SNACK TIME: a snack for all seasons, Swallowgate burns on, if I don't make it out of this tasting menu, tell my wife I did my best, swim the Schuylkill for Ivy eats, and Carman likes vegetarians (but bring cash)

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SNACK TIME: a snack for all seasons, Swallowgate burns on, if I don't make it out of this tasting menu, tell my wife I did my best, swim the Schuylkill for Ivy eats, and Carman likes vegetarians (but bring cash)

POSTED: Wednesday, December 10, 2008, 7:58 PM
Filed Under: Snack Time
Red-onion confit with golden raisins
Burning Pasta

Every Wednesday, Meal Ticket pokes around the food blog world to see what's simmering.

- Before disappearing into the ether of studying for finals, grad student and budding cook Neal of Burning Pasta sets us up with a condiment for all occasions: red onion confit. The sweet and crunchy topper takes a bath in red wine before a date with a harem of plump golden raisins. Scandalicious!

- The debate rages on over the new all-mac 'n' cheese menu at Liberties Walk bistro Swallow. E of Foodaphila visits and mixes up her own custom macs. Results, much like the voracious quantity of opinions on this subject, are split.

- Ten courses of airs, foams and savory cotton candies add up to a barely digestible cannonball by the third dessert of a fine-dining tasting menu. The MenuPages blog provides Your Guide to Getting Out of a Tasting Menu Alive for the fortunate few dining with serial killers Achatz, Keller, Trotter and Garces.

- Adam at Blogalicious gets nostalgic for his Ivy-covered years across the Schuylkill. A sweet potato burrito from the MexiPhilly truck at 36th and Spruce, followed by a dip in the sugar waterfall of Naked Chocolate Café fixes him right up. Proof positive that food writers eat better than everyone else, even while destitute in college.

-Intrepid Living on the Vedge-er Kelly White enjoys the "confidence radiating from the kitchen" at South Philly brunch spot Carman's Kitchen, along with just-right French toast and homey breakfast potatoes. Those $12 plates speak to every serious eater, and the owner/hostess/chef/pickup-truck drivin'/raconteur Carman is worth a visit all by herself.

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