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Archive: August, 2012
Congratulations are in order for chef Walter Staib. Chef of colonial dining destination City Tavern (138 S. 2nd St.) and host of of PBS's Emmy nominated A Taste of History. Staib is intent of preserving the culinary traditions of our founding fathers, whether it's hearth baking bread or creating menus based on elaborately costumed historical reenactors. Head on over to the show's site to watch past episodes. Much like dining at City Tavern, viewing A Taste of History is a truly unique experience. Tune in September 23rd to see of Staib takes home the Emmy.
Today we're doing a round-up of Philly eats that have garnered national attention by being among the best in the country. Get ready for grilled cheese, fried chicken, coffee, and a mushroom fest.
Details are emerging about a new East Kensington gastropub coming to 2519 Frankfort Ave. The tentatively titled Devil's Workshop will have 16 tables and room for around 130 patrons. Early on rumors circulated that space was going to be a strip club but at a recent East Kensington Neighborhood Association meeting the Sweetwater Group, the property's management group put minds at ease stating that the live music and entertainment listed in the project's description was of the acoustic music and dancing variety.
Today would have been Julia Child's 100th birthday. With two volumes of Mastering the Art of French Cooking along with her extended run of always informative, warm, and down right hilarious run on PBS, Child single handedly introduced this country to the wonderful thing that is French cuisine. In honor of Julia's good work the geniuses over at PBS took the best of Julia and transformed the clips into autotuned awesomeness. Be on the look out for cameos from Jacques Pépin and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, loads of Bordeaux, and some serious blouse action.
You don't have to be a seasonally attuned chef or farmers' market die-hard to know tomatoes are at their ripe, juicy peak in August and September. Kristian Leuzzi's Kris is celebrating the Jersey variety with a $24 tomato pre-fixe. The four courses ($6 a la carte) count salt cod with tomato carpaccio and chicken cutlet Milanese with tomato salad among them, and an extra $12 gets you a pour of spicy Imper Ale Rossa from Italian microbrewery Tenute Collesi. The Jersey tomato menu, in full bloom after the jump, is available nightly through Labor Day.
Well folks, it looks like Fork (306 Market St.) has found Terrence Feury's exec chef replacement and he's a good one. Come mid-September Eli Kulp will be taking over the range at Fork. Kulp was most recently at New York's Torrisi Italian Specialities, a wildly popular Nolita spot that took it upon itself to reinvent Italian-American fare into tasting menus that are just downright fun. With stints at Batali's Del Posto and a CIA eduction, plus Fork's proximity to Meal Ticket headquarters, we're pumped to see what Kulp is going to do with the menu at the already wonderful Fork.
Cue up the Jaws theme music and get ready Shark Week 2012. We've got a quick round up of shark-themed events around town, so get your (drinking) goggles ready.
Shark Week will be on screen all day at the Artful Dodger (400 S. 2nd St.), along with plenty of drink and food specials. Pop open $3.50 Narragansett, Fosters and LandShark bottles and cans and snack on $5 quesadillas and wings while watching one of their 9 p.m. screenings of Jaws from Tuesday to Thursday.
More sharp toothed specials and drinking games after the jump! »
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Low ABV beers are trending hard right now, and it’s easy to figure out why. There are plenty of occasions when a beer is in order but a heady buzz not so much: a lunch date with half a workday to get through, barbecuing with the in-laws, anytime you might have to hold an infant. The session-able beers we’ve been reading about lately are easy drinking standards bottled up or on draft at neighborhood bars: pilsners, pale ales and English style sippers that limbo under the 5% bar. Great beers, but nothing too geeky. And really, even a couple rounds of 4% or 4.5% beers might still get on top of you, depending on your tolerance and what you had for dinner.
But there are a few bottles on our radar that are spectacularly low in alcohol without being too “easy drinking,” veering toward the more complex. This contradiction makes our nerd-dar tingle.
Looks like everyone's favorite chipotle grillin' burger meister Bobby Flay is headed to Philly to cast an upcoming Food Network competition, America's Best Home Cook. The show will pit dynamic dinner party throwing duos against each other, battling it out to win the title. Contestants enter in pairs so if you've got a kitchen confidant and an urge to flex your culinary muscles on national television, not to mention in front of Bobby Flay, head over to the site for info on how to apply, the entry deadline is August 22nd. We're hoping to see some familiar Philly faces on America's Best Home Cooks.
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- Chef Salad
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- Snack Time
- Stiff Drank
- SUPPER
- Tea
- Testing
- Ticket Stubs
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- Vegan
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- Video
- Weekly Candy
- Weird Regional Foods
- We're Here to Help
- Where'd We Eat?
- Drew Lazor's Ill-Advised Rant Factory
- Pregame
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- The Week Without Meat
- Philly Beer Week 2009
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