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It’s What’s For Dinner: Feces and Fruit Flies

The other night, I visited Front Street’s Catahoula for some food and drink. The duck jambalaya, crawfish boil, and Gouda grits were all quite tasty, […]

Restaurants

Food Porn: A Donut Taste Test

This is what was waiting for me when I walked into the office this morning–an entire table full of donuts, coming in from all across […]

Be Well Philly

Are Gyms Fueling Eating Disorders?

In our sedentary society, where the vast majority of us spend our days with our butts glued to a chair and are all too happy […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Diary of a Marriage: The Farewell To Lingerie

While putting away my laundry the other day, I stumbled upon a neat little pastel pile of pretty, silky underthings — strappy chemises, ribbon-trimmed nightgowns, […]

Restaurants

Great Philly Dives, Courtesy of Dive Expert Brian McManus

Brian McManus’ book, Philadelphia’s Best Dive Bars hits stores this week. While we here at Foobooz are more than familiar with the Center City dive […]

City Life

Is the Philadelphia Orchestra Bankrupt?

Charlie Manuel’s Gut Was Wrong. Instead of sending up Ross Gload in last night’s game when the bases were loaded and the Phillies were down […]

City Life

Donald Trump Fires Back at the Cos

Remember last week when Bill Cosby crapped all over Donald Trump’s rumored presidential bid on The Today Show? Today, Trump fired back with a written […]

Restaurants

Quick Bites: Sweetgreen to Penn, New Thai to South

Sweetgreen’s second area location opens today in the Radian building on Penn’s campus. Pico de Gallo is going to become Sawatdee, a Thai restaurant by […]

Be Well Philly

Philadelphia Yoga Teacher Brings Yoga to the Slums of Central America

This summer, yoga instructor Gina Stickney is taking her skills as a teacher beyond Philadelphia. Stickney will be taking her fifth trip to Guatemala’s La […]

Restaurants

On The Ground, Day Two: Raining Whiskey From Very Far Away

In which the new food editor wanders around his brand-new home and eats whatever strikes his fancy… I’d done just about as much time sitting […]

Restaurants

Pimp My Dog: Something Better on Dollar Dog Day

It’s a toss up to what is the worst part about Dollar Dog Days at Citizens Bank Park , is it the long lines or […]

City Life

Trendy Bug of the Day: Pine Beetles

It’s always something, isn’t it? As if bed bugs and stink bugs weren’t irksome enough, now there’s another pest to stress about, according to New […]

City Life

CNN Puts Brian Roberts at #6 on Highest-Paid CEOs List

CNN Money’s list of the Top 20 highest-paid CEOs has Brian Roberts at #6, with a total haul of $28.2 million in 2010; that’s an […]

City Life

Lower Merion Doc Accused of Assaulting Patients

Lower Merion Doc Accused of Sexually Assaulting Patients. At least six women say Arie Oren assaulted them while being treated by the doctor at Conshohocken […]

City Life

Tastykake Exclusive: How We Lost a Philadelphia Icon

Less than a year after the move to the promised land of the Navy Yard, Tasty Baking has been sold off to a Georgia-based baking […]