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# Edible Philly

Local Food & Agriculture in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware & Montgomery Counties

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## Posts

- [Eat](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/) - Philly’s Gay Restaurants Have Always Been About More Than Food Philly’s Gay Restaurants Have Always Been About More Than Food Subscribe Find a Copy Our Latest Stories The Joy of Baking Alex George, the creator of Lily P. Crumbs, will publish her first cookbook this September. Erby’s Bakery Brings Pop Tarts and More to East
- [Two Summer Farm-to-Table Experiences Worth Traveling For](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/two-summer-farm-to-table-experiences-worth-traveling-for-2/) - Some meals become stories you’ll tell long after the last bite.
- [The Summer Table: Hosted by Central Stem and Edible Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/the-summer-table-hosted-by-central-stem-and-edible-philly/) - Save the date for our Summer Bazaar!
- [Trending Up: Pennsylvania Dairy](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/trending-up-pennsylvania-dairy/) - After decades of decline, the outlook for Pennsylvania’s dairy industry is looking up.
- [Building a Community Hub for Farmers and Friends](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/building-a-community-hub-for-farmers-and-friends/) - We wanted to build the community store we always wanted.
- [How to Eat a Tomato](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/how-to-eat-a-tomato/) - Let’s takes a closer look at the surprisingly complicated art of eating a tomato.
- [AgConnect Chester County](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/agconnect-chester-county/) - A hub for collaboration, advocacy, and education
- [The Joy of Baking](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/the-joy-of-baking/) - Alex George, the creator of Lily P. Crumbs, will publish her first cookbook this September.
- [2026 Local Heroes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/2026-local-heroes/) - Honoring the pillars of our local food scenes
- [GET FRESH DAILY: Radical Wellness for All](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/get-fresh-daily-radical-wellness-for-all/) - A food system rooted in West Philadelphia and led by the people the mainstream food economy has left out.
- [Savoring Summer with Tim Kweeder of Fell To Earth](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/savoring-summer-with-tim-kweeder-of-fell-to-earth/) - Living more sustainably and trying to leave a gentler footprint on the earth
- [Masthead](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-edible-philly/) - Nourished by culinary traditions that stretch back for generations and the bounty of nearby farms, Philadelphia is a hub of creative entrepreneurship, and home to renowned culinary expertise.
- [The 12 Oysters of Christmas: A Shellfish Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-12-oysters-christmas-shellfish-guide/) - AS THE AIR SHIMMERS AND THE HOLIDAYS NEAR, we gather with chosen or inherited families and feast. So, too, do the oysters. This time of year, bivalves load up on glycogen and amino acids, preparing for a long, foodless journey into spring. They binge on algae and plankton, their meats turning bright, plump and sweet.
- [Edible Philly’s 2026 Philadelphia Farmers Market Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/edible-phillys-2026-philadelphia-farmers-market-guide/) - The weather has turned and the outdoors is calling our names.
- [Hope in the Water: Seafood as a Solution for Our Communities](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/hope-in-the-water-seafood-as-a-solution-for-our-communities/) - Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
- [Find a Copy of Edible Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-find-copy-edible-philly/) - Pick up a complimentary copy of Edible Philly at one of these great partner locations near you.
- [Lindsay McClain - Executive Chef, Pocono Organics](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-lindsay-mcclain-executive-chef-pocono-organics/) - THREE YEARS AGO, Pocono Organics opened this 380-acre regenerative farm and its market and café, where they grow all kinds of produce along with hemp. For chef Lindsay McClain, who joined Pocono Organics in June 2020 after working with the Safran Turney Hospitality group in Philly for many years, it was a bit of a homecoming.
- [Hall Together Now](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/hall-together-now/) - Food Halls Are Reinventing How the Philadelphia Region Eats Together
- [Erby’s Bakery Brings Pop Tarts and More to East Passyunk](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/erbys-bakery-brings-pop-tarts-and-more-to-east-passyunk/) - A new bakery worth knowing about
- [Philly’s Gay Restaurants Have Always Been About More Than Food](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/phillys-gay-restaurants-have-always-been-about-more-than-food/) - A new book traces the LGBTQ+ dining history that shaped this country—and it starts right here.
- [Spring Clean + Green](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/spring-clean-green/) - Suddenly everything feels possible
- [Meet Me at Mighty Bread](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/meet-me-at-mighty-bread/) - On Gerritt Street, a South Philly bakery has become something bread alone can’t explain.
- [Savoring Springtime with Cookbook Author Peggy Paul Cassella](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/savoring-springtime-with-cookbook-author-peggy-paul-cassella/) - What’s one spring ingredient you’re especially excited about right now, and how do you love to use it?
- [How to Make Watercress, Fennel, and Avocado Salad with Pecorino Romano PDO Cheese](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/how-to-make-watercress-fennel-and-avocado-salad-with-pecorino-romano-pdo-cheese/) - I welcome a good salad wherever I can.
- [Neither Irish, Nor Potato](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/neither-irish-nor-potato/) - A Brief History of Irish Potato Candy
- [Guided By Values](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-guided-values/) - SINCE WE LAST TALKED, the world has changed. I’m so grateful that this issue even exists; not all small businesses have been able to remain in operation. You may notice this issue is a bit slimmer than usual, but we’re still here, thanks to our loyal advertising partners and to support from readers like you. (See below for how you can join in on that by becoming a subscriber member). To be able to continue telling the food stories of the Philadelphia region is a privilege that I don’t take lightly.
- [What I Learned Swapping Homemade Meals with a Stranger](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/what-i-learned-swapping-homemade-meals-with-a-stranger/) - A full heart and enough to share
- [Hiring: Advertising Sales Manager](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/uncategorized/advertising-sales-associate/) - Part-Time, Remote, Located in the Philadelphia Region Role description Edible Philly is looking for enthusiastic and highly self-motivated, independent advertising sales people to sell advertising for our regional food + lifestyle print magazine, online website, newsletter and local sponsorship opportunities. WORK FROM HOME PART TIME, FULL TIME or supplement other work. This is a Commission-Only
- [Edible Philly 2026 Wedding Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/edible-philly-2026-wedding-guide/) - So you’re engaged—congratulations! Now comes the avalanche of decisions ...
- [Advertise with Us](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/advertise/) - REACH AN AUDIENCE WHO IS PASSIONATE ABOUT FOOD Edible readers are concerned, connected, savvy and community minded. Exactly the sorts of customers you want. They are the first to know about a great new restaurant, the first to shop a scrumptious new food shop, the first to suggest a day trip to tour a nearby winery. Edible Philly readers are passionate about food. They want to discover, explore and experience the region’s wonderful culinary offerings.
- [Winter Roots with Chef Adam Diltz](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/winter-roots-with-chef-adam-diltz/) - Chef Adam Diltz reveals his favorite things in local food
- [One Day Getaway: Ambler, PA](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/one-day-getaway-ambler-pa/) - Just 16 miles north of Center City, spending a day in Ambler’s downtown is like a mini-vacation.
- [Alexandra Giel's Vegan Peruvian Passion Project Comes To Life](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/alexandra-giels-vegan-peruvian-passion-project-comes-to-life/) - A mission: to reclaim the cuisine of her heritage without compromising her values.
- [The Ever-Evolving Cheese Steak](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/the-ever-evolving-cheese-steak/) - A smorgasbord of innovation and rule-breaking
- [The Novelist Who Eats Her Research](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/the-novelist-who-eats-her-research/) - Jo Piazza brings food reporting to fiction writing—and she’s not afraid to butcher a pig to get the details right
- [Pecorino Romano PDO Beyond Pasta: Innovative Dishes From Philly to San Francisco and Portland](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/pecorino-romano-pdo-beyond-pasta-innovative-dishes-from-philly-to-san-francisco-and-portland/) - Photos by Octavia Films For generations, Pecorino Romano PDO has been celebrated in the U.S. for its starring role in classic comfort-food dishes like cacio e pepe and carbonara, and as the perfect finishing touch to countless pastas. While it’s true that its bold flavor and texture make it an exceptional grating cheese, that’s
- [Walk the Stories of 9th Street](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/walk-the-stories-of-9th-street/) - The clang of delivery gates, the perfume of herbs, the chorus of greetings
- [Subscribe to Edible Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/subscribe/) - Never miss an issue. Get every copy of Edible Philly delivered right to your door. Celebrating the local, seasonal food of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley region, Edible Philly is published four times a year: Spring (March), Summer (June), Fall (September), and Winter (December). Subscribe now and don’t miss a single mouthwatering issue, or give a thoughtful gift to someone special. Looking for a back issue from the past 10+ years? You can purchase single copies here, too, along with branded merchandise and gifts.
- [Edible Philly Holiday Gift Guide 2025](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/edible-philly-holiday-gift-guide-2025/) - Unique gift ideas for the foodie in your life
- [Bauman's Apple Butter Stirs a Century of Tradition](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/baumans-apple-butter-stirs-a-century-of-tradition/) - How Bauman’s keeps a century-old apple tradition alive for farms near and far
- [Our Advertiser Directory](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-edible-philly-advertiser-directory/) - Our advertising partners make Edible Philly possible. Be sure to thank them by supporting their businesses this season. And tell them that you saw their ad in Edible Philly! AIRY KITCHENS This talented team specializes in creating designer kitchens that organize your life and always look gorgeous and offer innovative designs, quality cabinets, and dedicated customer service. www.airykitchens.com
- [A New Kind of Doctor for Philadelphia’s Hospitality Workers and the Neighborhood](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/a-new-kind-of-doctor-for-philadelphias-hospitality-workers-and-the-neighborhood/) - SPONSORED: Bringing Back the Doctor Who Knows Your Name
- [Philly, Through the Eyes (and Appetite) of Chef Clara Park](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/philly-through-the-eyes-and-appetite-of-chef-clara-park/) - Food’s power to nourish not just the body, but the soul.
- [Good Food Fest 2025:  Save the Date](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/good-food-fest-2025-save-the-date/) - Regional farmers, food makers, and local-food fans.
- [Pennsylvania & the Finger Lakes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/pennsylvania-the-finger-lakes/) - Working Together to Boost Regional Wine’s Reputation & Respect
- [Holiday Magic One Cookie at a Time](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/holiday-magic-one-cookie-at-a-time/) - From snickerdoodles to homemade biscotti, discover how local bakers make the holiday tradition personal—and unexpectedly Philly.
- [Meet the Cook Bringing Afghan Persian Flavors to Philly's Pop-up Scene](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/meet-the-cook-bringing-afghan-persian-flavors-to-phillys-pop-up-scene/) - Delicate pleated dumplings and saffron-tinted rice dishes
- [THE DOCTOR WHO TEXTS BACK: A New Model of Care for Busy Lives](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/the-doctor-who-texts-back-a-new-model-of-care-for-busy-lives/) - SPONSORED: Healthcare at the speed of real life
- [Puerto Rico, Plated in Plants](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/puerto-rico-plated-in-plants/) - Honoring tradition while cooking entirely from plants
- [Flavors of Fall, with Claire Trindle](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/flavors-of-fall-with-claire-trindle/) - A sommelier for cider
- [Our Contributors](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-edible-philly-contributors/) - Edible Philly is comprised of people with various talents that help make Edible Philly the success it is today. ALISHA MIRANDA is a Philadelphia-based freelance writer covering food, restaurants, travel, and lifestyle stories for Resy, Eater, The Strategist by New York magazine, Thrillist, AARP, and others. In 2023, she was part of the James Beard Awards journalism voting body and Visit Philadelphia’s Hispanic Voices campaign.
- [Philadelphia Businesses are Reducing Food Waste One Creative Idea at a Time](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/philadelphia-businesses-are-reducing-food-waste-one-creative-idea-at-a-time/) - These practical strategies can make any kitchen more sustainable.
- [Signs of Spring with Chef Jennifer Carroll](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/signs-of-spring-with-chef-jennifer-carroll/) - Philadelphia native Jennifer Carroll gained national recognition as a finalist and two-time all-star on Bravo’s “Top Chef.”
- [Philly Made: How Local Food Makers Are Bringing Bold Flavors to the Specialty Aisle](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/philly-made-how-local-food-makers-are-bringing-bold-flavors-to-the-specialty-aisle/) - IN PHILADELPHIA, FOOD IS MORE than sustenance—it’s a way of expressing identity, history, and heart.
