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Archive: August, 2012
In addition to being America's third president, Thomas Jefferson was an obsessive horticulturalist, filling his famed Monticello garden with all sort of indigenous and exotic species. Jefferson even deployed his Philadelphia plant pal Bernard McMahon to chronicle the native flora on the Lewis and Clark Expedition; the resulting compendium, Flora Americae, inspires the latest old-timey sprit from Art in the Age, SAGE, a "garden gin" infused with rosemary, thyme, lavender, fennel, angelica, dandelion, sumac and, of course, sage. Look for it on state store shelves sometime in the next two weeks.
Note: Frida Garza's part time gig working at local farmers' markets affords for plenty of produce, sometimes a little more than she can handle. In Stay Fresh she'll be chiming in with recipe ideas for her seasonal bounty.
A general rule of thumb is that goat cheese is good up to two weeks after opening, if well refrigerated. According to Nolan Thevenet of Stryker Farm, the process of making goat cheese leaves a smaller carbon footprint than its cow-sourced counterparts. Not only that, but the cheese itself is made up of tinier fat molecules, making it easier to digest than regular dairy products.
Other cities may have pit beef and grinders, Philadelphia has the market cornered on sandwich culture. Last night on the finale of America's Best Sandwich Adam Richman upped Philly's sandwich cred even further by awarding the top honors to our very own DiNic's roast pork. The provolone and broccoli rabe topped sandwich beat out some serious contenders including Al's Italian Beef in Chicago, Maine lobster rolls, and Domilise's shrimp po boy in New Orleans.
Eater checked in with owner Joe Nicolosi to see what's in store for the award winning sandwich stand. The verdict? Keep on keepin' on. Nicolosi isn't interested in expanding his roast pork empire, he'd rather keep his Reading Terminal stand as the one and only old school DiNic's.
Today on Afternoon Snacks, we've got a seafood prix fixe and a crazy local tap takeover.
This evening starting at 4 p.m., Barcade (1114 Frankford Ave) is hosting Prism Brewing Company (810 Dickerson Rd, North Wales) for brewing night. Philly has got a lot of good beer, but these local brews are really mixing things up with chives and cardamom, and wasabi. We say it looks worthy of a beerventure into Fishtown. Here's the draft line up:
As Liberty Walk’s first hot spot, Bar Ferdinand (1030 N. 2nd St.), approaches its sixth anniversary, one can’t help but get a little misty eyed. I hit owner/interior designer Owen Kamihira’s Spanish tapas and sangria spot while its walls were still blank so it’s weird still to think of it as being a veteran in Philly’s restaurant stakes. Bar Ferdinand still seems new. “It’s freakish to consider our age,” laughs Kamihira.
More on the return of Ansill, Thursday tasting menus and an anniversary blowout right this way! »
If you were on the fence about your cocktail choices it's probably best that you know that today is National Rum Day and that calls for plenty of fruit garnished Mai Tais, frothy daiquiris, and Cuba Libres. If you feel like getting tropical in honor of this cocktail worthy holiday we've got just the plan for you. Start off at Cuba Libre (10 S. 2nd St.) for Caippy hour where every in house rum (there are 101 of them) and all cocktails are half off including caipirinhas and mojitos. Post happy hour head over to Rum Bar (2005 Walnut St.) where bartenders about town Katie Loeb, Phoebe Esmon and Christian Gaal are hosting a Tiki party with a menu of 20 fresh, fruit forward rum cocktails.
Yesterday we rounded up national accolades for Philadelphia area favorites including fried chicken, grilled cheese and pizza. Today we're back with outdoor drinking, brunch and sandwiches.
Food truck aficionados and street festival lovers take note, the Night Market is popping up again this evening in Mt. Airy. Spanning from the 6800 block to the 7200 block of Germantown Avenue, this installation of the market is promising 50 food trucks, craft vendors, drinks by way of Yards, Penns Woods Wines and cocktails from Philadelphia Distilling, and live music curated by WXPN.
The Food Trust just released a guide to this evening's festivities and there's an absolute ton of trucks converging on Germantown Ave. serving everything from waffles to takoyaki, popsicles and cheese curds. The party starts at 6 and runs until 10:30 p.m. And on the off chance that the weather chooses not to cooperate, August 23rd is the rain date.
Lemon Hill (747 N. 25th St.) is supporting it's community by hosting a benefit for the Fairmount Community Development Corporation featuring a Philadelphia Guest Chef Pot Luck dinner. All of the proceeds from night will go to two local charities: the Bache-Martin School for their Saturday Programming Initiative, and the Corinthian Park and Garden Project through the Friends of the Eastern State Penitentiary Park. Tickets will cost $25 per person, with a special drink menu that will be pay-as-you-go at the bar. The participating chefs are as follows: Joel Mazigian of Lemon Hill, Jeff Michaud of Osteria, Tim Spinner of La Calaca Feliz, Scott Schroeder of South Philadelphia Tap Room and Townsend Wentz of McCrossen's Tavern. To sit down for a meal cooked by this all start cast, and to win a Fernet Branca Bicycle raffle, buy your ticket at the door on August 26th.
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