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IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, Jan. 13

POSTED: Thursday, January 13, 2011, 9:03 PM

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- East Falls' Fork & Barrel wins a million points for its stylish one-of-a-kind Euro beer list, says, Adam Erace, but the food could use more focus. - Feeding Frenzy has details on The Dandelion, the resurrection of Little Fish and two new exciting chef-driven projects for Center City. - Check out What's Cooking for info on this weekend's beer brunch at Wishing Well, a bubbly dinner at the Art Museum, a mac-off in South Jerz, and, of course, Restaurant Week. - Writer Andrew Friedman's Knives at Dawn follows the progression of America in the 2009 Bocuse d'Or, perhaps the most prestigious and ridiculous culinary competition in the world. The 2011 installment of the intense cook-off is coming up on Jan. 25. - Over in A Million Stories, check out Holly Otterbein's first-hand account of the truly revolting-sounding SugarHouse Wing-Off eating competition. Keep that meat in your mouth!

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IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, Jan. 6

POSTED: Thursday, January 6, 2011, 10:46 PM

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- The Village Belle doesn't practice any of the theatrics that so impressed a young Adam Erace back when the QV space was Frederick's, but that doesn't matter, as the Campanaro brothers' neighborhood restaurant delivers on many levels. - We review the new super-scientifical kinda-cookbook from Levittown-based chefs Aki Kamozawa and H. Alexander Talbot, authors of the engrossing Ideas in Food blog.

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IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, Dec. 30

POSTED: Thursday, December 30, 2010, 5:32 PM

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- Posting was a little light last week because we were in New York for Bistrot La Minette chef Peter Woolsey's turn at the prestigious James Beard House. Here's our play-by-play, blow-by-blow, curse-by-curse recollection of the proceedings. - On the cover this week: A.D. Amorosi's report on the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market, an extremely ambitious project coming to Southwest Philly that just might change the way the city gets its food. - Adam Erace heads down South Seventh to Café Châu, where he falls in love with the non white-boy pho, among other delicious and cheap Viet specialties. - Feeding Frenzy has details on brand-new spots like The Corner and Tyson Bees, plus tidbits on some other soon-to-open Philly concepts.

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IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, Dec. 23

POSTED: Friday, December 24, 2010, 12:50 AM

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- This week's review sees Adam Erace making the short-ish trek to Jose Garces' JG Domestic in the Cira Centre. Can the Iron Chef's stovetop mojo overpower the built-in challenges of the location? - The omnivorous Felicia D. checks out the offerings at the all-vegan Blackbird Pizzeria. Find out more about the virtues of Daiya cheese, and which of Blackbird's dishes can be described as "an appealing goo." - What's Cooking this week? Info on Pub & Kitchen's Boxing Day festivities, plus some sweet New Year's Eve picks via Rachel Burgos.

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IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, Dec. 16

POSTED: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 6:34 PM

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- The lead piece in CP's latest Book Quarterly casts an eye on the manymanymany cookbooks out there just waiting to be scooped up for the holiday gift-giving season. Justin Bauer and Char Vandermeer recipe-test tomes from Mark Bittman, Nigella Lawson, Dorie Greenspan and more, breaking down which are the belt-busting best. - Adam Erace raps about the wraps at Philadelphia Chutney Co., finding that most all the dosa and uttapa renditions at this vegetarian quick-serve Indian street food joint are on point. - The Founding Foodies examines the eating/drinking habits of American icons like Washington, Jefferson and Franklin, and how their hobbies, professions, likes and dislikes shaped the culture of the time and influenced how we eat today. - There are some good food events scheduled in this, the calm before the pre-NYE storm. Check out What's Cooking for word on an Iron Chef tasting menu, a very Jewish Christmas celebration and more. - Shot Tower Coffee, Marabella Meatball Co. and Kennett all brand-new, and all detailed in the latest Feeding Frenzy.