- [Road Trip: Stroudsburg, PA](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/road-trip-stroudsburg-pa/) - On a short trip, there’s something wonderful about parking your car and walking everywhere you want to go
- [Finding Her Way Back: Nana Araba Wilmot Reimagines West African Cuisine for Philadelphia and Beyond](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/finding-her-way-back-nana-araba-wilmot-reimagines-west-african-cuisine-for-philadelphia-and-beyond/) - Philly Roots, Global Vision
- [Jawndiments: Squeeze a Little Philly on It](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/jawndiments-squeeze-a-little-philly-on-it/) - In Philadelphia, sandwiches are more than just lunch—they’re a way of life.
- [Philly Hummus Girl Brings Generational Flavor to the Table](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/philly-hummus-girl-brings-generational-flavor-to-the-table/) - In a city brimming with food stories, Miranda Stephen is sharing one that’s deeply personal.
- [Peggy Paul Casella’s Pizza Rules Is the Only Pizza Book You’ll Ever Need](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/peggy-paul-casellas-pizza-rules-is-the-only-pizza-book-youll-ever-need/) - There are pizza cookbooks, and then there’s Pizza Rules, by home pizza expert Peggy Paul Casella.
- [Edible Philly Destination Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-edible-philly-destination-guide/) -  TRAVEL LOCAL
- [Philly Chefs Come Together for the City's Biggest Food Bank](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-philly-chefs-come-together-citys-biggest-food-bank/) - Chef Eli Kulp first connected with the Share Food program when he was looking for a nonprofit to partner with for one of his Delicious City podcast supper clubs. But as he got to know the group, the largest food bank in the Philadelphia area, he knew he wanted his support to be ongoing. Kulp knows that one of the best ways to raise a nonprofit’s profile is to connect it with big-name chefs who cook for events and fundraisers. To that end, Kulp is launching a new group, Chefs 4 Share. “It’s a network of chefs working across the industry,” he says.
- [Guzo Cafe: Coffee, Culture, and Ethiopian Cuisine in South Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-guzo-cafe-coffee-culture-and-ethiopian-cuisine-south-philly/) - WHEN YOU WALK INTO GUZO CAFE you see a glass pastry case stocked with muffins and bagels from Four Worlds Bakery. The chalkboard menu includes the usual suspects like lattes and mochas. But on closer inspection, you’ll notice Guzo, owned by Wubet Negash, is no ordinary coffee shop. The coffee is Ethiopian and the aromatic chai and other teas are blended in house. And when you visit, come hungry. Guzo’s menu also includes an array of Ethiopian dishes. You don’t want to miss the gomen (stewed collard greens), misir (spiced lentils), and alicha (a mix of carrot and potatoes).
- [Binding Agents: A New Place for Your Cookbook Obsession](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-binding-agents-new-place-your-cookbook-obsession/) - CATIE GAINOR WAS HOME FROM WORK with a cold when a vision of her future as a cookbook shop owner first came into focus. “It was literally like a fever dream,” she says. Languishing on her sofa and scrolling Instagram, she came across a post from the Book Larder bookshop in Seattle, Washington. “They were hosting an event for one of Kenji López-Alt’s books, and it stopped me in my tracks. I stared at the photo, and I thought, ‘That looks so fun,’” she says. At that moment, she decided she wanted to own a cookbook store and host her favorite food writers. “I’d never really had a dream until then.”
- [Like Water for Chocolate: The Story and Me](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/like-water-for-chocolate-the-story-and-me/) - The secret is that when you cook it, you do it with much love.
- [The Ultimate Oyster Cruise](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/the-ultimate-oyster-cruise/) - A One-of-a-Kind Culinary Experience on the Water
- [Win Win Coffee: A Fresh Brew for Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/win-win-coffee-a-fresh-brew-for-philly/) - The journey from farm to cup
- [Birdhouse Gelato Takes Flight](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/birdhouse-gelato-takes-flight/) - For Aspen Simone, gelato is more than just a treat— it’s a story of discovery, sustainability, and community. Simone’s frozen dessert journey began in college, where a small gelato cart in the back of a café became their go-to splurge. “I was a broke college student with a gelato budget,” they recall with a laugh.
- [Mother Earth](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/mother-earth/) - These powerhouse food and beverage moms are building a better world
- [A Bite of History: Philly's Iconic Sandwiches Get Their Own Books](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/a-bite-of-history-phillys-iconic-sandwiches-get-their-own-books/) - The whole delicious story
- [Contributors: Winter 2024](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-contributors-winter-2024-0/) - GAB BONGHI (Queering the Food Scene, p. 11) best known for capturing Philly’s vibrant food, drink & restaurant scene. She’s always on the hunt for the perfect slice of cheese pizza. JORDAN HARRIS (Queering the Food Scene, p. 11) is a multifaceted creative professional in Philadelphia. In addition to managing social media and photography for the Schulson Collective, you can find her work via Jordan Harris Photography, where she specializes in capturing people, events, and small businesses with finesse and creativity.
- [Edible Philly 2020 Local Heroes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-edible-philly-2020-local-heroes/) - Each year, we honor the trailblazers in Philadelphia’s local food scene with our Local Hero awards. A group of Edible Philly readers, contributors and past Local Hero award winners put forward nominees, and our editorial team chose 2020’s honorees. The tastemakers profiled in the following pages make our local food community more vibrant every year.
- [Celebration Season](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-celebration-season/) - I TRY TO AVOID REPETITION in Edible Philly, but sometimes there’s just something in air. This season, it seems to be Mission Taqueria’s Taco Lab event series. I knew Sarah Maiellano was going to write about Taco Lab in our Food Life section, but I didn’t expect it to turn up in Elizabeth Einhorn’s essay, No Plates Like Home, too. But there it was! And I get why. I’m not going to explain Taco Lab here (you will read plenty about it in this very issue), but I will say what makes it irresistible is its exuberant spirit of collaboration and togetherness.
- [Spring into Wellness](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-spring-wellness/) - I write you as I stare out the window awaiting what will hopefully be the last snowfall of 2019. You know how March typically brings a final flurry or two just as you most urgently want to feel the sun on your face as you sip iced tea in the spring breeze. For many, this is a season of renewal and rebirth. Certain cultures celebrate the New Year right around now instead of in the dead of winter, and it’s easy to see the appeal. As the air warms and the darkness retreats, we’re motivated to clean house, get outside, and see friends we may have missed during hibernation.
- [Women's Work](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-womens-work-0/) - In this special issue of Edible Philly, the Women in Food issue, we celebrate the way the Philadelphia food scene is shaped and propelled forward by a large number of accomplished, ambitious, talented, visionary women. The story of women in food, in Philadelphia and everywhere, is a long one, an infinite one, a story that is eternally written, rewritten, revised. We’re to-be-continued on women in food.
- [Summer Makeover](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-summer-makeover/) - IT’S MORE THAN just the long hours of daylight charging me up with energy right now. I’m bursting with excitement to introduce you to the new look of Edible Philly, courtesy of our new art director, Samantha J. Bednarek. She’s helped define the look of major national magazines including Family Circle and Good Housekeeping, and I’m thrilled to see her vision come to life in our pages. I hope you’ll let me know what you think of our makeover.
- [Seasonal Spotlight: Strawberries](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-seasonal-spotlight-strawberries/) - You can smell them before you see them. With a fragrance as alluring as any perfume (they’re members of the rose family), strawberries are among the most exciting of seasonal farmers-market finds. Stock up while you can! Fauxberry Strawberries look the part, but are not actually berries. Berries have their seeds on the inside.
- [Yoav Perry of Philadelphia’s Perrystead Dairy Knows Cheese Will Change The World](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-yoav-perry-philadelphia-s-perrystead-dairy-knows-cheese-will-change-world/) - WHEN I THINK OF CHEESEMAKING, the image that comes to mind is pastoral: cows grazing on rolling green hills. Driving to Perrystead Dairy, in North Philadelphia’s Olde Kensington neighborhood at the corner of Cecil B. Moore and Hancock Street, is the opposite experience. It’s flanked by narrow streets lined with row homes and former factories.
- [Robert and Arielle Ashford: Speakeasy Dreams and Sober Spaces](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-robert-and-arielle-ashford-speakeasy-dreams-and-sober-spaces/) - AS A YOUNG PERSON WORKING IN BARS and restaurants, Robert Ashford dreamed of owning a hip bar-restaurant one day, a speakeasy-style place he would call Volstead, tongue in cheek, after the 1919 act of Congress that prohibited the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the United States. In other words, the law that launched Prohibition.
- [Road Trip: Bristol in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-road-trip-bristol-day/) - When’s the last time you visited a Delaware River town with shopping, dining, and entertainment on a weekend and had an easy time finding parking? If you can answer “recently” then you know that Bristol Borough has become Bucks County’s under-the-radar, day trip gem. The shops and restaurants—most of them concentrated on Mill Street—along with the waterfront are within easy walking distance of one another. Throughout the year, the many festivals, free concerts, and special events make it a destination to visit frequently.
- [Beverage Product Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-beverage-product-guide/) - There is a time and a place for pumpkin spice and apple cider, but here are some local, seasonal favorites for fall that we’re excited to roast, sip, and toast well into the winter months. We encourage you to follow these businesses on social media for new product launches and updates. photo courtesy of the source
- [Cheers to Her: The Women Elevating Philadelphia's Wine Culture](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-cheers-her-women-elevating-philadelphias-wine-culture/) - Running a great wine program in Philadelphia is like rolling a boulder uphill: a liquor license costs $150,000 to $250,000, depending on when you buy it. Then you have to fight with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board to get your hands on the wine you want. So maybe it makes sense that Philadelphia’s wine scene is dominated by women, a communIty historically excluded from the wine world. If Philadelphia is the city that America’s wine scene left behind, then it follows that the people bringing it to life have also been often left out. Here, meet four of the women making Philadelphia’s wine scene something to toast.
- [Big Love, Little Cakes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-big-love-little-cakes/) - In my 30s, I was asked countless times when my husband, Dan, and I would start a family. Never, I would sometimes say. Defiantly. We always knew we didn’t want children. But I also knew that answer was wrong. At some point, I started to inform these people that we already had a family—a family of two. I would say we started a family when we got married in November of 2005, but that isn’t true either. We were already family by then.
- [Meet the Philly Chefs & Cooks Queering the Food Scene](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-meet-philly-chefs-cooks-queering-food-scene/) - Whether they’re cooking in a restaurant kitchen, selling homemade cakes in West Philly Facebook groups to make rent, or cooking free meals for Philadelphians experiencing food insecurity, queer and trans cooks and chefs are supporting Philly’s food culture. They’re contributing to mutual aid and making their way in a food world that’s still very white, cis-gendered, and straight. I spoke to Philly chefs and cooks queering the food scene about what’s shaped their work, how they’re carving out space for themselves, the role of community in their work, and what it’s like to be queer in food right now.
- [Experiments in Flavor: Andrew Kochan, Marigold Kitchen](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-experiments-flavor-andrew-kochan-marigold-kitchen/) - At the tender age of 27, Andrew Kochan has found himself the chef-owner at one of Philadelphia’s most lauded restaurants, Marigold Kitchen. Together with his co-chef and partner Tim Lanza, Kochan cooks some of the most innovative food in the city.
- [A Better City, Better Fed: Broad Street Ministry](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-better-city-better-fed-broad-street-ministry/) - “Radical hospitality” is Bill Golderer’s motto. As the founding pastor of Broad Street Ministry, he uses the phrase to describe the church’s community outreach. Located in the cathedral space of the Chambers-Wylie Memorial Presbyterian Church, across from the Kimmel Center, Broad Street Ministry hosts Sunday services—but during the rest of the week the organization provides many other vital community services, including meals.
- [Fabulous Fungi: Heather & Norman Fetter, Woodland Jewel Mushrooms](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-fabulous-fungi-heather-norman-fetter-woodland-jewel-mushrooms/) - “I never had romantic ideals of owning a farm and driving a tractor,” says mushroom grower Norman Fetter. His obsession with growing the fungi began almost by chance: Someone gave him and his wife Heather a mushroom-growing kit for a wedding gift. They had fun with it and soon bought more kits. Growing mushrooms started as a hobby. But all that changed when the couple moved out of the city. “The space we have really gave us the impetus to take the leap.”
