Spring 2020 Issue

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
A FRESH LOOK
 

SOMETIMES WHEN I REVIEW the latest issue of Edible Philly, I’m struck all over again at what a cool place Philadelphia is to live and eat. This is one of those times.

As you’ll read in the pages ahead, our zoo, already a civic treasure, is now farming lettuce right on the property to feed many of the animals. In her article Farm to Tortoise (page 24), Regan Stephens gives us all a reason to revisit the Philadelphia Zoo, especially if we haven’t been in a while.

And honestly, I’m still slightly in awe that Kiki Aranita, lauded chef and co-owner of Poi Dog restaurant, wanted to write about congee for the magazine and then wove a complex and moving story about food and home that I will not soon forget. Check out Congee for What Ails Me on page 30. And then go get a bowl for yourself for lunch!

Since the inception of the Philadelphia Free Library’s Culinary Literacy Center in 2014, it’s been a hub of culinary education and innovation. Its new series of hybrid language and cooking classes is only the latest reason to visit the library’s teaching kitchen. Jenn Hall gives you the full scoop in her story Taste Test a New Language on page 36.

And, as in every spring issue, we’re proud to share our annual Local Heroes awards with you this year. Find out who we’re honoring this year, starting on page 17.

I hope you’ll get as excited over the people and places in this issue as we are and that reading this issue will help you look at Philly’s food scene as if you’re seeing it for the first time.

Sincerely,
Joy Manning
Editor
joy@ediblephilly.com

SPRING 2020 FEATURES