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What Your Coffee Says About You

In a world where you can find a Starbucks on almost every block (no joke: Three of the four corners surrounding Philly Mag’s building have […]

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The Revisit: Friday Saturday Sunday

Ice cream can be an appetizer. Olive oil can be served in powdered form. One way to tenderize an octopus is to pummel it with […]

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Top Five Spuds to Savor

Tater tots, Village Whiskey / The duck fat fries may get all the attention at Jose Garces’s bar, but his version of the frozen-food-aisle favorite […]

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Review: Village Belle

At Village Belle, where painted owls peer down from cream-colored lamp shades and banquettes are upholstered in “Twin Peaks” red, the servers want more than […]

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Review: White Dog Cafe

The first meal I ever ate in Philadelphia taught me a lesson that I probably could have gleaned, at deep discount, from the dietary journals […]

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Will Main Line Moms Become “Tiger Moms”?

Amy Chua, the Yale law professor who authored the all-the-rage Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, would fit in well on the Main Line: She’s […]

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Spring 2011 Fashion

There’s no doubt about it: On the runways, in your favorite boutiques and walking down Walnut Street, this spring’s fashions have been kissed by the […]

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The Charmed Life of Mrs. Bob Brady

DEB BRADY HAS COOKED ENOUGH FOOD to feed the entire 34th ward of Philadelphia. The spread covers the island in her kitchen: jalapeño poppers, taquitos, […]

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An English Beer Primer

What makes a beer British? Move along, lager lovers. English beers are generally ales, which are warm- or top-fermented. Also, points out Whip owner K.C. […]

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How Gen X and Gen Y Will Change Philadelphia

AS I WAS RINGING IN 2011 on the roof deck of a friend’s freshly rehabbed Grad Hospital rowhome, watching the Penn’s Landing fireworks light the […]

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Boomers to Gen X: Quit Your Whining

IT’S AT WORK THAT I FEEL IT MOST — a strange disconnectedness, the sense that I’m peering into an aquarium filled with fish of an […]

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5 Grown-Up Spring Break Trips

Annapolis: Take the family for a nautical-fun weekend on the Chesapeake Bay. (Don’t tell the kids, but you can even work in a history lesson.) […]

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Philly Cooks People’s Choice Winner

Philadelphia Magazine’s Philly Cooks took place last night at the Crystal Tearoom in the Wanamaker building. The winners, picked by a panel of judges were: […]

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Hey Comcast, give Al-Jazeera a shot

Al-Jazeera To Comcast? The Qatar-owned network that has performed brilliantly during the latest Middle East turmoil—seriously, bookmark this link—wants Comcast to carry the channel, which […]

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Starr & Beer

Last night, via Twitter we asked our followers to guess who was serving up the following draft list: Guess the beer list: Bro. Thelonious Belgian, […]