- [The Green Grocers: Green Aisle Grocery](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-green-grocers-green-aisle-grocery/) - The original Green Aisle Grocery, a 206-square-foot shop, gets crowded the minute more than two people step in off East Passyunk Avenue. The vibe is more cozy than cramped, thanks to neighborly chitchat about local news and the store’s current selection of locally roasted coffee beans. The business’s landlady, Angela, regularly bursts onto the scene with a snack for shopkeepers Adam and Andrew Erace, a question about a utility bill, or both.
- [Where There's a Wine There's a Way: Gino Razzi & Davide Creato, Penns Woods Winery](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-where-theres-wine-theres-way-gino-razzi-davide-creato-penns-woods-winery/) - An Italian with a degree in enology has no shortage of opportunities to make wine close to home, but Davide Creato, now the assistant winemaker and vineyard manager at Penns Woods Winery, moved from Abruzzo to Pennsylvania and puts his degree to work in the fields of Chadds Ford. “When I first moved here I thought, oh, I know how to make wine,” says Creato, but acknowledges now that it was Gino Razzi, founder of Penns Woods, who taught him the art of winemaking.
- [Heirloom Turkey Gravy](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-heirloom-turkey-gravy/) - A holiday sauce so good, it’s made by the pitcher A large measure of the joy of Thanksgiving comes from its comforting familiarity. Like nearly all other celebrating households, my family embraces tradition and prepares a meal that features turkey and stuffing, cranberry sauce and mashed potatoes.
- [Momma Turney: An Empire-Building Chef](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-momma-turney-empire-building-chef/) - “I always have something on the menu that’s going to pay my bills,” says Turney.
- [Agave Advocate](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-restaurateur-david-suro-piñera-preserves-future-tequila-industry/) - Restaurateur David Suro-Piñera is on a mission to save tequila This September, Philadelphia’s pioneering Mexican restaurant Tequilas will celebrate its 30th anniversary. After reaching such an impressive milestone, many restaurateurs might put their retirement dreams into action, but owner David Suro-Piñera is not slowing down: He’s busy trying to preserve the future of the tequila industry.
- [Road Trip: Center City](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-road-trip-center-city/) - Eat (and drink) like a local in a touristy part of town
- [A-Treat Soda, A Proustian Pleasure](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-treat-soda-proustian-pleasure/) - One last taste of childhood summers, courtesy of a closed local soda company When I was in grade school, my Dad’s after-work errands often included a stop at “the distributor.” Just down the road from the state liquor store, it was the only place to buy beer in our sleepy Pocono Mountains town. A pretty standard arrangement here in Pennsylvania, but it baffled the out-of-state tourists in a hurry to find booze to fuel their woodsy vacations.
- [Spring Checklist: Veg Out](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-spring-checklist-veg-out/) - ✅ GRANDMA PIE At 20th Street Pizza, Mark Mebus begins with a long-fermented, highly hydrated dough as the canvas for his round and square pies. The Grandma style is a 14-inch square pan pizza topped with tomato sauce, cashew mozzarella, basil and olive oil. 20thstreet.pizza.
- [Miss Rachel's Pantry Cooking Show](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-miss-rachels-pantry-cooking-show/) - “CHEEKY, INFORMATIVE AND MILDLY ENTERTAINING.” That’s how Rachel Klein describes her vegan cooking show Beat Your Meat. Together with Rodger Holst, Miss Rachel’s Pantry sous chef and co-owner, Klein created the show in late 2020 to counter pandemic malaise and reignite her culinary spark. Geared toward the advanced home cook, each monthly episode focuses on one dish with multiple recipes broken down into manageable steps. For example, in the Pappardelle Bolognese class, viewers learn how to make pasta, mushroom Bolognese and ricotta from scratch.
- [Fall/Winter Checklist: Cool Flavors](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-fallwinter-checklist-cool-flavors/) - ✅ BISCUITS Owner and head baker Katie LaGreca tweaked her family recipe to take a starring role at Bethlehem Biscuit Company. Her biscuits are currently available at farmers’ markets and festivals around the Lehigh Valley. Early next year, she and her partner, JR Hartenstine, will debut a permanent home for their savory and sweet sandwiches at the new Riverport Public Market near Lehigh University. Instagram.com/thebethlehembiscuitco
- [PA Bacon Fest Celebrates 10 Years](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-pa-bacon-fest-celebrates-10-years/) - ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED AS AN EVENT AT THE EASTON FARMERS’ MARKET, the PA Bacon Fest has grown to a weekend-long celebration with more than 150 food and drink vendors and more than 15 live music acts. Visitors can start with bacon on a stick and continue to sample bacon in everything from Bloody Marys to burgers to poutine, plus desserts like cannoli and sticky buns. Activities include bacon-eating battles, costume contests and hog calling. Proceeds of this family-friendly, rain-or-shine event go to the Greater Easton Development Partnership, a nonprofit promoting the city’s economic well-being and cultural vibrancy.
- [Summer Checklist: Tasting Summer](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-summer-checklist-tasting-summer/) - ✅ SEED SPREAD Kristin Dudley had women’s health and fertility in mind when she collaborated with the Drexel Food Core Lab to create this six-ingredient nut butter alternative. But Mother Butter’s nourishing blend (get your daily recommended omega 3s in two scoops) is also a vegan, gluten-free snack the whole family can enjoy. Mother-Butter.com
- [Dip Daddy: A New Dip Delivery Startup Arrives in Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-dip-daddy-new-dip-delivery-startup-arrives-philly/) - A NEW DIP DELIVERY STARTUP HAS ARRIVED, just in time for summer picnics, beach days and stoop-sittings. Danny Giorgio, a chef from South Philly, worked in restaurants such as Amada and Barbuzzo, in addition to spots in LA and Italy. His Dip Daddy menu features six options, plus seasonal varieties, including the OG Pimento (roasted peppers, cream cheese, pickles, Fresno chiles, cheddar, cayenne), the Go-To (caramelized onions, tahini, cumin, lemon, garlic) and the Arty (artichokes, tomato, pecorino, roasted garlic). The dips range from $8 to $13 for shareable, 16-ounce containers.
- [Move Over, Muenster](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-move-over-muenster/) - Some families have a family crest. Some have a family beach house that Grandpop bought back in the ’40s. We have a family cheese. No, we’re not farmers or cheesemakers. I come from a big, close extended family in Northeast Philly. My grandmother Elaine had four kids, and none of them has ever lived more than a 15-minute drive from her. Each of them had a few kids, and now we kids are having kids—seven great-grandchildren for my grandma, to be exact.
- [Biederman’s: Philly’s New Bagel Brunch Shop](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-biederman-s-philly-s-new-bagel-brunch-shop/) - Is there anything better than waking up to fresh bagels and lox on a weekend morning?
- [Spring Checklist: Hot Treats](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-spring-checklist-hot-treats/) - ✅ FRENCH TOAST BEER Charisse McGill, creator of French Toast Bites, became the first black woman in Pennsylvania to debut her own beer when she released a sweet ale in partnership with Doylestown Brewing Company. The French Toast— flavored brew is available at several stores and restaurants, and you can also get it delivered via goPuff. French Toast Bites Ale, LokalArtisanFoods.com
- [Philly Ice Cream: What’s New](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-philly-ice-cream-what-s-new/) - Photo: ozmen-stock.adobe.com, Ice Cream Photos provided by source
- [Summer Checklist: Hot Treats](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-summer-checklist-hot-treats/) - ✅ COOKIE CUPS As a student at Drexel, Michelle Silberman started turning chocolate chip cookies into small cups that could be filled with anything from milk to ice cream to mini-cocktails. Today, she runs Snackadabra, a company specializing in cookie cups of all flavors, including red velvet, peppermint, and birthday cake. Snackadabra, snackadabra.com
- [2020 Edible Philly Local Hero - Food Artisan: Pasta Lab](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-2020-edible-philly-local-hero-food-artisan-pasta-lab/) - HAVING WORKED IN CATERING for more than a decade, Chris Wright and Gina Rubinetti are into food. The couple has always shared their passion by cooking for friends, but recently they decided to take things a step further. They bought a grain mill and started baking sourdough and making pasta from flour they milled at home. “Grain started taking over our apartment,” Wright recalls. “We hadn’t really tasted pasta made with freshly milled flour before, and it was eye opening.”
- [2020 Edible Philly Local Hero - Beverage Artisan: Danny Childs of The Farm and Fisherman](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-2020-edible-philly-local-hero-beverage-artisan-danny-childs-farm-and-fisherman/) - COULD A HIGH-VOLUME restaurant in the suburbs have one of the best bar programs in the Philly area? With Farm & Fisherman bar manager Danny Childs’ approach to beverages, the answer is a resounding yes. Over the last five years, this barman with an ethnobotanical research background went beyond the usual local beers, natural wine and creative cocktails. Childs ferments syrups and vinegar for shrubs and mixers. He even brews kombucha in house. He also crafts his own bitter herbal liqueurs (amaro), preserves fresh ingredients and forages for edible garnishes.
- [2020 Edible Philly Local Hero - Farm: Sunny Harvest Collective](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-2020-edible-philly-local-hero-farm-sunny-harvest-collective/) - A DECADE AGO, five Lancaster-based Amish farmers decided to band together to sell their crops through a CSA in an effort to pool resources and create efficiencies. Sunny Harvest grew quickly through word of mouth, and today, the growers collective is a wholesale-only business that includes 27 farms.
- [2020 Edible Philly Local Hero - Grocer: V Marks the Shop](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-2020-edible-philly-local-hero-grocer-v-marks-shop/) - WHEN PHILLY’S ONLY ALL-VEGAN grocery store opened in late 2018, it became a go-to shopping destination for vegans and omnivores alike. For years, partners Carmella Lanni and Carlo Giardina ran a food blog (the Food Duo) together and then flirted with veganism. “One New Year’s Eve, we decided to try being vegan and figured we would try it for a week,” Giardina says. “A week turned into 10 years!” The Food Duo became an all-vegan blog, and the couple started selling groceries at vegan pop-ups in their then-home of New York City and also in Philadelphia.
- [2020 Edible Philly Local Hero - Non-Profit: Share Food Program](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-2020-edible-philly-local-hero-non-profit-share-food-program/) - WITH A REACH of 700,000 people monthly, Share Food Program is the Philadelphia region’s largest hunger relief organization. This nonprofit started as a co-op food buying program in 1986, “long before the idea of food deserts,” according to executive director George Matysik. In the last three decades, Share has grown by leaps and bounds.
- [2020 Edible Philly Local Hero - Chef: Anthony Andiario](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-2020-edible-philly-local-hero-chef-anthony-andiario/) - CHEF ANTHONY ANDIARIO has always been into pasta. Some of his earliest memories involve making simple fresh pasta for special occasions with his family in northeastern Pennsylvania. After graduating from Penn State, he went to culinary school in Arizona and worked his way up in some of the state’s top kitchens. Andiario dove deep into the world of pasta- making and local sourcing. He taught himself to make handmade pasta through practice, research, and repetition, going on to run the pasta programs for Quiessence and the nationally renowned Pizzeria Bianco. “Pasta became an obsession for me,” Andiario says.
- [Spring Checklist: Food Finds](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-spring-checklist-food-finds/) - ✅ MERKAZ’S HOUSE-MADE GAZOZ One of three new CookNSolo restaurants, Merkaz serves house-made gazoz, a classic Israeli soft drink that combines fresh-squeezed juice and syrups with sparkling water. Currently, it’s available in four flavors: hibiscus grapefruit, celery coriander, lemon cardamom and espresso twist.Merkaz, 1218 Sansom St., merkazphilly.com
- [Dig Rittenhouse Opens](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-dig-rittenhouse-opens/) - THIS WINTER, THE RITTENHOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD SAW THE OPENING OF DIG, a fast casual import from New York City (where it’s called Dig Inn). The company prides itself on working with local farms and purveyors, including Lancaster Farm Fresh Cooperative, Chiques Roc Organics, Kennett Mushrooms and Happy Valley Meat Co. All of the food is made in-house using only fresh food. There’s no freezer, microwave or can opener in Dig’s kitchen. Meals here are served in bowls and include a base of grains or greens, lean protein, hot or cold sides (mostly vegetables, plus a whole wheat mac & cheese) and a sauce.
