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Domain: Gardening: Room to Grow

Pro Jon Carloftis’ perfect space for starting a garden “A potting shed should be like a well-stocked pantry,” says Jon Carloftis, the gardener-to-celebs and author […]

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Health: Paddle Away Pudge

Before the weather gets so ungodly hot that you ditch outdoor activity for the cool, climate-controlled environment of the gym, hit the water to tone […]

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Sweet City

Waiters, you don’t even need to ask: Of course you can tempt us with dessert. The delicious truth is that Philadelphians indulge in dessert more […]

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Taste: Coming Uncorked

South Jersey’s restaurant revival is speeding down the PATCO tracks. At the Collingswood stop, you’ll find Nunzio Ristorante Rustico, from longtime Monte Carlo Living Room […]

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Taste: Give the World A Black Sesame Smoothie

Defeat nonalcoholic beverage boredom at Rising Tide, the new Hong Kong-style spot in Chinatown. Here, juicy aloe vera slices jazz up cocktails in flavors like […]

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Taste: Trend: Are You Chicken?

Chicken liver is the poor man’s foie gras, all of the unctuous, indulgent richness of force-fattened goose liver without the steep price tag — or […]

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Taste: Seoul in the Suburbs

On one recent day, Kiong Banh, the Vietnamese-born chef of Twenty Manning and an amateur homeopathologist, drove up to North Wales to visit Assi Korean […]

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Taste: Sweet Story

“A good piece of chocolate is almost like a small story. It’s not about just one flavor,” says Chris Curtin, a master chocolatier who worked […]

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Ormandy’s Orchestra

EVERY TIME A different conductor blends 100 musicians together and stirs them with his baton he gets a different sound. Erich Leinsdorf gets a crisp, […]

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The Next Great American City: Pushing Philly Forward

Rob McElhenney, 28This St. Joe’s Prep grad and former Temple student may now divide his time with L.A., but his often hilarious new sitcom, It’s […]

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Taste: Spirits: Black Beauty

If you take your coffee black or fantasize about bittersweet chocolate, chances are you’ll like the pungent flavor of black beer, too. Black beers look […]

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The Next Great American City: Ben Would Love This

Poor Richard’s Blog, December 2005:A penny saved is a penny earned, but the business privilege tax leaves us all burned. Love your neighbor, but be […]

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Taste: Reviews: The Great Pumpkin

After seven years of cooking in someone else’s kitchen, Ian Moroney felt ready for a place of his own. His BYOB-to-be, inspired by the endearing […]

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Taste: Reviews: Prime Time

Walk into any nationally syndicated steakhouse, and it’s clear who the target customer is. He’s wearing a dark suit that won’t wrinkle on long flights. […]

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Taste: Eat This Now: The Surreal Meal at the Fountain

Food was an inspiration for surrealist Salvador Dalí. See, for instance, his Lobster Telephone, in which the boiled crustacean, ready to be cracked and dipped […]