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Domain: Next: Mio’s Ripple Wallpaper

Meet “Ripple,” the fourth in a series of übermodern, extra-fun modular wall tiles by Mio designer Jaime Salm. Made of 100% pre- and postconsumer waste […]

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Taste: New and Noteworthy: Ducking Out

At the end of this month, when Joseph Poon Asian Fusion Restaurant closes its doors for good, its owner, chef and namesake won’t flee to […]

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Taste: Cookbook: Susanna Foo Fresh Inspiration

James Beard Award-winner Susanna Foo, in her second cookbook, Susanna Foo Fresh Inspiration (Houghton Mifflin Company, $35), has created what most authors can’t — a […]

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Taste: What Does Swan Taste Like?

On the stage at the Academy of Music this month, the Pennsylvania Ballet tells the story of the innocent Princess Odette, the dastardly sorcerer Von […]

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Taste: Spirits: Tequila!

Tequila is not just for margaritas anymore. The spirit’s unique spicy flavor lends a distinctive pizzazz to drinks; it piques the appetite, stimulates the senses […]

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Taste: Scene: Breaking the Chains

“Wid all deese chains movin’ in, you god Applebee’s, you god T.G.I.Friday’s … it’s gonna push da liddle guys out.” We are at Ruth’s Chris […]

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Taste: The Kitchen: Everything But the Sink

For 20 years, Previn Inc. has supplied pots, pans and knives to the likes of Thomas Keller and Mario Batali — from a Rittenhouse Square […]

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Taste: Reviews: Less Is More

When Restaurant 821 opened for business across from Wilmington’s Grand Opera House six years ago, paper millionaires created by the surging stock market could order […]

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Taste: Reviews: Phoenixville Rising

The mussels were finished, but we were having trouble letting go. Every time our server tried to clear the table, three hands would swoop toward […]

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Taste: Eat This Now: Tapas at Amada

The Spanish word tapas is commonly translated as “small plates,” tastes of traditional Iberian flavors — serrano ham, manchego, chorizo, spiked with olives, vinegars, citrus […]

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Features: How to Speak Philadelphian: Why Do We Talk the Way We Talk?

Blame it on the Welsh. When those Quaker rebels fled 17th-century England for the sanctuary of William Penn’s New World, they brought their peculiar speech […]

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Features: How to Speak Philadelphian: Accent on David Brenner

“I have a mixture of the South and West Philly, so people think I’m from New York.” “The first time I worked somewhere in the […]

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Good Life: Trimmings: Shine On

From top: John Hardy silver and white enamel Kawung bangle, $650 at Govberg Jewelers, 292 Montgomery Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, 610-664-1715, govbergwatches.com. Extra-large Tohu Bohu bangle, […]

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Pulse: 60-Second Critic: CD: The Roots – Rising Down

Only the Roots could drop the n-bomb 37 times, reference both Sean Connery and Arsenio Hall, and recruit a dude named Tuba Gooding Jr. to […]

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Pulse: Chatter: Brooke de la Villanova: High Society May 2008

Spring has sprung, dumplings, but if you were at the Flower Show opening a while back, you’d know it came early for Philadelphia’s bon ton. […]