- [New Hope Pennsylvania in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-new-hope-pennsylvania-day/) - NEW HOPE HAS LONG BEEN ONE OF THOSE CUTE TOWNS that Philadelphians visit for the day. With a riverside setting, artsy shops galore, and plenty of restaurants and bars, the walkable Bucks County village has lots of charm. For a while, the food scene felt dated, but things are changing. Since Sherri and Kevin Daugherty came to town, they’ve breathed new life into New Hope.
- [Winter Checklist: Feast of the Fishes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-winter-checklist-feast-fishes/) - Wild for Salmon? Visit wildforsalmon.com to see its canned salmon selection. Photo Courtesy Of Riverwards Produce
- [Tacos with a Twist: TACOLAB at Mission Taqueria](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-tacos-twist-tacolab-mission-taqueria/) - With well-executed tacos and a bar slinging fresh margaritas, Mission Taqueria is easy to love.
- [A Food Lover's Guide To Media, Pennsylvania](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-food-lovers-guide-media-pennsylvania/) - MEDIA, DELAWARE COUNTY’S CHARMING COUNTY SEAT, calls itself “everybody’s hometown.” And with good reason. Media is one of the region’s most welcoming suburban hideaways. The borough’s leafy streets and historic homes surround a pedestrian- friendly Main Street lined with shops and restaurants.
- [Creative Spirits](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-creative-spirits/) - Philly’s craft distillers shake up the cocktail scene One night, Marat Mamedov, his wife Zsuzsa Palotas and his brother Vlad Mamedov got together for a couple of drinks and began reminiscing. The trio, who all grew up in Europe, remembered the culture of local spirits and lamented the lack of their homelands’ fruit-based spirits here in the United States.
- [Butchers, Bakers & Matzo-Ball Makers](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-butchers-bakers-matzo-ball-makers/) - A Native Returns to Northeast Philly It’s with a strange mix of hesitation and pride that I tell people I meet in Center City that I’m from Northeast Philly. I’m proud to be a city girl. I went to public school for 12 years, took SEPTA alone and hung out on front stoops. That city grit hasn’t fully faded, but today I could just as easily be mistaken for someone who grew up in the ‘burbs. That’s because I got out of Northeast Philly at age 19 and never thought I’d look back.
- [Brewer's Plate 2017 Highlights](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-brewers-plate-2017-highlights/) - Six exceptional tastes from last Sunday’s event The Brewer’s Plate is Fair Food Philly’s annual benefit event where chefs, brewers and artisans team up to provide their best pairings in the name of good food and beer. This year, nearly 100 of our region’s breweries, restaurants, bakeries and cheese makers assembled in the Kimmel Center, providing 1,500 attendees with a staggering number of samples to choose from.
- [Local Heroes Food Shop: Primal Supply Meats](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-local-heroes-food-shop-primal-supply-meats/) - It’s a logistical challenge to get an animal from the small, local farm where it was raised to a slaughterhouse, then to a butcher and finally to a dinner plate. So butchers Heather Marold Thomason and Cecilie May designed a more convenient system that benefits small farmers and customers alike. Their new company, Primal Supply Meats, is both a subscription service for home cooks and a wholesale provider for restaurants.
- [Local Heroes Beverage Artisan: Dock Street Brewery](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-local-heroes-beverage-artisan-dock-street-brewery/) - Dock Street Brewing is a Philly institution. They helped birth the craft-beer movement in the city in 1985, protested foreign tariffs on American beer in the nineties, and opened their West Philly brewery in 2007. At the beginning of it all, their simple mission was to elevate the status of beer. “We believed that beer didn’t have the respect it deserved,” says Dock Street co-founder Rosemarie Certo.
- [Caterers Who Care](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-caterers-who-care/) - You’ve got a CSA membership and a sustainable meat source. When you dine out, you seek out the chefs and restaurants who work with local farms. But when it comes planning the menu for special events, local food lovers have been without a definitive resource for finding sustainable eats—until now. The Philadelphia Food Policy Advisory Council (FPAC, convened by the Mayor’s Office of Sustainability in 2011) recently released an authoritative Good Food Caterer Guide. The businesses are ranked according to their record of compliance with a set of good-food values.
- [Morning, Noon, and Night at All-Day Café Rep Ipsa](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-morning-noon-and-night-all-day-cafe-rep-ipsa/) - Wander down Walnut toward the Schuylkill and you’ll be drawn in by the glow of Res Ipsa. By night it’s candlelit, with a sonic background of soft beats and sizzling from the open kitchen; by day, it’s a bright space to meet a friend for lunch or coffee. The owners of ReAnimator Coffee and chef Tyler Akin of Stock opened the all-day café in the west end of Rittenhouse late last year.
- [Dishes of the (African) Diaspora on Display at Folklore Project Gallery](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-dishes-african-diaspora-display-folklore-project-gallery/) - Culinary artist Pascale Boucicaut and photographer Adachi Pimentel are gathering stories of African culinary heritage in home kitchens around Philadelphia. Dishes of the Diaspora, on display at the Folklore Project gallery through April, celebrates the cultural foodways of ten cooks with heritage across the African diaspora, including Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Jamaica.
- [Flying Fish Crafthouse Comes to Brewerytown](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-flying-fish-crafthouse-comes-brewerytown/) - Flying Fish Brewing, the largest craft brewery in New Jersey, recently opened a spacious restaurant-bar, Flying Fish Crafthouse, in collaboration with Philly chef Brian Duffy. Like true comfort bar food, the portions aren’t modest, and there are plenty of beer-friendly fried items. But the menu has an elevated Philly twist. Housemade pretzels are served with brown butter, beer mustard and lager cheese; 12-hour roast pork with rosemary is topped with sharp provolone, broccoli rabe and long hots on a Cacia’s roll for the Philly Porchetta; the Kennett Square pizza comes piled with roasted wild mushrooms and dabs of truffled goat cheese.
- [Spring Shopping Checklist 2017](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-spring-shopping-checklist-2017/) - Our lineup takes you from the bakery to the farmers’ market to the bar for this season’s highlights. VANILLA KEFIR 
- [Dinner Under the Radar](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-secret-supper-clubs-serve-exclusive-quality-meals/) - The woman to my left handed me a bowl of golden dinner rolls. I took one and passed it down the long table, which sat 20 of us. As I broke into the crust and pulled off a corner of the feathery foie gras brioche, the diners around me swooned. “The butter,” someone gushed. I swiped my bread through a smear of salted chocolate butter and delicately scooped up a bit of juicy apple chutney from my plate. I shared a look of appreciation with the woman next to me. We were dining in a private residence—a high-ceilinged first-floor apartment in Fairmount. The table was set with linen cloths, cork placemats and white lily bouquets.
- [Edible History: Growing a Neighborhood](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-edible-history-growing-neighborhood/) - Community gardens have long thrived in the Mill Creek neighborhood in West Philadelphia. This photo, taken by architect and photographer Franklin D. Edmunds in 1906, shows a vacant-lot garden on the corner of 48th and Aspen Streets. As always in mid-July, it’s all hands on deck in the garden. Walk through the neighborhood today and you’ll see that growing local food is still a prominent activity here. More than 30 members tend to their plots in the Aspen Farms Community Garden at 49th St. and Aspen. It’s a refuge protected by the Neighborhood Gardens Trust in the midst of construction and housing development.
- [The Food Life: Summer 2016 Checklist](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-food-life-summer-2016-checklist/) - We’ve got all your basic food groups represented here, in perhaps more delicious and innovative forms. Stay fueled and cool with a few of our summer-season highlights.
- [Cookshelf: Sherry Wildfeuer](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-cookshelf-sherry-wildfeuer/) - Co-founder at Camphill Village Kimberton Hills 
- [The Food Life: Holiday Checklist](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-food-life-holiday-checklist/) - GRUYERE 
- [Stocking Your Home Bar for the Holidays](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-stocking-your-home-bar-holidays/) - Tips for making simple (but showy) drinks this season I’ve recently fallen into the role of bartender among a group of friends at our weekly(ish) potlucks. Many at the gatherings are chefs, bakers, farmers or crafty picklers—a slightly intimidating crowd to cook for. So when deciding what to contribute for that first night, I fell back on my cocktail skills and whipped up something delicious.
- [A Culinary Escape](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-culinary-escape/) - Bring the bright flavors of the Mediterranean to your kitchen with the new cookbook Tree of Life: Turkish Home Cooking (Burgess Lea Press, 2017). Let authors Joy E. Stocke and Angle Brenner be your guides with this collection of recipes, photos and stories,
- [Holiday Baking for the Whole Family](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-holiday-baking-whole-family/) - The Free Library’s Culinary Literacy Center (CLC) offers a wide range of affordable cooking classes by enlisting diverse local talent. “We work with everyone from CIA grads to home cooks,” says culinary literacy coordinator Suzanna A. Urminska. Home cooks turned professionals Keya Blackburn and Shayla Felton-Dorsey are teaching their first class at the library this winter Blackburn graduated from the pastry and baking program at the Art Institute of Philadelphia in 2011 and now runs her own business, More Than Cakes. Felton-Dorsey has a background in early education and opened a catering company last year.
- [The Good Groceries](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-good-groceries/) - Center City recently gained a new destination for stocking up on organic food: MOM’s Organic Market. The Maryland-based chain opened its 16,000-square-foot store just off Market on 11th Street this September.
- [Fante’S Boy Scout Troop](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-fante-s-boy-scout-troop/) - In this 1940s-era snapshot, Dominic Fante (second from the left) poses with members of his neighborhood Boy Scout troop in front of his family’s now-famous storefront. The scoutmaster and community leader helped shape the identity of the business, which has evolved since his grandfather, a carpenter, opened Fante’s to sell his furniture back in 1906. As times and the needs of the neighborhood shoppers changed, the store became something of a gift shop, specializing in German-made crystal and china.
- [Setting the Local Table](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-setting-local-table/) - Philly artists are doing for our tableware what local farmers have done for our crisper drawers In a glass-strewn studio in the basement of the Bok Building, a wiry man stood before a 2,000-degree furnace, spinning a long rod attached to the bottom half of a wine bottle.
- [How to Succeed in (Coffee) Business](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-how-succeed-coffee-business/) - Function Coffee Labs takes over a seemingly doomed location in Bella Vista To a passerby, the corner of Tenth and Carpenter Streets looks like a prime location for a neighborhood coffee shop. It’s just a block off the Italian Market and across the street from a little park with picnic tables and a bocce court shaded by oak trees. The surrounding—neighborhood Bella Vista—is mostly residential.
- [Back to Basics: Riverwards Produce Market](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-back-basics-riverwards-produce-market/) - Among the abundant pour over-coffee shops, craft-beer bars, and chef-driven restaurants popping up in Fishtown and Kensington, something essential was missing: a neighborhood grocery store. Resident Vincent Finazzo noticed. “How do we have a La Colombe, but not a market?” he wondered.
- [For (Local) Bread Lovers](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-local-bread-lovers/) - In July, the bakery at Whole Foods Market on Callowhill began offering two new loaves made with 100% Pennsylvania flour: a baguette and a table loaf.The bread is the result of a multilayered local collaboration: chef Marc Vetri, Vetri miller Claire Kopp McWilliams and the team at Drexel’s Bread Lab developed the recipes using flour milled at Castle Valley Mill in Doylestown.
- [Dine out to Support Clean Air](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-dine-out-support-clean-air/) - Want to do something easy to help support sustainable initiatives in Pennsylvania? On October 12, choose from a list of participating restaurants that will donate up to 30% of their day’s sales to the Clean Air Council, Philadelphia’s oldest environmental nonprofit.
- [The FedNuts Story](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-fednuts-story/) - If you’re new to Philadelphia, maybe you thought Federal Donuts was one of those Philly institutions that have been around forever Or maybe you witnessed their quick rise to ruling the Philly fried-chicken-and-donut landscape upon opening in 2011. Michael Solomonov and Steven Cook’s new book, Federal Donuts (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published September 26, 2017) lays out the story told by the accidental entrepreneurs themselves.
- [Fall 2017 Checklist](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-fall-2017-checklist/) - Philly is home to artisans who uphold traditions and innovators who follow no rules. This list includes our favorite seasonal comestibles, both brand-spanking-new and tried and true.