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IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, Dec. 9

POSTED: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 6:30 PM

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- Adam Erace is into the meaty portion of the menu at U-City's Baby Blues BBQ, but he finds that pretty much everything else is lacking. If you're a "sides" person, you might have some trouble here. - Carolyn Wyman chats with Amanda Hesser, creator of the very cool food52 and author of the Essential New York Times Cookbook. Hesser's appearing at the Free Library tonight. - Plenty of opportunities to get your eat/drink on in this busy holiday season Rachel Burgos details some upcoming tastings and beer events (Mad Elf!) in the latest edition of What's Cooking. - We detail three brand-new Philly spots in Feeding Frenzy: 1 Shot Coffee, Kokopelli and Cookie Confidential.

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IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, Dec. 2

POSTED: Thursday, December 2, 2010, 10:16 PM

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- Everyone please welcome our good friend and OG Meal Ticket contributor Felicia D'Ambrosio back into the bylined fray! This week she chats with chefs who work inside the tiniest kitchens in town to learn how they stay sane and stay efficient. Featured: Sycamore (above), Fond, Watkins Drinkery and more. - South Philly native Adam Erace visits the stalwart Melrose Diner, where he spent many an evening/morning in his youth. Though the Melrose was struggling for a little while, Erace confirms that it's just as good as he remembers. Get the MP-1! - Sooo much stuff is opening this month. Feeding Frenzy has the rundown of just a few new faces/places, including Sticks & Stones, Tres Jalapenos, Manakeesh, Marabella Meatball Co. and more. - Holiday tequila tasting, Japanese chefs in residence, doggy-dog birthday parties and more in What's Cooking.

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IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, Nov. 24

POSTED: Wednesday, November 24, 2010, 8:18 PM

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Small section this week due to the holiday! - Adam Erace drops into Philadelphia Bar & Restaurant aka PBR in Old City to check out former Modo Mio chef de cuisine Jordan Sauter's take on a gastropub menu. Quite a few hits, as many misses. - Wine for one: Vino Solo is a brand-new wine product bottle and glass in one! from Philly-based company KDM.

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Meal Ticket Supplement, Fall/Winter 2010

POSTED: Friday, November 19, 2010, 7:44 PM

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Every so often, we pop a little Meal Ticket into the print edition of City Paper. For our latest MT supplement, we put together two fun little pieces for y'all: - In his primi primer, Adam Erace rounds up some unusual pasta shapes being twisted, pulled and pinched in Philly kitchens. Check it out to find out what the chefs at Mémé, Paradiso, Garces Trading Co., Modo Mio and other spots are up to. - Philly's uptick of cocktail destinations is reason alone to raise a glass but what if you don't know what's in that glass to begin with? We chat with bartenders at some of our favorite joints The Franklin, Noble and Oyster House, just to name a few to get the lowdown on some of the more obscure spirits finding their way into seriouscocktails around town.

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IN PRINT: City Paper Food and Restaurants, Nov. 18

POSTED: Thursday, November 18, 2010, 9:21 PM

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- Adam Erace is rather wowed by his meals at Barbuzzo, and our critic feels quite strongly that Marcie Turney and Valerie Safran's hit spot is the best new restaurant in Philly. Do you agree? Regardless, pick us up an order of those meatballs for dinner, cool? - We write up Recipes Every Man Should Know, a handy-dandy pocket cooking guide from Philly's Quirk Books. - Lots of food/drink events in the coming days, as broken down by Rachel Burgos in What's Cooking: Peep info on a Sixpoint draft takeover at City Tap House, P&K's country night, a historical dining seminar and more. - Feeding Frenzy has details on new spots like Village Belle, Jet Wine Bar and Flying Saucer Café. - We'll elaborate further tomorrow, but for now peep online versions of the two pieces that appear in our latest Meal Ticket Print Supplement: Adam Erace's rundown of peculiar pasta shapes taking over Philly, and an informative rundown of the not-so-common spirits employed by our city's best cocktail makers.

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Founded in October 2008, Meal Ticket is a City Paper blog about food, drink and assorted other things that make you go mmm. We do recipes, interviews, restaurant news, commentary and much more. We don't do restaurant reviews here — those are handled in print, mostly by our critic (and Meal Ticket contributor) Adam Erace. Got a tip, question, thought or concern? Just want to say hello? Please shoot a note to caroline@citypaper.net.

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