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[SPONSORED GIVEAWAY] Win a Copy of F&W’s ‘Chef Recipes Made Easy’
We’ve all done it. We’ve sat in front of the TV and watched chefs work their onscreen magic and effortlessly create amazing meals in seemingly no time at all or enviously thumbed through a cookbook and lamented over the complicated recipes. Exotic ingredients and overly-technical instructions can be intimidating to the average home cook–making many chefs’ recipes [...]
Han’s Not Solo: Han Dynasty Hits Manayunk
Finally, the trek to Center City is over–Han Dynasty has arrived in Manayunk. OK, truthfully it’s been open for a couple of months now but I’ve been preoccupied with other things, so I just recently decided to forgo the traffic-riddled trip to the original location and try this outpost instead. Every fiber of my being [...]
Ambler Donuts: Should FedNuts Be Worried?
Federal Donuts picture (right): Courtesy of foobooz First it was cake pops, then came the cupcake craze followed by that wretched phase of turning perfectly good food into lollipops. (Hey chefs, I’m sick of seeing lamb “lollipops” and tiny, precious little chicken drumsticks frenched to Hell on your menus–enough already.) Now it’s the donut’s turn to [...]
Nomad Pizza Wanders Into Philly
There’s good news for Philly pizza lovers–you no longer have to trek to Hopewell, NJ or rent their super-tricked out REO Speedwagon to snag a pie from Nomad Pizza. Owners Tom Grim and Stalin Boden have opened an additional physical location in the city, taking over the former Horizons. The bi-level pizzeria features a cozy [...]
For the Main Line, Verdad is the Truth
Pennsylvania’s Main Line, the line of communities that extend northwest of Philadelphia, is a cradle of great affluence and home to scores of restaurants. Unfortunately, many of those eateries present safe, pedestrian fare–often times lacking the excitement of their Center City counterparts. Up until 2009, Main Liners had to venture into the city to places like José Garces’ [...]