- [KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-know-your-neighbors/) - The League Street block party in Bella Vista brings a diverse community together
- [Sandwiches by Chefs](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-sandwiches-chefs/) - Here’s a special you might see on the menu at Stockyard Sandwich Co. this summer: locally raised chicken, ground and mixed with basil, rosemary, thyme and garlic; wrapped and poached; sliced and fried; and then layered on a long roll with smoked tomato, pesto and mozzarella. These are sandwiches with refined tastes and locally sourced ingredients, but they’re filling and never pretentious. That’s the winning combo brought to Philly late last year by chefs Will Lindsay and Mike Metzger.
- [Roll Your Own Way](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-roll-your-own-way/) - Order a smattering of small plates at Opa—and prepare for a surprise as they’re sent out in no particular order and everyone around the table reaches out with a fork. Dinner is a communal celebration here, and you’re encouraged to try a little bit of everything. Opa, an upscale Greek restaurant in Center City, has added a new dish to its menu—an inventive, interactive take on classic stuffed grape leaves. The build-your-own dolmades are sent out as a platter of different fillings and a stack of briny leaves. Then you and your friends have at it, passing, filling and rolling your own appetizers.
- [Say Cheese](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-say-cheese/) - There’s a new Philly subscription service you should know about: Collective Creamery. The CSA-style service brings cheese from two standout local makers to pickup sites throughout the city and neighboring counties. “People always asked, ‘Where can I find your cheese?’” says Stefanie Angstadt of Valley Milkhouse Creamery. “Depending on where they lived, the answer wasn’t always easy.”
- [Hunt and Gathering](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-hunt-and-gathering/) - There’s a natural haven up in Germantown where you can birdwatch, learn to identify native trees and hunt for edible plants. The Awbury Arboretum is a hub for outdoor exploration, and it’s free and open to the public year-round. In the summer, Awbury offers cooking classes for teens, field studies for preschoolers, and adventure camps that teach kids survival skills like fire-making and foraging (“Camp Katniss” is already sold out this year), to name a few.
- [Reviving Ancient Ales](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-reviving-ancient-ales/) - Imagine scraping the residue from the base of a thousand-year-old keg, analyzing the compounds, and then teaming up with a brewery to recreate the libation that may well have fueled the building of the pyramids. Did archeology just get a little more interesting?
- [Regional Culinary Traditions Revived](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-regional-culinary-traditions-revived/) - Our region’s top growers, chefs, and food historians collaborate to benefit Pennsylvania foodways research If you flipped through cookbooks and restaurant menus from early 20th-century Pennsylvania, you’d find the dishes of a pre-industrialized, pre-globalized food era, evidence of a time when cooks used mostly indigenous ingredients and scant, select imports.
- [Local Heroes Food Artisan: Jen & Andy Satinsky Weckerly’s Ice Cream](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-local-heroes-food-artisan-jen-andy-satinsky-weckerly-s-ice-cream/) - Weckerly’s is known for whimsical ice-cream sandwiches that stack flavors like chocolate marbled with blue cheese and candied walnuts between shortbread cookies. Fleeting ice-cream flavors like lemongrass sour cherry and honey plum are made in small quantities with peak-of-the-season produce.
- [Local Heroes Chef/Restaurant: Andrew & Kristin Wood of Russet](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-local-heroes-chef-restaurant-andrew-kristin-wood-russet/) - At Russet, the menu is shaped each week by what farmers have to offer. Maybe this is a story we’ve heard before, but, really, chef-owners Andrew and Kristin Wood are fervently dedicated to sourcing local ingredients. Andrew says they buy from about 250 individual small farms directly.
- [Local Heroes Farm/Farmer: Teddy Moynihan of Plowshare Farms](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-local-heroes-farm-farmer-teddy-moynihan-plowshare-farms/) - Teddy Moynihan, 32, is part of a new generation of farmers—farmers who grew up during the peak of crop commodification. “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that what followed was this interest in trying to get back to local farms and local food systems,” he says.
- [Local Heroes Non-Profit: Pennsylvania Cheese Guild](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-local-heroes-non-profit-pennsylvania-cheese-guild/) - The Pennsylvania Cheese Guild wants you to know that our state’s cheesemakers produce stunning cheeses that rival those of Vermont and Wisconsin. Under the Foundation for Enhancing Communities, the nonprofit supports a growing number of cheesemaker members like Shellbark Hollow Farm, Valley Milkhouse Creamery, and Clover Creek Cheese Cellar—some of our region’s top artisans.
- [CELEBRATING FIVE YEARS](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-celebrating-five-years/) - What does publishing a magazine have in common with running a restaurant?
- [Amuse-Bourse: Filipino classics at Philly’s newest food hall](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-amuse-bourse-filipino-classics-philly-s-newest-food-hall/) - JESSE AND JERE SAT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER at a long communal table at the newly re-opened Bourse food hall. Their plastic forks fought for the last grains of garlicky rice shimmering on a banana leaf. It was all that was left of their lunch from Lalo, a spot serving lutong bahay—Filipino comfort food. They had shared Lalo’s lumpia Shanghai, Filipino spring rolls made with pork and lemongrass paired with sweet chili sauce, and inihaw, skewers of grilled pork with atchara (pickles) over garlic rice.
- [Valerie Erwin - General Manager of Eat Café](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-valerie-erwin-general-manager-eat-caf/) - VALERIE ERWIN IS BEST KNOWN AS THE CHEF-OWNER of Geechee Girl Rice Café, shuttered in 2015. There, she cooked the cuisine of the Geechee people—descendants of enslaved Africans living on the coast of South Carolina and Georgia—for 12 years. Before that she worked under Philly food legends, including Judy Wicks (La Terrasse) and Steve Poses (Frog Commissary). Growing up, Erwin cooked family dinner with her sisters every night at their childhood home in North Philadelphia.
- [Hot 'N Spicy](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-hot-n-spicy/) - We’ve got tongue-tinglers of all types to keep you armed against the winter blues. POSOLE ROJO At Taco Riendo, this Mexican stew of chicken and hominy is seasoned with epazote, oregano, guajillo peppers and chiles de arbol and garnished with a generous side of chopped onions, cilantro and lime wedges. Ask for a side of salsa diabla for even more spice. Taco Riendo, 1301 N. 5th St., 215.235.2294
- [Keep 'em Coming Back](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-keep-em-coming-back/) - NOORD
- [Have Patience, Chef](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-have-patience-chef/) - LAUREL
- [A Taste of Home: Hurricane Maria One Year Later](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-taste-home-hurricane-maria-one-year-later/) - A local Puerto Rican talks about hurricane Maria one year later ON A PARK BENCH IN WASHINGTON SQUARE, Nilmary twists noodles onto her fork from a plastic Tupperware container on her lap. The fettuccini with marinara and grilled chicken wasn’t leftover; Nilmary doesn’t like to eat the same dish two days in a row. “I do a lot of meal prep,” she laughs.
- [Philly Farm and Food Fest Moving to Harvest Season](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-philly-farm-and-food-fest-moving-harvest-season/) - THIS YEAR, THE PHILLY FARM AND FOOD FEST is moving to harvest season. The local food extravaganza will take place October 28. This time, it will be an outdoor event, sprawling across eight acres in the Navy Yard. “We want to make it feel like one epic farmers’ market,” says Lisa O’Neill of Growing Roots Partners, who’s helping Fair Food organize the event this year.
- [That's a Wrap](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-thats-wrap/) - Gyros & Fries on Germantown Ave. AROUND NOON ON A RECENT FRIDAY, students from Al-Aqsa Islamic Academy crowded the counter at the small market next door. Two cooks in knit hats shaved meat from a rotating spit and kept fryer oil spattering as the students ordered falafel, cheesy fries, chicken tenders and shawarma. Al-Amana Grocery Store offers a mash-up menu including kid-pleasers and traditional Middle Eastern sandwiches and platters.
- [Indulge Yourself](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-indulge-yourself/) - Let us give you a few more reasons to venture to a new farmers’ market and beyond this summer. SEA SALT HONEY ICE CREAM Bright Yellow’s ice cream is made with organic dairy from Trickling Springs Creamery. New Jersey honey and a pinch of salt are mixed into our favorite flavor. Look for it on Saturdays at the Rittenhouse Farmers’ Market this summer. 1800 Walnut St., 9am–3pm. brightyellowcreamery.com
- [More than Meat](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-more-meat/) - Primal Supply Meats opened a butcher shop this spring, and they’re selling more than steaks. The storefront serves as a grocery where home cooks can grab all they need for a weeknight meal. Owner Heather Marold Thomason stocks her shelves with products from favorite local suppliers: Oasis Dairy’s milk and butter; Brine St. pickles; and Lost Bread Co. to name a few. Fruits and vegetables come courtesy of EP's 2018 Local Hero Award winner, Riverwards. Of course, local, pasture-raised meat is cut fresh to-order, and extras like organ meats and bones for broth are available. —K.R.
- [BYOB, With A Twist](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-byob-twist/) - Choose a seat at the bar-meets-chef’s-counter at Cadence, a new BYOB in Fishtown. Instead of watching bartenders shake and stir, you’ll see cooks artfully plating dishes that highlight the best ingredients of our region. Philly artisans are represented off menu too—in the art on the walls (for sale) and the dimpled coffee mugs. Even the stacked wood along the back wall—fuel for the heavily used oven—is sourced from the region. For your final course, we suggest cooling off with a dish of zingy and refreshing citrus shaved ice.
- [Produce Rx](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-produce-rx/) - IF YOU COLLECT A CSA SHARE, you know that local produce isn't cheap. The Farm to Families Initiative works to make that same produce affordable for those who need it most. Many of the program’s members don’t have easy access to affordable, fresh food. “It’s hard for doctors to talk to patients about diet when there’s no real solution,” says program director Jamiliyah Foster. Farm to Families works with Lancaster Farm Fresh to deliver boxes of produce to seven pick-up sites each week.
- [Five First Meals](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-five-first-meals/) - Snapshots of international breakfasts served up in Philadelphia What makes the international food scene in Philadelphia so captivating? According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, 13 percent of our city’s residents are immigrants, and with them have arrived rich and diverse food cultures from more than 150 countries. Fortunately, many of these newcomers have opened restaurants, from neighborhood stalwarts to hip new spots—and among the many gems, perhaps the most overlooked dishes are served at breakfast. So I undertook a mission to uncover the city’s best international breakfast offerings.
- [The School Breakfast Challenge](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-school-breakfast-challenge/) - How Philadelphia schools are ramping up breakfast programs—and why it’s a city priority Just after eight on a recent Monday morning, fourth-graders at H.A. Brown Elementary School in East Kensington quietly filed into Mrs. McGlynn’s classroom, hung their coats on labeled hooks, and settled in at desks arranged in groups of four. Mrs. McGlynn reminded them to start working on their daily language review.
- [Wellness with Herbs](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-wellness-herbs/) - Two years ago, Elise Hanks turned her Kensington backyard into an herb garden. Her thirteen raised beds are crowded with plants, including burdock, stinging nettle, lavender, citrus mint, sage and calendula. “I harvest a ton in the summer to give myself a nice big arsenal of dried products for the fall and winter,” Hanks says. She uses them to handcraft salves, shrubs, teas and tinctures, which she packs into boxes for her monthly herbal CSA.
- [Easy Listening (and Drinking)](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-easy-listening-and-drinking/) - Vinyl’s back in a big way. New record stores, listening cafes and bars are popping up in neighborhoods across the country. If you’re looking for an album education, a trip down memory lane or simply a fun entry point into the world of vinyl, pick up Tenaya and André Darlington’s new book Booze and Vinyl: A Spirited Guide to Great Music and Mixed Drinks (Running Press, 2018). The Philly-based brother-sister writing partners pair 70 great albums with “Side A” and “Side B” cocktails, including liner notes and recipes.
- [A Breakfast Stay-cation](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-breakfast-stay-cation/) - Locals rarely choose hotel restaurants for breakfast, but Urban Farmer in Center City’s Logan Hotel features a surprising number of local purveyors on the menu. So many, in fact, the spot has become a sleeper favorite of Philly locavores. Local, seasonal produce and eggs take center stage in a robust vegetable frittata. If you make it to weekend brunch, don’t miss the old-school cheese cart, stocked with favorites from area creameries, including Calkins Creamery and Cherry Grove.
