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THE GOOD WORD Vol. 2: BurgerBaroness and Jaimeshake of Fries With That Shake
The Good Word is a new weekly Meal Ticket feature where we ask Philadelphia food people questions. We�re going to start by highlighting the city�s many excellent food writers and bloggers, with eventual plans to extend beyond the scribeosphere. The questions will be different every week unless we come across a really sweet one we want to reuse. Want to nominate a future Good Word candidate (yes, you can nominate yourself), or submit ideas for questions? E-mail drew.lazor@citypaper.net.
THE GOOD WORD Vol. 2: BurgerBaroness and Jaimeshake of Fries With That Shake
The Good Word is a new weekly Meal Ticket feature where we ask Philadelphia food people questions. We�re going to start by highlighting the city�s many excellent food writers and bloggers, with eventual plans to extend beyond the scribeosphere. The questions will be different every week unless we come across a really sweet one we want to reuse. Want to nominate a future Good Word candidate (yes, you can nominate yourself), or submit ideas for questions? E-mail drew.lazor@citypaper.net.
In this installment of The Good Word, we�re chatting with Jessica Rossi Ward and Jaime Leah Davis, better known as BurgerBaroness and Jaimeshake from Fries With That Shake. These girls know food, especially stuff on buns: If you don't believe us, join them on one of their regular Burger Club Philadelphia "meatups," where they criss-cross the city in search of the best burgers.
OK, we need to know the real story behind the food tattoos on your "About" page. What inspired them?
BurgerBaroness: I am originally from California and my earliest food memories are from Bob's Big Boy. We lived a block away from Bob's when I was a wee one and I remember loving that Big Boy statue. When I was thinking of getting a food-related tattoo, I just thought my earliest food memory would be an appropriate start. I also loved that he is holding a burger to represent my love of all things burger-y.
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Jaimeshake: I really knew that I wanted a food-related tattoo, but like, what? My first thought was cupcakes. They're little, sweet, and cute. Duh! So I spent countless hours browsing insane amounts of cupcake tattoos on Flickr, and walked away thinking that cupcakes might not be the best idea. I really didn't want a tattoo that everyone else had, and wanted it to have special meaning for me. So I remembered the slightly famous ice cream cone "man" painting at Gregory & Paul's in Coney Island. Coney is actually one of my favorite places on earth; ice cream is my favorite food; and the ice cream man's face reminds me of my fiance, Earle. No brainer. My friends Bethany and Ronnie officially dubbed him Senor Softee.� He and I are great friends. Sometimes he tutors me in Spanish.
Is there a specific type of cuisine you just straight-up don't like, or tend to avoid? If so, why?
BurgerBaroness: This is a tough one for me because I pretty much eat everything. I can't think of a single cuisine that I don't like. I'm not sure how I feel about this frozen yogurt trend that is taking over Philly. I thought we got past that with TCBY back in its heyday. If I want a frozen dessert, I'm going to eat ice cream or gelato.
Jaimeshake: There isn't much food I don't like, but I will say I wasn't interested in Thai, Vietnamese, or Indian cuisine until I turned 25. I don't know why that is exactly, but I was just ... afraid. Now I can't live without pho, spicy curries, samosas or naan.
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Locally, what food line will you always wait in regardless of its length?
BurgerBaroness: I will always wait in line when shopping at Reading Terminal. I mean, I really have no choice, but it is totally worth the wait. It is one of the best food things in Philly. When soup dumplings came to town, I would have gladly waited in line; I was crazy for those juicy bundles of happiness. I actually accused a friend of going to get some without me. Which she totally didn't. Did I mention I was crazy for them?
Jaimeshake: I will always wait in line for Lorenzo's (on South) no matter how tired/cracked out/what have you I am. I will always patiently wait in line behind countless families and indecisive newbies at Capogiro who need to try every flavor first. While I think it's worth the wait for a table at Sabrina's Cafe, living around the corner for two years taught me the prime times to avoid a line. And for some reason, no matter if the line is out the door and if they forget my order, I will queue up at the Starbucks by my office at 8:55 a.m. almost every morning.
Let's pretend I'm a skeptical potential Burger Club Philadelphia member. Pitch me on joining your ranks, Mad Men-style! Smoking/scotch optional.
BurgerBaroness: Simply enough, it's just a lot of fun to get together with 15 people, eat burgers and geek out about them. We've got librarians, musicians, food bloggers, crafters, urban planners, etc. It's so very Philly. I love everything about it.
Jaimeshake: Burgers! Fries! And if you're not into that: veggie burgers! Fries! You can bring friends! You can make friends! It's a win-win, people.
[...] out Jaimeshake and I answering some fun questions from Drew Lazor for Meal Ticket’s Good Word. Our tattoos and burger club get a little [...]
Woot! One of my favorite blogs. Nice getting to know you ladies a little better.
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