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How a Vicious Legal Battle Over a Wildflower Farm Tore This Bucolic Philly Suburb Apart

This much, at least, was not in dispute: The man wasn’t happy. On May 9, 2021 — Mother’s Day, as it happened — Bret Steidle, […]

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Meet the Foragers Changing the Way Philly Eats

As soon as Philip Manganaro gets out of his pickup truck, he starts rummaging through the bushes lining a gravel lot in Medford. Within a […]

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A Beginner’s Guide to Foraging in Philly

For novices, foraging can seem intimidating — especially in an urban environment. But you don’t have to venture deep into the woods to find mulberries, […]

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Inside Philly’s Flourishing — and High-Stakes — Foraging Scene

Demand for wild ingredients on restaurant menus is booming, fueling a resurgence in the art of wildcrafting. Peek inside a high-stakes, secretive, and legally murky […]

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How Philly Sports Fans — and Teams — Finally Embraced Analytics

When Citizens Bank Park opened its 20th season this year, it did so with shiny new LED screens where the old right-field out-of-town scoreboard used […]

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Hear Me Out: Philly Sports Fans Are Getting More Positive

To paraphrase an ancient proverb — or sleeveless t-shirt — inside every Philadelphia sports fan are two wolves. The one that thrives, the gym-bro meme […]

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New Voices: How Philly Became a Great Place for Women in Sports Journalism

There are some glamorous moments in the life of a television personality. This, however, is not one of them. It’s one of those Sundays in […]

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5 Philly Sports Podcasts to Listen to Instead of Talk Radio

Though a recent Nielsen report shows radio as far and away the dominant media platform in the U.S., accounting for 67 percent of ad-supported listening […]

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Jeff Yass’s Big School Choice Gamble

Jeff Yass surprises me. He wants to talk. It’s something he almost never does, not to the press, anyway. He’s been declared the richest man […]

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How I Discovered Philly’s Most Successful Cookbook Author Doesn’t Actually Exist

It’s Tuesday afternoon, close to the start of service, and I’m texting with Joe Cicala, chef of Cicala at the Divine Lorraine and someone who […]