- [Mission-Driven Coffee](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-mission-driven-coffee/) - Last spring, Bodhi Coffee on 10th Street became Quaker City Coffee. It has the same owner but a new mission: to provide jobs and mentorship for formerly incarcerated Philadelphians. The business works with partners at the Community College of Philadelphia, the University of Pennsylvania and the Mayor’s Office of integration Services (RISE) to hire and train employees reentering the workforce.
- [Spring 2018 Checklist](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-spring-2018-checklist/) - Bright spring mornings call for sunny flavors, including fresh, nutty grains and tangy ferments. This list will help you start your day with early-season eats. Cottage Kitchen Curtido Photograph courtesy of The Cottage Kitchen
- [Hardena](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-hardena/) - Ena Widjojo passes the Indonesian culinary mainstay to her daughters 
- [A Spot of Tea](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-spot-tea/) - When was the last time you went to a proper tea party or sipped a cuppa with a nibble of scone in the afternoon? It’s probably been too long. Stephen Starr’s British pub, The Dandelion, has recently added a teatime menu, available daily from 3 to 5 pm. “We wanted to connect our space here at the Dandelion with the tradition of tea in London,” says general manager Nicole Bell. You can order up tea tiers with tarts and pastries, petite sandwiches, and of course loose-leaf teas (caffeine-free options are available) and tea cocktails.
- [Winter 2017-18 Checklist](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-winter-2017-18-checklist/) - Our twofer this season: find a meaningful holiday gift and support your local business owners. This list of recommendations comes complete with beverages to keep your spirits up while you shop. Peskir at Cuttalossa 
- [Taahirah and Nakia Stith, Founders, Dope Botanicals](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-taahirah-and-nakia-stith-founders-dope-botanicals/) - HOW WOULD YOU LIKE to feel today? It’s a question that catches nearly everyone off guard. And it’s one of the first things you’ll hear from Taahirah and Nakia Stith when you are deciding what to order at Dope Botanicals, the herbal wellness shop and bar—or “a’plant’ecary,” as they call it—they opened in Rittenhouse last winter.
- [Judy Wicks, Founder, White Dog Café](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-judy-wicks-founder-white-dog-caf/) - THERE WAS A TIME WHEN COOKING OVER A FIRE was the only kind of cooking Judy Wicks would do. “I thought indoor cooking was for sissies—the type who got an A in home ec,” she says. She learned primal food preparation from her mother, Betty, who pulled off meals for 13 during the Canadian backcountry camping trips of Wicks’s youth. “She told me I’d have to learn to cook indoors when I had a family,” Wicks says. Avoiding time in the kitchen was part of her motivation for getting into the restaurant business.
- [Sarah Jagiela Of Sly Fox Brewing Shares A Go-to Recipe](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-sarah-jagiela-sly-fox-brewing-shares-go-recipe/) - SARAH JAGIELA first fell in love with beer while writing about it for the website The Drink Nation, where she started as an intern and worked her way up to managing editor. Armed with knowledge of years reporting on the industry, she joined the team at Sly Fox Brewing in 2016, where she runs events like the massive Can Jam music and beer festival and the Bock Fest and Goat Race.
- [Hard Cider Revival: An Update](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-hard-cider-revival-update/) - IN 2013, WHEN EDIBLE PHILLY FIRST COVERED HARD CIDER, local pioneers Wyndridge Farm, Philadelphia Brewing Co., and Frecon Farms were just getting their cideries off the ground. Back then, craft cider made in Pennsylvania was still tough to find.
- [Satisfying Sips](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-satisfying-sips/) - VICIO MEZCAL If you haven’t yet tasted the smooth and smoky mezcal from Dock Street Brewing’s sister brand, get to the cannery this fall. Try Vicio straight up, or in their seasonal cocktail made with fresh carrot and orange juice, orange bitters and habanero-spiced salt. Dock Street Cannery & Lounge, 705 S. 50th St., 215.726.2338, dockstreetbeer.com
- [Your Guide To Philly Farm Stands](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-your-guide-philly-farm-stands/) - THERE’S A LUSH GARDEN AT 8TH AND POPLAR I OFTEN PASS on my bike during the summer. For a while, I eyed the ruby stems of Swiss chard and yellow garlic tops as I sped by. When I finally stopped to check it out, I learned that the neighbors also grow sugarcane; solar panel power the farm; and the cherry tree fruits like crazy in June, bringing volunteer pickers (and eaters). With so many large farmers’ markets bringing the region’s growers here, it’s easy to overlook the city’s many tiny stands that sell produce from a single farm.
- [On The Job - Lunch break at Philadelphia's Temple University](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-job-lunch-break-philadelphias-temple-university/) - “A lot of guys that work in construction, they’ll pack their lunches all week long and then Friday’s treat day.” VICTOR AND FRANK SHARED A SUNNY BENCH, matching red Coleman coolers on the sidewalk between their feet. The electricians weren’t far from their job site: Temple University’s new campus library, set to open in August.
- [Farming in Climate Chaos](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-farming-climate-chaos/) - IF YOU TALKED WITH ANY FARMER DURING THE 2018 GROWING SEASON, YOU HEARD ABOUT THE RAIN. In the spring, growers reported a slow, wet start; by mid-summer, many looked weary on rainy market days; by fall, stock at their stalls was scant—squash, carrots, cabbages, and potatoes all absent. Through the entire growing season, farmers lamented the rain just wouldn’t let up.
- [Keep Cool, Stay Fueled. - Local Philadelphia Food Perfect for Summer](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-keep-cool-stay-fueled-local-philadelphia-food-perfect-summer/) - PURPOSEFUL POPS Flavors like Pistachio Chocolate (vegan), Pineapple Cayenne, and Fig Yogurt (seasonal) make it tempting to survive the summer on popsicles alone. Follow @Purposefulpops on Instagram to find out where this cheery, freezer-toting trike will pop up next. purposefulpops.com
- [Grandma's Cooking - Jezabel’s Argentine Cafe & Bakery](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-grandmas-cooking-jezabel-s-argentine-cafe-bakery/) - Jezabel Careaga, owner of Jezabel’s Argentine Cafe & Bakery, dreams of her grandmother’s homemade croquettes and pickled vegetables.
- [Travel with a Local](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-travel-local/) - The best way to experience a place is with a local. That’s why Betsy Spivak’s been making Italian friends since 2014. Today, Spivak creates off-the-beaten-path trips to Italy with Italian chef Gregorio Fierro. This fall, you can join them on a tour of Naples and Campania. Fierro will lead a pizza crawl through Naples with plenty of stops for street food like cuoppo, a paper cone full of something fried, often calamari and anchovies. A four-day exploration of Salerno includes a tour (and lunch) at Tenuta Vannulo, a water buffalo dairy near the Greek Ruins of Paestum.
- [In the Neighborhood](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-neighborhood/) - After 11 years of planning, the Kensington Community Food Co-op is finally open for business. The new market boasts a bulk section, plenty of local produce, meats, and dairy. At the 32-seat café and bar you can grab coffee and work, meet a friend for lunch, and enjoy a beer (or booch) from the eight taps serving up rotating local brews. There’s an outdoor patio, too—a nice spot to enjoy a cold drink on a sticky summer night. If you’re a neighbor of the co-op, sign up to be a member.
- [Glow Bowls](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-glow-bowls/) - PHOTO COURTESY OF REAP WELLNESS
- [Break Time - Lunch at Sprouts in Philadelphia](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-break-time-lunch-sprouts-philadelphia/) - “If it’s just one degree above regulation, the entire shipment gets sent back.” 
- [Gaia DiGiacomo - Dietitian at Temple University](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-gaia-digiacomo-dietitian-temple-university/) - GAIA DIGIACOMO LOOKS RIGHT AT HOME KNEADING A BALL of semolina dough. She presses it forward with the heels of her palms and brings it back gently with the ease of someone who learned from her mom, who learned from her mom. Because she did. DiGiacomo is from Oria, a small town in Puglia, where she was raised by very good cooks. “My mom made everything from scratch,” she says. DiGiacomo joined her in the kitchen as a toddler and later learned on her own.
- [2019 Local Heroes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-2019-local-heroes-0/) - Each year, we honor trailblazers in Philadelphia’s local food scene with our Local Hero awards. Edible Philly readers, contributors and past Local Hero award winners put forward nominees, and our editorial team chose 2019’s honorees. The tastemakers profiled in the following pages make our local food community more vibrant every year.
- [Eat Well, Feel Well - Wholesome Philadelphia Food Finds You'll Savor](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-eat-well-feel-well-wholesome-philadelphia-food-finds-youll-savor/) - This spring, treat yourself to health with wholesome local finds you’ll savor. PHOTO COURTESY OF TERRA LUNA HERBALS
- [Rowhouse Grocery - Philadelphia's Quaintest Grocery Store](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-rowhouse-grocery-philadelphias-quaintest-grocery-store/) - What do you get when two cooks, a barista and a produce buyer get together? Philly’s quaintest grocery store. Rowhouse Grocery opened in a—you guessed it—converted row house on the corner of Colorado and McKean Streets late last year. They’ve got affordable staples, local milk, pastured meat, free-range eggs (for $2.50 a dozen!) and an ample produce selection. Sip on a cup of coffee from rotating local roasters like Blind Tiger while you shop. The grocery’s second floor kitchen is key—they can whip up healthy meals to-go, like veggie-heavy frittata, soups and sandwiches, to keep produce waste (and prices) low.
- [Macro Magic - Macrobiotic Chef Teaches Healthy Eating Habits](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-macro-magic-macrobiotic-chef-teaches-healthy-eating-habits/) - The macrobiotic way of eating has a bad reputation. It’s not just brown rice. Macrobiotic chef Susan Waxman runs the Strengthening Health Institute (SHI) with her husband, Denny. Their style doesn’t include no-no diets. “We advocate adding healthy lifestyle practices,” she says. Eventually, those healthy practices edge out the unhealthy ones. You can get a head start by taking SHI’s five-day macrobiotic course. You’ll learn cooking techniques and menu planning strategies with Waxman and get an introduction to practices like gyrokinesis exercise and shiatsu massage.
- [Keep it Fresh - Kitchen Garden Series Produce Bags](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-keep-it-fresh-kitchen-garden-series-produce-bags/) - Heidi Barr, the brains and style behind Kitchen Garden Series, started out making napkins from upcycled men’s t-shirts to raise money for a local farm. Now she donates 10% of her profits to urban agriculture projects and makes a line of products, including our favorite produce bag. It’s made from breathable linen, which wicks away moisture, so leaves stay crisp and fresh much longer compared to other types of storage. The bags can be used for any produce you’ve got—for root veggies, dampen the linen before adding them to the bag to keep them from drying out.
- [School of Fish - Connecting Local Philly Fisherman Directly with Shoppers](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-school-fish-connecting-local-philly-fisherman-directly-shoppers/) - ONE RECENT EVENING, students at Mastery Charter Thomas in South Philadelphia took over a classroom with coolers full of live oysters. It was pick-up night for Fishadelphia—a student-run seafood buyers’ club. Talia Young, a former biology teacher at Thomas, started the program to connect local fishermen directly with shoppers. Members get a different type of seafood each week, depending on what’s in season. The amount varies, too. You might get 12 oysters one week and 4 pounds of porgy the next. Shares cost $20 each. You can sign up for the whole season or pay as you go.
- [FOOD SHOP:  Riverwards Produce](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-food-shop-riverwards-produce/) - “Being in the center of the neighborhood relieves some of the stress of food shopping for the people who live here.” Neighborhood grocers—smaller than Acme and Superfresh, independently owned—evoke a bygone era. The people of Fishtown have one of these nostalgia-stirring gems in Riverwards Produce, owned by Vincent Finazzo, but there is nothing fusty about the place.
- [BEVERAGE ARTISAN:  Rival Bros. Coffee](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-beverage-artisan-rival-bros-coffee/) - “We know what kind of coffee sells in Philadelphia,” says Adams. Rival Bros. partners Jonathan Adams and Damien Pileggi have been friends a long time. In high school, they played the same sport (soccer). In their 20s, they worked in the same business (restaurants—Adams was a chef, Pileggi worked front of the house). Today the pair runs the rapidly growing Rival Bros., a coffee- roasting company that started selling lattes and the like out of a truck back in 2011 but today has three inviting and busy cafés.
- [NONPROFIT: Rebel Ventures](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-nonprofit-rebel-ventures/) - “The students are all paid to create the treats, taste-test and gather feedback from thousands of students.” Local high-school senior Tre’Cia Gibson isn’t sure where she’ll go to college—she’s been accepted to six so far. As a participant and leader in the Rebel Ventures program, she knows she’s already learned a lot that’s not part of regular high-school classwork. When asked what her involvement in this nonprofit has taught her, she rattles off “public speaking, going to meetings, leadership and teamwork.”
- [RESTAURANT:  Helm](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-restaurant-helm/) - “We know that the people close to us grow the best stuff.” There was a time when declaring your place a “farm-to-table” restaurant was enough to get attention in the media and diners in the door. These days, farm names on your chalkboard menu don’t have the same impact. For one thing, in light of frequent less-than-honest local-food name checking, diners have become skeptical. For another, Philly-area restaurant- goers have come to expect local ingredients wherever possible.
- [FARMER/FARM: Ben Wenk, Three Springs Fruit Farm](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-farmerfarm-ben-wenk-three-springs-fruit-farm/) - “I was a little rudderless after earning my agriculture degree. When I heard that Headhouse Farmers’ Market was going to start back in 2007, something clicked.” If you are even a casual shopper at Headhouse Farmers’ Market, you likely already know Ben Wenk, steward of his family’s 190-year-old Adams County farm, Three Springs Fruit Farm.
- [FOOD ARTISAN:  Ari Miller, 1732 Meats](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-food-artisan-ari-miller-1732-meats/) -  “Those other tiny failed businesses never captured my imagination. But when I got into this business, I found my people—crazy food people.” Ari Miller’s path to becoming a food artisan isn’t exactly one you would expect. The lawschool grad’s first career was in retail banking, and he went on to dabble in several other kinds of small businesses, including real estate and a laundromat.
- [Rachel Klein](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-rachel-klein/) - Owner of Miss Rachel’s Pantry Vegan food is sometimes thought of as rabbit food, dainty food, spa food—but not the way chef Rachel Klein does it. At her catering kitchen in South Philly, where she hosts ticketed prix fixe feasts almost every weekend, Klein cooks up meatand- dairy-free but decadent trays of lasagna, piles of pasta and special-order holiday roasts that make meat eaters think twice about turkey.
- [2018 Local Heroes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-2018-local-heroes-0/) - Every year, Edible Communities magazines around the country ask you, our readers, to name Local Heroes in six categories. Edible Philly’s editorial team consulted with a group of trusted advisors to select nominees—and then you voted. Your picks are celebrated on the following pages. 2018 LOCAL HEROES FOOD ARTISAN: Ari Miller, 1732 Meats
- [Shayna Marmar](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-shayna-marmar/) - Educator and founder of Honeypie Cooking Philadelphia-area native Shayna Marmar’s work has long focused on the intersection of food and learning. After graduating from college with a degree in early childhood education, she took a teaching job in the San Francisco Bay area. Before long she was finding ways to merge cooking and teaching. She launched her business, Honeypie Cooking, as a side hustle while spending her weekdays in a California classroom.
- [East Passyunk](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-east-passyunk/) - A bite of the new South Philly When I moved to East Passyunk from Queen Village in 2006, I thought I was moving to Foodie Siberia. Little did I realize that this section of South Philadelphia was about to become the most exciting place in town to eat and drink. In one scene of the documentary King Georges, chef Georges Perrier compares East Passyunk Avenue favorably to Paris.
- [Chloe Grigri](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-chloe-grigri/) - Owner, The Good King Tavern Artichokes have always had a special place in Chloe Grigri’s heart. “I have memories of preparing artichokes with my grandmother in the South of France. I remember digging out all of the fuzzies inside,” she says. So you might expect to find this sometimes-intimidating vegetable on her home dinner table and, occasionally, on the menu at the restaurant she co-owns with her father, the Good King Tavern in Bella Vista.
- [JACQUELINE PECCINA-KELLY (Chef Jacquie), Owner, Taste 4 Travel](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-jacqueline-peccina-kelly-chef-jacquie-owner-taste-4-travel/) - Almost no one knows Philadelphia’s Italian Market like Jacqueline “Chef Jacquie” Peccina- Kelly does. In addition to growing up in South Philly, Peccina-Kelly gives food tours of Ninth Street, offering participants an insider’s guide (and a smorgasbord of samples) as they meet the shopkeeps, butchers and cheesemongers who have made this one of America’s top culinary tourist attractions for generations.
- [Cookshelf: Ann Karlen](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-ann-karlen-fair-foods-leads-local-food-movement-philadelphia/) - Executive Director of Fair Food For the past 17 years, Ann Karlen has been a leader in the local-food movement here in Philadelphia through her work with Fair Food, the nonprofit she founded with the goal of getting more local food to the people who want it.
- [Cookshelf: Nicole Paloux](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-cookshelf-nicole-paloux/) - Her two businesses aren’t overtly food-centric, but Nicole Paloux’s passion for all things culinary shapes both Red Balloon, her boutique public-relations firm, and The Flwry, her flower-subscription service.
- [Cookshelf: Ashley Lomery & Kevin Lisewski](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-ashley-lomery-kevin-lisewski/) - Cooking has always been integral for this South Philly couple. “The first thing I ever cooked for Ashley was pork loin stuffed with cornbread and andouille from Emeril’s cookbook,” Lisewski says. A high school Spanish teacher, Lisewski gets home from work earlier than his wife, who is an assistant vice president at Temple University. He does the cooking, and it’s often something from the pair’s well-worn cookbooks. “Tonight, he’s making Bolognese,” says Lomery, with a smile.
- [Cookshelf: Kelly Vass](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-cookshelf-kelly-vass/) - Happiness Hero (Customer Service Specialist) at Buffer.com As a graduate student in English, Kelly Vass was preparing for her future as a social media guru with Buffer.com, a tool for businesses and individual to organize their social media world. That training, though, was happening more outside the classroom than in it.
- [Cookshelf: Phyllis Stein-Novack](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-phyllis-stein-novack-restaurant-critic/) - Restaurant Critic
- [Cooking Fresh: Field of Dreams Leads to Restaurant Volver](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-cooking-fresh-field-dreams-leads-restaurant-volver/) - On a recent trip to Japan, Jose Garces ate the best mango he’s ever tasted in his life. It should have been a superlative specimen—it cost the Iron Chef $300. The price tag was worth it, according to him, not just for the tangy sweetness of the world’s most perfect piece of fruit but for the insight it gave him about ingredients.
- [Edible Health: Cheers Without Beers](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-edible-health-cheers-without-beers/) - Every year, a great deal of advice is dispensed about how to avoid weight gain and stick to healthy foods during the swath of deep-fried, sugary days between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. Less discussed is another form of overindulgence that can impede an otherwise healthy lifestyle: near-constant boozing.
- [2022 Plant-Based Restaurant Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-2022-plant-based-restaurant-guide/) - 20TH STREET PIZZA Dairy-free pizza dreams come true at this small, casual spot in Rittenhouse. Puffy and blistered, the crust has the perfect char. The tomato sauce is tangy, and the cheese tastes just as wonderful as all the other toppings on offer. 108 S 20th St., 215.398.5748, 20thstreet.pizza.
- [Spring Has Sprung](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-spring-has-sprung/) - WITH A NEW SEASON comes fresh energy. We’re all looking forward to the asparagus and strawberries that are coming to our farmers’ markets very soon. From out the window of my home office at 11th and Tasker, I can see two new restaurant signs swaying in the breeze: The Dutch moved here from Pennsport, and the bold 3-D apricot that marks the brand new Mish Mish.
- [Adjua Fisher, co-owner, Reap Wellness](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-adjua-fisher-co-owner-reap-wellness/) - A FORMER HEALTH JOURNALIST, Adjua Fisher decided she wanted to go beyond words in her efforts to help enhance people’s wellness. To that end, together with her husband, chef Zach Rice, she launched Reap, a meal delivery service, in late 2019. For people looking for ways to cope through lockdown, the new service offered welcome convenience. “Reap was built for pandemic times. People didn’t want to cook and they weren’t eating that healthy on their own,” says Fisher.
- [Sugar Rush - Finding the Sweet Stuff in Philadelphia](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-sugar-rush-finding-sweet-stuff-philadelphia/) - IF YOU’VE EVER read this magazine before, it’s probably obvious to you that I live for treats. I have always been a food fanatic with a never-ending list of local delicacies I want to try, but in this new pandemic era, my focus on food has risen to another level.
- [Char Nolan: Plant-Based Chef and Cooking Instructor](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-char-nolan-plant-based-chef-and-cooking-instructor/) - BACK IN 2009, when Char Nolan worked in marketing for Whole Foods Market, she noticed a sudden change in her regional manager. “He looked different. His skin looked better. He had a whole different demeanor,” she recalls. She learned he was following the program outlined in the book The Engine 2 Diet by Rip Esselstyn. “I went directly to Borders to buy the book, and then I went to the supermarket to stock up on oatmeal and kale,” she says.
- [Back To Life - A Thrilling Reunion with Philly Food Culture](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-back-life-thrilling-reunion-philly-food-culture/) - EMERGING from the pandemic has been a thrilling reunion with many parts of local food culture I had been sorely missing. I have taken gleeful shopping trips to Reading Terminal Market and the South Philly Food Co-op. I have finally gone back to restaurants, enjoying recent meals at Le Virtu, Bing Bing Dim Sum, Spice Finch, and Baology. Meeting friends at farmers’ markets has been the absolute best, though. After more than a year away from Headhouse Market, I swooped down on Savoie Organic Farm to buy too many of their absurdly delicious potatoes.
- [Looking Forward](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-looking-forward/) - LIKE EVERYONE, I’ve been pretty much stuck in my house for 13 months, but I’ve never been so homesick. There are so many places, people, and scenes from across town that I have not laid eyes on for over a year.
- [Emily Rodia: Co-Owner, Good Buy Supply](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-emily-rodia-co-owner-good-buy-supply/) - SEVERAL YEARS INTO THEIR LOW-WASTE LIFESTYLE, Emily Rodia and Jason Rusnock decided they wanted to make it easier for others to follow in their eco-conscious footsteps. Together, last November, they opened the doors to their new shop, Good Buy Supply, on East Passyunk Ave. It puts everything you need to make your life more sustainable under one roof.
- [A Winter We Won’t Forget](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-winter-we-won-t-forget/) - THIS TIME LAST YEAR, when I was brainstorming resolutions for 2020, I had no idea what was coming at us. As this unprecedented year draws to a close, I find myself unable to even begin to set goals for 2021, yet here we are. The uncertainty makes it tough to look ahead, so I am taking this moment to look back.
- [Cooking with Louis Remolde - Fitness Instructor and Instagram Influencer](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-cooking-louis-remolde-fitness-instructor-and-instagram-influencer/) - AS LOUIS REMOLDE, a longtime restaurant industry pro, approached age 40 he started asking himself some big questions. “I wanted to change my life. I didn’t love the way I was looking or feeling, so I decided to give up alcohol,” he recalls. It was a major change that took his life in unexpected directions. When you stop drinking, it can open up a lot of free time. “I didn’t want to sit around, all blah, blah, blah … woe is me,” says Remolde. “I would rather be doing something else.”
- [Cooking with Jocelyn Grayson – Social Media Consultant](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-cooking-jocelyn-grayson-social-media-consultant/) - JOCELYN GRAYSON, BASED IN THE FAIRMOUNT NEIGHBORHOOD, has always loved spending time in the kitchen. “My mom cooked a lot, my dad made desserts and there were always cookbooks around,” she recalls. And then, when Grayson’s husband worked in publishing in the 80s and 90s, he brought them home from the office by the armful. “I don’t have a publishing connection anymore, but I do have Amazon,” says Grayson, whose current collection totals 277 volumes.
- [A Fresh Look](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-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.
