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Exit Interview: Mike Schmidt
Though Mike Schmidt’s relationship with the media and fans was about as cozy as the seats at the Vet, his Hall of Fame career was […]
Taste: Foods You Don’t Know: Barrel-Cut Beef
WHAT IT IS: The best-marbled part of the rib eye, offering filet-like texture with bold rib-eye flavor, minus fat, bone, and toughened outer edge. The […]
Taste: Cookbook: Chewy Cookies
I KNEW WE were in trouble when my wife, nearly nine months pregnant, asked me to pick up a roll of Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies. […]
The Great Gusto of Jimmy Binns
IT’S HARD TO KNOW which Jimmy Binns story to start with, because Jimmy Binns is nothing if not a cultivator of vivid stories. Some rise […]
Taste: An Old City Cure
SOMEWHERE DEEP BENEATH the swanked-out Moroccan stylings of Stephen Starr’s Tangerine, in a dingy basement replete with rusted-over pipes and fixtures, chef Todd Fuller is […]
Taste: Spirits: What Is Vodka?
VODKA HAS TRAVELED a long way from its rural roots in Poland to become the world’s most fashionable spirit. Essentially just alcohol and water, vodka […]
Taste: Commentary: Say Goodbye to the BYOB
MY FIRST RESTAURANT job was in the kitchen of the much-loved Under the Blue Moon in Chestnut Hill, opened as a BYOB in 1976 by […]
Taste: In Search of … Cheese Ravioli
We love pasta in all forms, but our most profound adoration goes out to the genius who decided to stuff it, thereby inventing ravioli. While […]
Taste: Reviews: French Connection
FROM ITS CUTE kir royale cocktail to its impeccable Grand Marnier soufflé, Slate Bleu channels the French bistro spirit with élan. There is good cheer […]
Taste: Reviews: From Walnut Street to South Street
THE RESTAURANT’S PEA-GREEN EXTERIOR is so understated that even customers who arrive with the address in hand hesitate at the entry. They squint at the […]
Eat This Now: Local Coffee Roasts
AS STARBUCKS MARCHES through the world (more than 10,500 stores in 37 countries — and more than 140 in the Philly region), local javaphiles continue […]
The Cryin’ in Winter
In early December, in the midst of what was supposed to be Philadelphia’s first, purportedly major, winter storm, Channel 3 aired a story on its […]
Idealism: The Fight to Save Fluffy
IN A PEACH WRAP TOP, khakis and espadrilles, her dark hair pulled cleanly back, a pager at her waist, 32-year-old Tara Derby-Perrin doesn’t look like […]
Shooting Up in Suburbia
“Mom, I’m sick. I have a stomachache.” Not today. Please, not today. In her sunlit kitchen, Tina swallows down a wave of nausea, tries for […]