<p>Wherein you may be surprised to find Walmart an actual option.</p> 2010-03-08T17:55:25-05:00 71374 false 2010-03-11T11:51:35-05:00 http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/03/the-great-grocery-smackdown/7904/ 36 0 <p>if this was in philly, I&#8217;d never go anywhere else</p> 2010-02-23T12:38:58-05:00 71336 false 2010-02-24T20:28:15-05:00 http://newyork.grubstreet.com/2010/02/batali_and_dogfish_head_team_u.html 55 0 <p>What could go wrong?</p> 2010-02-23T00:12:26-05:00 71335 false 2010-02-23T09:11:54-05:00 http://foodnetworkhumor.com/2010/02/its-official-anthony-bourdain-has-lost-his-fucking-mind/ 11 0 <p>So I thought I&#8217;d tell you about the great sandwiches we ate.</p> 2010-02-15T12:17:27-05:00 <p>I&#8217;m not sure if any of you are from Pittsburgh or have been there before, but this was my first time there. It was freaking cold and there was snow on the ground but not nearly as bad as in Philly. I was amazed by the numbers of bridges and tunnels to get through the city and the lack of traffic in town on a Saturday. It&#8217;s a small, quiet city from what I can tell.</p> <p>There are tons of interesting food places that get highlighted on tv shows like Man vs. Food. The theme seems to be: meat on top of meat with an egg on top. Other people on here (Mandy and John for starters) would have had the best time trying the meatiest choices, but I don&#8217;t go for beef or sausage or that kind of stuff&#8230;it doesn&#8217;t sit well with my digestive tract and honestly, I watch my weight pretty religiously. Anyway.</p> <p>Saturday we tried <a href="http://fatheads.com/">Fat Head&#8217;s Saloon</a> in South Side, just over the 10th Street bridge from the hotel. They have a gigantic selection of beers and probably 30 taps going at any given time. I tried a couple beers I didn&#8217;t much like, Kale got Southern Tier Chokolat and it was amazing. We tried a couple small plates of wings, and the honey bbq won out over the garlic parmesan. The presentation of the garlic parmesan was absolutely beautiful though, each one was evenly covered in fresh parm.</p> <p>Check out the menu, because there is a Kielbasa sandwich topped with <span class="caps">SAUSAGE</span> and an egg, I think. Meat on top of meat. And the bun is as big as your head. Their hand cut potato chips were some of the tastiest chips I&#8217;ve ever had! I got a chicken sandwich with mushrooms, onions, hot peppers and honey mustard that was just beautiful.</p> <p>That night we had dinner at <a href="http://www.pghsteak.com/index.html">Pittsburgh Steak Co.</a>. Nothing to write home about, and lost on me since I don&#8217;t go for steak. I&#8217;ve had better chicken parm at Five Points.</p> <p><a href="http://www.primantibrothers.com/">Primanti Brothers</a> was the one I couldn&#8217;t wait for. Each sandwich comes on big, thick pieces of bread with your choice of meat and cheese, then tomato, coleslaw and french fries right on the sandwich. I got the turkey, Kale got roast beef with egg and our friend Mike tried corned beef. All were great. I thought the cole slaw might have had more mayo, so the sandwich was drier than I would have liked, but still awesome. The cabbage made it spicy somehow, which was unexpected (kinda reminds me of the first time I realized minced garlic is spicy when you put a ton in bruschetta or hummus) If you go, this is the place to try!</p> <p>I&#8217;d also like to give <a href="http://www.buffalowildwings.com/">Buffalo Wild Wings</a> an honorable mention. I first tried them in Erie PA and they seem to be all around the western PA/Ohio area. They&#8217;re a fun bar with some really great buffalo wing flavor choices. I wish that the forthcoming Philly Live was going to have one!</p> <p>And&#8230;that&#8217;s my little review on the food of Pittsburgh!