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Taste: What to Drink: Red Rhône Blend Byron “Io Classic” 2001
This lush reserve-level red wine is full in body and packed with spicy, meaty flavor. Io, pronounced “eye-oh,” is a cutting-edge wine made by Byron, […]
Taste: Where Are They Now?
Chef: Dominique Filoni Known for: The Main Line’s pricey Savona and defunct start-up Bianca. Now: Recently signed on at Lacroix at the Rittenhouse (210 West […]
Taste: Eating Good in The Gayborhood
On the way to dinner at Mercato, I pass the spot on 15th Street where the red neon lobster of Bookbinder’s Seafood House glows no […]
Taste: Don’t Drink Alone
The Philadelphia area has more events for wine lovers than ever before. Thanks to the 21st-century ease of Internet communication, a diverse crowd that appreciates […]
Taste: Forever Young’s
There is a protocol for buying Easter goodies from Young’s Candies, a 109-year-old shop at 2809 Girard Avenue, in Brewerytown. You must order after St. […]
Taste: Burger Wars
The Chain: Ted’s Montana Grill 260 South Broad Street, 215-772-1230; tedsmontanagrill.com The Meat: A thick, loosely formed, half-pound, 100 percent chuck beef or bison meat […]
The Most Important Meal
GOING OUT TO BREAKFAST IS AS MUCH ABOUT THE RITUAL as the meal. Anyone can boil an egg or toast a bagel in solitude, but […]
Taste: Seoul, Upper Darby
A food lover goes in search of authenticity. I had noticed Pojangmacha before. Sitting in a former White Castle building in a lonely Upper Darby […]
Taste: Eat this Now: Span-Asian from Feastivities
More than 6,000 miles separate Guangzhou, China, and Barcelona, Spain, but in the Berwyn kitchens of Feastivities Catered Events, the distance between those cities’ two […]
The Guide: April 2006
Want to know the secret to successful home design? Mixing break-the-bank furnishings with super-affordable, one-of-a-kind finds to create a space that’s refreshingly unique. Check out […]
High Times at Target
It seems impossible, but Bennett Weinstock, the Rittenhouse Square decorator of mansions from the Main Line to Palm Beach, a man who shops for antiques […]
Where High Meets Low
When Linda Lee Mellish bought the former Eskimo Knitting Mills factory in Port Richmond in 2002, it was filled to the rafters with junk. Literally. […]
The Wedding of the Century
Grace Kelly was used to it — the enormous attention she was receiving on this cold January day in 1956. After all, she was a […]
Travel: Insiders’ Island
Nantucket’s sweet spots, from rustic Madaket to the oh-so-chic Vanessa Noel Hotel I boarded the jet for Nantucket stuffed up from cold symptoms and allergies, […]
Justice: Coard v. Coard
IN A CITY AVERAGING more than one murder — and five shootings — daily, the case the assistant district attorney presented in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania […]