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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

Passing BahrThese days, Philly native Walter Bahr is probably best known as the father of two former NFL kickers: Chris and Matt Bahr. That’s about […]

“I am going to give you some information today that no one else has,” says Larry Kane, and when the dean of Philly TV news […]

Ever feel like something’s missing from KYW 1060 sports reporter Phil ­Neuman’s stories on the 76ers — like, say, the name of the building where […]

“Everyone calls the Yugo venture a failure,” says former Philly fixture Malcolm Bricklin, who wears a bright purple tie and orders his three-course lunch with […]

With the sexuality of our most beloved cartoon characters recently in question — Focus on the Family’s James Dobson charged that SpongeBob SquarePants had appeared […]

Best BuyLauré Source: Johnson City, TennesseeAvailability: Whole Foods; $1.19/1.5 L.At a recent international water-tasting in California, Lauré was deemed the best domestic bottled still springwater […]

Inside an airy, modern distillery in Arandas, Mexico — a dusty town in the heart of tequila country — ovens are baking, juicers are juicing, […]

Shellfish are delicacies in every sense of the word: fragile, refined and delicious. But beware — the subtle flavor of raw oysters and clams can […]