The Palate Princess » News http://thepalateprincess.com Sun, 12 May 2013 09:55:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 MidAtlantic Wine and Food Festival Recap http://thepalateprincess.com/midatlantic-wine-and-food-festival-recap/ http://thepalateprincess.com/midatlantic-wine-and-food-festival-recap/#comments Sun, 10 Mar 2013 12:59:27 +0000 Iris "The Palate Princess" M. http://thepalateprincess.com/?p=3020 This weekend was an embarrassment of riches; it was one of those truly indulgent weekends in which all my activities–and I mean all–centered around food. Needless to say, there is no other way I’d care to spend my time. As a native Delawarean, I was thrilled to attend the MidAtlantic Wine and Food Festival—a 4-day [...]

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]]> http://thepalateprincess.com/midatlantic-wine-and-food-festival-recap/feed/ 2 10 Commonly Mispronounced Foods http://thepalateprincess.com/10-commonly-mispronounced-foods/ http://thepalateprincess.com/10-commonly-mispronounced-foods/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:18:54 +0000 Iris "The Palate Princess" M. http://thepalateprincess.com/?p=2992 Does hearing someone mangle a food’s name drive you crazy? Ever wanted to slap someone for saying broo-SHET-ah instead of broo-SKET-ah? I found this list of commonly mispronounced foods on the Foodista blog this morning and thought it was worth a reprint. Pay close attention to #5–do you pronounce the cult hot sauce’s name correctly or do you (like [...]

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]]> http://thepalateprincess.com/10-commonly-mispronounced-foods/feed/ 2 In Poor ‘Taste’: ABC’s New Culinary Crapfest http://thepalateprincess.com/in-poor-taste-abcs-new-culinary-crapfest/ http://thepalateprincess.com/in-poor-taste-abcs-new-culinary-crapfest/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:46:13 +0000 Iris "The Palate Princess" M. http://thepalateprincess.com/?p=2840 I hope Nigella Lawson, Ludo Lefebvre, Brian Malarkey (what an appropriate surname), and Anthony Bourdain are proud of themselves.  The rather accomplished quartet is just the latest group of culinary pros to conspire with a major television network to craft undoubtedly one of the most insipid reality/game shows in history. With what could be called an abysmal choice of [...]

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]]> http://thepalateprincess.com/in-poor-taste-abcs-new-culinary-crapfest/feed/ 4 How I Wish Elections Were Decided http://thepalateprincess.com/how-i-wish-elections-were-decided/ http://thepalateprincess.com/how-i-wish-elections-were-decided/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:56:13 +0000 Iris "The Palate Princess" M. http://thepalateprincess.com/?p=2172 It’s that time of year–election time–and, though I am a self-proclaimed political junkie, I’m getting tired of all the TV ads (yes, yes we know you approve this message) and mud-slinging.  Wouldn’t it be so much cooler if candidates faced off in a cooking competition à la Food Network’s Chopped rather than those boring policy-heavy [...]

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]]> http://thepalateprincess.com/how-i-wish-elections-were-decided/feed/ 1 [PIC] Cleanliness an Issue for Philly Restaurant Employees? http://thepalateprincess.com/pic-cleanliness-an-issue-for-philly-restaurant-employees/ http://thepalateprincess.com/pic-cleanliness-an-issue-for-philly-restaurant-employees/#comments Wed, 01 Aug 2012 12:55:39 +0000 Iris "The Palate Princess" M. http://thepalateprincess.com/?p=1778 Call me a germophobe, but I rarely use public bathrooms. I mean, have you seen the movie Contagion? Recently, I had dinner at one of my Old City favorites and used the bathroom there for the first time.  When I was washing my hands, I was greeted by this lovely reminder to employees for whom anal cleanliness [...]

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