</p> 71325 true 2010-02-16T15:08:39-05:00 128 0 <p>My Mom is well known for having very kitschy parties, example: Las Vegas night in which her house in rural Virginia turns into a casino and everyone dresses like a Las Vegas tourist be it yokel or high roller&#8230; The most loved party is quickly approaching The Oscar party. She has a red carpet running down her hallway everyone dresses as if a movie star, we even honor each other with awards (one year while attending with a broken foot, my crutches got awarded for best supporting role, yuck yuck yuck) but the best part of the party&#8230;. Food parodies of nominated films.</p> 2010-02-06T12:00:38-05:00 <p>So far she has:<br /> Avitar= Steak tartar <br /> Up= Pineapple Up-side down cake<br /> Inglorious Basterds= Inglorious Beer-birds (beer chicken)<br /> and many many more</p> <p>My inquiry to the folks on the scrabbled is to come up with the <span class="caps">BEST</span> possible dishes for the ten pictures nominated for best motion picture, which are:</p> <p>Avitar<br /> The Blind Side<br /> District 9<br /> An Education<br /> Hurt Locker<br /> Inglorious Basterds<br /> Precious<br /> A Serious Man<br /> Up<br /> Up in the Air</p> <p>Of course if your genius extends to other nominated categories by all means share</p> 71307 false 2010-02-06T21:34:57-05:00 126 0 <p>No kneading. Little yeast. Just mix and rest. If this article gets just one fewer loaves of Wonder Bread on scrabbled shelves, it&#8217;s worth it.</p> 2010-01-31T16:09:10-05:00 71290 false 2010-02-03T12:41:26-05:00 http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/08/dining/08mini.html?_r=1 11 0 <p>i would love to go to this &#8211; registration just opened up &#8211; anyone seriously interested?</p> 2010-01-25T21:13:17-05:00 71276 false 2010-01-28T12:19:55-05:00 http://www.sweetsandsnacks.com/ 35 0 <p>Neutral Milk Chocolate? I want.</p> 2010-01-17T16:43:12-05:00 71256 false 2010-01-19T08:59:25-05:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVM18iJTMZs 108 0 <p><span class="caps">FOOD</span>! <span class="caps">AND</span> <span class="caps">SCIENCE</span>!</p> 2010-01-15T10:05:03-05:00 71252 false 2010-01-15T16:15:36-05:00 http://aht.seriouseats.com/archives/2010/01/the-burger-lab-why-double-fry-french-fries.html#continued 11 0 <p>Gos found this super cool (ha!) article that explains damn near everything about using liquid nitrogen in the kitchen and all the cool (haaa!) things you can do with it</p> 2010-01-12T16:55:41-05:00 71239 false 2010-01-12T16:55:41-05:00 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/primers/liquid-nitrogen-primer/ 11 0 <p>New Vetri restaurant with the lowest price point yet! If you&#8217;re not me or John, you probably don&#8217;t care. Drop dead</p> 2010-01-06T12:10:45-05:00 71215 false 2010-01-15T16:24:56-05:00 http://citypaper.net/blogs/mealticket/2010/01/04/menu-for-amis-opening-jan-14/ 55 0 <p>What do you guys like to eat on road trips? I made it from Phoenix, AZ to Odessa, TX on sunflower seeds and diet mt. dew (I&#8217;ll admit, I stopped for lunch). You?</p> 2009-12-21T09:21:52-05:00 71174 false 2009-12-23T20:32:55-05:00 24 0 2009-12-04T11:11:57-05:00 71119 false 2009-12-07T14:34:18-05:00 http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/12/how-to-have-juicy-meats-steaks-the-food-lab-the-importance-of-resting-grilling.html 11 0 <p>White meat&#8217;s good at 145. Dark meat&#8217;s good at 165. Here&#8217;s one solution.</p> 2009-11-20T14:55:11-05:00 71068 false 2009-11-20T14:55:11-05:00 http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/11/the-food-lab-turkey-stuffed-turkey-thanksgiving.html#continued 11 0 <p>I&#8217;ll have to let my asian food market fish go through rigor mortis first from now on.</p> 2009-11-18T13:19:08-05:00 71059 false 2009-11-18T20:27:17-05:00 http://cookingissues.wordpress.com/2009/11/13/mcgee-days-two-and-three-steak-fish-burgers-and-love/ 11 0 <p><a href="http://percystreet.com/">Percy Street Barbecue</a> opens tonite on south street and I am super excited. I&#8217;ve never been to Texas, but i&#8217;m hopeful this will be an admirable representation of hill country bbq.</p> <p>I&#8217;ll be there tonite eating brisket. alone probably. come hang out!