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Pairing For Thanksgiving

Craig LaBan and Greg Moore list what wines they’re pairing with Thanksgiving dinner. Unsurprisingly, beer writer Lew Bryson has a different answer for what to […]

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Blind Item: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

We hear that two very prominent restaurant partners will be parting ways in the very near future and divvying up their considerable culinary empire between […]

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Holiday Gift Ideas

Whether we’re ready for it or not the holidays are looming and the fine folk at Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing have a gift guide […]

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Quick Bites

Noble American Cookery is looking to open in early 2009 on the booming 2000 block of Sansom (Capogiro, Melograno, Porcini, Tinto, Vic Sushi, Village Whiskey). […]

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French Laundry Chef Coming To Free Library

Thomas Keller, owner and chef of The French Laundry, Bouchon, and Per Se will be speaking at the main branch of the Free Library at […]

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Updated Menus At Butcher & Singer

We received the latest menus from Butcher & Singer and eagerly compared them to the originals to see just what changed. What we found is […]

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Is It Wrong to Hate This Kid?

The New York Times has a profile of a 12-year-old, David Fishman, who goes out to dine alone and fancies himself a food critic. I […]

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To Dirndl or Not To Dirndl?

Between Barack and baseball (and our trip to Seattle) we let a few things slip through the cracks in the past month, one of which […]

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Morning News with Extreme Beer

It’s been a while since we checked in with the world wide web of food. What’s going on out there? Laid-off financial industry employees are […]

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Tonight

Tonight is the kickoff of OpenTable.com’s Appetite Stimulus Plan. 70+ participating restaurants are offering $35 dinners and $24 lunches. We don’t have a whole lot […]

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Rick Nichols On Prohibition Taproom

Rick Nichols is drawn to the Loft District’s Prohibition Taproom by three glowing letters, B-A-R. The place had me at the BAR sign. On a […]

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Matyson Celebrates 5 Years

If Sirens tried to lure the SS Foobooz, we’re pretty sure they would recite this week’s “The Best of Matyson” menu to entice us into the […]

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Orange Placard Alert

On our way to check out the new Thai Chef & Noodle Fusion Friday, we noticed that 2006 Chestnut, former home to Arch Electronics has […]

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Weekend

Friday Tonight stop your whining. A quick look at the calendar shows three wine focused events tonight. A sold-out Sommelier Smackdown, a panel on women […]

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Week In Review: Accolades Edition

A chef’s table in West Chester gets two bells. Apothecary has new economically priced cocktails. Bryan Sikora cooks on the Martha Stewart Show. Looking for […]