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Get your Italian and Greek fixes outside this weekend
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Get your Italian and Greek fixes outside this weekend
You might want to start fasting now, as there's so much eating we gotta get done out in the rain sunshine this weekend. In the latest What's Cooking, Lauren Fleming tells you about two major opportunities to get your grub going � the 9th Street Italian Market Festival and the Upper Darby Greek Festival:
Top Guns Photography There's no better time to stroll from Fitzwater to Federal than during the annual Italian Market festival. Local vendors will take their products to the streets, enticing the crowd with cheese, fresh meats and cannolis galore. Vendors taking part this year include Anthony's Italian Coffee House, Orlando's Meats, Isgro Pastries and more than 100 other local restaurants and producers. (Right: Mayor Michael Nutter checks out Anastasi Seafood's spread at 2008's Fest.) Apart from the eats, the festival will also have three spots for live entertainment � the Triple Play Sports Stage, Pat's King of Steaks Philly Mix Stage and the Comcast stage. WMGK will broadcast live from the street, with John DeBella in attendance making cheese and serving porchetta. Sat.-Sun., May 16-17, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., free. Visit 9thstreetitalianmarketfestival.com for more info.
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Take a weekend trip to the Mediterranean by attending the Upper Darby Greek Festival, sponsored by Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church. Starting this Thursday, the fest will host an array of vendors offering authentic Greek pastries, wines, beers, food and more; expect traditional treats like moussaka, stuffed grape leaves, tourlou (a baked vegetable dish), pastitsio (Greek pasta layered with beef in a B�chamel sauce), shish kebab and gyros. Also check out live music, church tours and a $10,000 raffle. Fri.-Sat., May 15-16, 11 a.m.-mid.; Sun., May 17, noon- 9 p.m., free. Saint Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, 229 Powell Lane, Upper Darby, 610-352-7212, saint-demetrios.org/festival.dsp.
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