</p> 2009-11-17T16:56:47-05:00 71055 false 2010-01-25T19:12:30-05:00 55 0 <p>Here&#8217;s hoping she opens a restaurant in Philly. It&#8217;d be huge!</p> 2009-11-03T13:14:25-05:00 71016 false 2009-11-03T13:14:25-05:00 http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/68830957.html 11 0 2009-10-29T15:57:36-04:00 71004 false 2009-10-29T16:17:10-04:00 http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/10/the-food-lab-science-of-how-to-cook-perfect-boiled-eggs.html?ref=se-bb1 11 0 <p>I&#8217;ve only ever cooked steak over super high heat and finished in the oven. But this sounds amazing.</p> 2009-10-29T13:47:43-04:00 71002 false 2009-10-29T20:48:47-04:00 http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?/topic/119838-the-best-way-to-cook-a-thick-steak/ 11 0 <p>for breadless <span class="caps">BLT</span></p> 2009-10-29T12:14:30-04:00 71001 false 2009-10-29T12:14:30-04:00 http://www.notmartha.org/archives/2008/02/27/bacon-cups/ 35 0 <p>My two most favoritest things.</p> 2009-10-23T11:44:48-04:00 70982 false 2009-10-23T12:11:25-04:00 http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/10/the-food-lab-meatonnaise-mayonnaises-mayos-bacon-lamb-duck-beef-fats-science.html#continued 11 0 <p>Philly gets it&#8217;s own Shake Shack. Sort of.</p> 2009-10-13T15:37:22-04:00 70953 false 2009-10-13T18:54:29-04:00 http://www.alwayshungryny.com/thought-for-food/entry/alwaysinvestigating-burger-square-off-phily-vs-new-york/ 11 0 <p>A great chef with tongue cancer? If there is a God, he hates us all.</p> 2009-10-08T11:22:14-04:00 70938 false 2009-10-08T11:58:32-04:00 http://food.theatlantic.com/back-of-the-house/when-a-chef-cant-taste-his-food.php 11 0 <p>There was a request on the &#8220;I am a&#8230;&#8221; subreddit, and someone responded. Ask him questions!</p> 2009-10-06T09:34:47-04:00 70929 false 2009-10-06T09:34:47-04:00 http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9r106/i_worked_behind_the_scenes_on_top_chef_season_5/ 11 0 <p>Nothing like fine art and a royal with cheese.</p> 2009-10-05T19:46:26-04:00 70927 false 2009-10-06T08:21:01-04:00 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/6259044/McDonalds-restaurants-to-open-at-the-Louvre.html 21 0 <p>I think it premiers this weekend! Anyone watching?</p> 2009-10-02T17:18:16-04:00 70918 false 2009-10-14T10:34:59-04:00 http://www.foodnetwork.com/the-next-iron-chef-rivals/package/index.html 11 0 <p>&#8220;From scratch&#8221; being relative to just how from scratch you can possibly get. The winner even harvested his own sea salt.</p> 2009-09-28T12:03:36-04:00 70895 false 2009-09-28T13:36:54-04:00 http://www.seriouseats.com/2009/09/results-of-michael-ruhlmans-blt-from-scratch-challenge.html 11 0 <p>Stuffing your face with good food for a good cause.</p> 2009-09-24T19:17:43-04:00 70888 false 2009-09-25T10:09:32-04:00 https://sandwichsmash.ticketleap.com/october09 115 0 2009-09-23T13:59:03-04:00 70882 false 2009-09-23T14:54:41-04:00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/vonvonvon/3945694856/ 11 0 <p>Shola is (finally) opening a restaurant in Philly&#8230; which i&#8217;m looking forward to because I am sooooooooooo bored by food in this city&#8230;</p> 2009-09-10T11:38:19-04:00 <p>Studiokitchen fans, hold on to your hats. The enigmatic chef Shola Olunloyo has announced his plans to open his very own restaurant.</p> <p>Diehard foodies might be familiar with Shola through his now-defunct project Studiokitchen, which involved you and a group of friends paying Shola a prix fixe to cook for you in his house.</p> <p>Today Shola posts that he is indeed opening a restaurant in Philadelphia. It will be about 30 seats and will serve dinner 5 nights.</p> <p>Why ?</p> <p>It works, it’s different and ultimately people want value both in the experience and the cooking, if all the energy went into the cooking and the food rather than the hype and the book matches.</p> <p>It does not require multiple investors whose vision or interest may diverge from yours.</p> <p>It is the “un-restaurant”</p> 70826 false 2009-09-10T19:58:54-04:00 55 0