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Making Faves: Meal Ticket edition
Earlier today Adam and Drew shared their faves from 2012. Here's a round up from yours truly.
Making Faves: Meal Ticket edition
In the print edition of this week's paper we've got our resident restaurant critic Adam Erace and former food editor Drew Lazor lining up top five favorites from the past year. Here's a top five from yours truly:
Meal: There were some pretty serious contenders for most memorable meal of 2012 but I've got to give the number on slot to Fork (306 Market St.). From the mini cheese-filled pretzels and bialys with cream cheese that begin the meal to gorgeous scallops with parsley kimchi and lovely rabbit agnolotti, chef Eli Kulp is transforming the Market Street standby into a serious destination dining spot.
Restaurant: Le Virtu (1927 East Passyunk Ave.) is a little too close to my house for comfort and that's both a good and a bad thing. The combination of chef Joe Cicala's superior salumi and perfect pastas with pastry chef Angela Ranalli's inspired Italian desserts is unbeatable.
Cocktail: I'm a sucker for a Negroni so when I first laid eyes on Vernick's (2031 Walnut St.) New-groni I knew that we were going to be fast friends. It's a lighter take on the Italian classic made with gin, grapefruit, Aperol and a frothy egg white.
Cookbook: Back before I took over Meal Ticket cookbooks were my main gig, namely reviewing them for Serious Eats. Zach Pelaccio's Eat With Your Hands was easily the most fun cookbook I encountered in 2012. His Southeast Asian-inspired recipes are spot on but the real reason I love this book is Pelaccio's irrevent, awesome dude narrative and wise decision to include handpicked beverage and music pairings for each recipe. After all, who doesn't want to drink a Manhattan with a Hollandaise-topped lamb burger or listen to Tame Impala with a grilled hangar steak salad.
Cheap Eats: For just about $20 you can get a square pie and a pitcher of beer at Stogie Joe's (1801 East Passyunk Ave.) and that's much a pretty perfect dinner for two if you ask me.
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