FRANCISVALE HOME FOR SMALLER ANIMALS. No-kill shelter on the Main Line with strict adoption guidelines, especially for dogs—interview, veterinary reference, home visit and $75. 328 […]

Terhune Orchards This summer, Gary Mount will offer more than 15 tomato varieties, including two that are new to the farm: dense, orange Grandma’s Garden, […]

At the height of Terhune Orchards’ tomato season, Pam Mount reaches for her tattered copy of The Victory Garden Cookbook. This pie is an adaptation […]

Holy Mole

Freshly Squeezed

Adults Only Chocolate and chilies together? They’re divine. At The Bent Spoon, house-made Valrhona chocolate/­heirloom habanero ice cream is topped with chocolate sauce, fresh whipped […]

PALACE AT THE BEN A stark contrast to the run-down West Philly Indian spots and no-frills Tiffin on Girard Avenue, Palace at the Ben, near […]

Gay Maid of Honor

Julian Toussaint, 29 Who A St. Lucia native and the new masseur at Gladwyne’s OMG Salon. (And, we predict, the future star of every Main […]

NONFICTION Flow: The Life and Times of Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River By Beth Kephart (Temple University Press; $23) By Sandy Hingston How you feel about Flow […]

Next year, this magazine, the oldest city magazine in the nation, will celebrate its 100th birthday. When you’ve been around as long as we have, […]

It didn’t take long for the Michael Nutter suitors to come calling. Before a May campaign swing through town, Barack Obama — who’d backed Chaka […]

On the face of it, the name seems redundant: Isn’t “water” another form of “ice”? Not when you put the words together. This is no […]

Finally, the attempt of Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell to hold up the Barnes Foundation’s move to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway is behind us, so I’m beginning […]

BEAUTY: Soap Sessions If you fancy yourself très Martha, sign up for one of Duross & Langel’s monthly weekend workshops. The two-hour sessions will teach […]