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Taste: Cookbook: Young & Hungry

His first cooking experience was a disaster, he never went to culinary school, and he never trained in a restaurant, but Philadelphia-born David Lieberman has […]

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Taste: Reviews: Italian Revival

In a gleaming open kitchen, against a backdrop of stainless steel, a woman in a black chef’s jacket works the hot line confidently, her titian […]

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Taste: Eat This Now: Crudo at Positano Coast

The mandatory raw-fish appetizer travels under the name crudo at Positano Coast, the reconceived Lamberti’s Cucina in Old City. Such dishes are sold elsewhere as […]

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Features: Home: Size Matters: Tips for Living Large and Small

How to make small rooms look bigger 1. Color. One of the biggest misconceptions is that painting a small space white makes it appear bigger. […]

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Mystery: Trashed

TINY TULLYTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, population 2,090, sits on the banks of the Delaware River, 25 miles from Philadelphia. It’s an old, modest town to which the […]

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Legends: Requiem for a Heavyweight

ON A WINTRY day last February, Joe Frazier’s eponymous gym was slowly coming to life. A handful of young fighters stretched and wrapped their hands; […]

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Profile: The Gray Revolution

IT’S A DELICIOUS day. At Love Park, a lunchtime crowd is lazily soaking up sunshine. A young woman in a bright summer dress drapes a […]

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Home: Kitchen Mission: Locals Only: Shopping List

Panzanella Salad Butter, Green Meadow Farm, available at Fair Food Farmstand Garlic, Paradise Organics, available at Fair Food Farmstand Thyme, Overbrook Herb Farm, available at […]

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Features: The Warren Commission, The Truth, and Arlen Specter: Part 2

THE AUTOPSY REPORT was sent to the Commission, through the Secret Service, on December 20th. The Commission based its conclusions about the characteristics of Kennedy’s […]

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Features: The Warren Commission, The Truth, and Arlen Specter: Part 1

IT IS DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE the Warren Commission Report is the truth. Arlen Specter knows it. It is difficult to believe that "all the shots […]

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Health: Running Relief

If clothes make the man, the shoe definitely makes the runner. And with all the great races coming through town this season — the Father’s […]

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Features: The New Neighborhood Nabobs

Northern LibertiesBart Blatstein, 50What he imagines it will be: A “creative class” paradise with live/work spaces for artists, all centered on a piazza.What it is […]

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Home: Covet: Haute Seat

Five reasons why you should invest in this chair from über-designer/architect Eero Saarinen:  1) When something has retained its cool for half a century, the […]

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Features: Extreme Makeover (Neighborhood Edition)

Over the past 10 years, the style of the Philadelphia developer has changed. The old cliché of the builder who vests his power and pocketbook […]

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Raising Teens: How to Raise a Teen (in 6 Easy Steps)

Be cool. Not hip — calm. When your kid does or says something that drives you insane, Bradley advises playing the respectful, dispassionate cop. Not […]