one? That’s like asking me to just eat one potato chip. When the server asks if I’m “still working on that.” When I call a restaurant to make a reservation during normal business hours and I get a phone tree. Empty rolls of toilet paper in the bathrooms. Calling any type of scallop a “diver scallop.” …
Just one? That’s like asking me to just eat one potato chip. When the server asks if I’m “still working on that.” When I call a restaurant to make a reservation during normal business hours and I get a phone tree. Empty rolls of toilet paper in the bathrooms. Calling any type of scallop a “diver scallop.” …
Best thing about cooking in Philly:
It’s a small town.
It’s a small town.
Worst thing about cooking in Philly:
It’s a small town.
It’s a small town.
Originally published in Philadelphia magazine, October 2008