- [Celebration Season](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-celebration-season/) - I TRY TO AVOID REPETITION in Edible Philly, but sometimes there’s just something in air. This season, it seems to be Mission Taqueria’s Taco Lab event series. I knew Sarah Maiellano was going to write about Taco Lab in our Food Life section, but I didn’t expect it to turn up in Elizabeth Einhorn’s essay, No Plates Like Home, too. But there it was! And I get why. I’m not going to explain Taco Lab here (you will read plenty about it in this very issue), but I will say what makes it irresistible is its exuberant spirit of collaboration and togetherness.
- [Kae Lani Palmisano, host of "Check, Please" Shares Her Favorite Soup Recipe](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-kae-lani-palmisano-host-check-please-shares-her-favorite-soup-recipe/) - KAE LANI PALMISANO, the host of WHYY’s newest food-themed show, Check, Please, debuting in January, was no stranger to the region or to the food world. “I’ve always had a passion for food, and especially in the food that defines a place,” says Palmisano. Her other job is as the contributing editor for USA Today’s 10 Best, a project that explores the best of local food scenes all around the country.
- [Beets](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-beets/) - Once unloved, beets have found fans thanks to chefs putting them on their menus. But seasonal autumn beets—in all their candy-colored variety— are just as wonderful when you buy them from your farmers’ market and cook them yourself.
- [Drinks in the Season](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-drinks-season/) - WELCOME TO THE DRINKS ISSUE. Ahead you’ll find stories about all things quaffable, but we take a particularly deep dive with two special features this month. In her piece “The Jewel of the Valley,” wine writer Robin Shreeves tells the story of one hybrid grape that has come to define the wines of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. (Fear not, my fellow city slickers: We’ll tell you where to taste some nearby!)
- [Chef Kalisa Martin Offers Food and Culture-rich Travel Experiences](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-chef-kalisa-martin-offers-food-and-culture-rich-travel-experiences/) - KALISA MARTIN IS A TRAINED CHEF who, together with Jeff Belizaire, founded The Runaway Jamaica in 2015. It was the first crowd-funded B&B. There the couple, both with Caribbean roots, shared Jamaica with guests through traditional foods, local coffee, and even Jamaica-made ceramics. “We didn’t want it to be a cookie-cutter vacation,” says Martin. In 2017, they closed the B&B and renamed the company The Runaway Experience. Today, they partner with boutique hotels to offer food-and-culture rich trips to destinations like Cuba and Morocco. “Now it’s a pop-up travel experience,” she says.
- [Eat Fresh - Classic Philly Sandwiches Turned into Salads](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-eat-fresh-classic-philly-sandwiches-turned-salads/) - Zahav took home the top honor this spring, cementing our town’s place in the upper echelon of America’s best food and restaurant cities. A local restaurant has never won this specific honor before, but our status has been on the rise for a long time. Gradually, the city’s once blue-collar, down-market, street-food image has given way to something glossier, pricier, and a whole lot more award-winning.
- [Eggplant](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-eggplant/) - EGGPLANTS BY UCKYO - ADOBESTOCK.COM Also known by its fancier French name, aubergine, the eggplant is a sleeper hit of the summer markets. This hearty, versatile vegetable can be baked, steamed, roasted or fried. Put some in your basket this week.
- [The Spears are Here - Spring is the Time for Beautiful Asparagus](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-spears-are-here-spring-time-beautiful-asparagus/) - We know that spring is really upon us when we finally get ahold of bunches of beautiful asparagus. Vegetal and herbaceous, it’s wonderful roasted or raw. Make sure you eat as much as you can before it’s gone.
- [Inspired By Chefs](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-inspired-chefs/) - How Philly’s Restaurants Make Me a Better Cook I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN my career as a restaurant critic was drawing to a close when my interviews with the chefs changed. Readers don’t realize this, but following the meals that comprise most of the research that goes into a review, critics interview the chefs over the phone.
- [Cookshelf: Ana Caballero - Cooking off the Clock](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-cookshelf-ana-caballero-cooking-clock/) - Purchasing Manager and Cook, Fork & High Street on Market LIKE A LOT OF KITCHEN PROFESSIONALS, Ana Caballero doesn’t always want to cook off the clock. Unless, for example, a friend gets overwhelmed with a CSA box and sends her a photo of a jam-packed refrigerator. And issues an SOS.
- [Seasonal Spotlight: Figs](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-seasonal-spotlight-figs/) - photo by Sharafmaksumov Soft, fragrant, honeyed, and luscious, local ripe figs are prized whether you find them at a farmers’ market stand or in your own backyard. Whether you cook with them or enjoy them straight from the tree, eat as many as you can before they’re gone. DID YOU KNOW?
- [Basil](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-basil/) - Nothing says summer like the perfume of basil. Tomatoes never taste exactly right without it, but basil has many more uses. Whether you pluck yours from a garden or buy it by the bunch, now’s the time to enjoy it. Keep it FRESH Treat your basil like a bouquet of flowers: Place the stems in water. Cover the leaves loosely with plastic wrap and refrigerate. It will keep fresh for a week. DID YOU KNOW? Throughout history, different varieties of basil have been used as folk medicine to treat stomachaches, colds, gas, warts, infections and even snakebites.
- [Jarhead](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-jarhead/) - LIKE TWICE-DAILY FLOSSING and regular workouts, packing lunch for work everyday is a healthy habit that doesn’t always stick. Enter Simply Good Jars, a service that brings three lunch entrées to your Center City workplace once a week. As the company’s name suggests, your food will arrive in jars. Give it a vigorous shake to mix up the ingredients and dig in. The dishes—zesty, hearty salads—are meant to be enjoyed cold, perfect for the city’s sweltering summer afternoons.
- [The Carrot Craze](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-carrot-craze/) - I EAT A LOT OF VEGETABLES, but sometimes certain ones fall off my radar. I hadn’t given much love to carrots in my kitchen for years. But in 2024, carrots are suddenly everywhere. Chef Danny Garcia, winner of “Top Chef” season 21 earlier this year, took a special interest in this root vegetable during his run. His carrot slaw won unusually effusive praise from Tom, Gail, Kristen, and the crowd who got to eat it. He became known as something of a carrot specialist along the way to his big victory.
- [Danielle Ruttenberg: Heart of Glass](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-danielle-ruttenberg-heart-glass/) - AS A STUDENT at Tyler School of Art at Temple University, Danielle Ruttenberg had a chance encounter that would shape the rest of her life. During a sculpture course, she was detoured through the “hot shop” on campus, where graduate students helped the sculpture students by ladling lava-like molten glass into the molds they’d made for a project. “Glass captured my heart then and there,” she says. “I thought, ‘This is too cool to pass up. I’m already paying to be in school here; I want to learn how to do this.’” That semester, she switched her concentration to glass art.
- [The Power of Produce: Andrea Vettori](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-power-produce-andrea-vettori/) - “The produce is just the entry point. We like to focus on holistic health. We look at people through the lens of improving health outcomes.”
- [Cooks Who Care is Putting Mental Health on the Menu](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-cooks-who-care-putting-mental-health-menu/) - COOKS WHO CARE is an organization that focuses on meeting the mental health needs of people in the restaurant, bar, and hospitality business. Its founder, Maria Campbell, launched the nonprofit officially in 2017, but the spark for the project goes back at least a decade, to her time as a chef-instructor at The Art Institute in Philadelphia.
- [Pop-Ups, Food Trucks, and Coffee Cups: Mat Falco](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-pop-ups-food-trucks-and-coffee-cups-mat-falco/) - BEFORE BECOMING A COFFEE SHOP OWNER, Herman’s Mat Falco was already something of a coffee shop expert. “As a publisher, I didn’t have an office, so I worked out of coffee shops all the time. Building Herman’s was kind of a way to make office space for myself,” he says. In 2017, when Herman’s opened, Falco was running Philly Beer Scene, an independent magazine he created nearly a decade earlier.
- [Melissa Lynn Torre: Nourishing Inside and Out](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-melissa-lynn-torre-nourishing-inside-and-out/) - MANY PHILADELPHIANS got to know Melissa Lynn Torre, founder of Vellum Street Soap, as a baker. Her first business, Cookie Confidential, became famous for brash flavor combinations like bacon-infused cupcakes and savory cookies that tasted like cheesesteaks. “This was before bacon was everywhere,” recalls Torre. It was the early 2010s.
- [A Look Forward: Edible Philly Moves into a New Chapter](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-look-forward-edible-philly-moves-new-chapter/) - IF THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVE TAUGHT US ANYTHING, it’s that speculating about the future is an exercise in madness. Back at the 2015 Philly Chef Conference, a group of restaurant stars including Joncarl Lachman, Marcie Turney, Kevin Sbraga, and Jeff Benjamin spoke on a panel about the future called “Philly 2020.” I can’t recall the exact predictions, but I don’t believe anyone mentioned the global pandemic that would change almost everything about the world of food and restaurants.
- [10 Lessons from a Decade of Local Food](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-10-lessons-decade-local-food/) - EVEN BEFORE THE FIRST ISSUE of Edible Philly was published at the tail end of 2013, I had been borderline-stalking publisher Nancy Painter for years. We’d met several times. I needed to convince her that the time to launch was now, and that I had to be her editor. Edible Philly’s time had come!
- [Chutatip “Nok” Suntaranon - Chef-Owner, Kalaya](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-chutatip-nok-suntaranon-chef-owner-kalaya/) - VOICES Reflections from the Philly Food World on COVID-19 Anyone familiar with the Philly food world knows that pride and community are the currents that make this an amazing place to eat. Yet, COVID-19 has had visceral effects, from shuttered restaurants and a takeout shift to supply chain disruptions, which have people reconsidering the role of a diversified local food system.
- [Healthy Waters: Safeguarding the Delaware Watershed](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-healthy-waters-safeguarding-delaware-watershed/) - AT FIRST GLANCE, the 40-acre farm at the Natural Lands’ Stroud Preserve in Chester County looks like any other farm. Green corn plants stretch towards sun. Hay fields shimmer at dusk. Upon closer inspection, however, it proves to be an unusual growing project. The preserve is home to a six-year Watershed Impact Trial, a partnership between the Stroud Water Research Center and the Rodale Institute, supported by a $6 million grant from the William Penn Foundation. It investigates farming’s impact on the watershed, from pesticide residue and soil quality to the health of the nearby stream.
- [Marcello Giordano - Owner, Giordano Garden Groceries](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-marcello-giordano-owner-giordano-garden-groceries/) - VOICES Reflections from the Philly Food World on COVID-19 Anyone familiar with the Philly food world knows that pride and community are the currents that make this an amazing place to eat. Yet, COVID-19 has had visceral effects, from shuttered restaurants and a takeout shift to supply chain disruptions, which have people reconsidering the role of a diversified local food system.
- [Learning a New Language through Food at Philadelphia's Free Library](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-learning-new-language-through-food-philadelphias-free-library/) - SINCE 2014, THE FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA’S Culinary Literacy Center has been a hotspot for innovative food education. Every month’s roster of classes is rooted in the center’s mission to advance literacy through food.
- [Fresh Food for All - Building a More Inclusive Philly Farmers’ Market](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-fresh-food-all-building-more-inclusive-philly-farmers-market/) - PHILADELPHIA IS UNDOUBTEDLY A MARKET CITY. There are more than 80 seasonal and year-round farmers’ markets in the region—60 within the city limits alone. Echoing national trends including the celebration of local, organic produce and producers, new markets have opened at a steady pace over the last 20 years. According to the Farmers Market Coalition, the number of farmers’ markets in the U.S. has grown from 2,000 in 1994 to more than 8,600 today. With a rich history of community gardening and a vibrant urban agriculture movement, Philadelphia has long understood the connections between healthy food and community.
- [InKind Baking Project - Baking a More Welcoming Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-inkind-baking-project-baking-more-welcoming-philly/) - AS SUNSET TURNED A SNOWY LANDSCAPE electric blue on a January Sunday, Julie Donofrio preheated the oven in her bright South Philly kitchen. This particular day would tie the city’s record for cold at just 4°F, pipes bursting in protest across the city. Undeterred, Donofrio, an urban planner at Penn Praxis, prepared the batter for a batch of cinnamon sugar-puff muffins: pouring milk into a clean white bowl, measuring oil and gently breaking eggs. As the muffins baked, cinnamon perfumed her kitchen.
- [Farm for the City](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-farm-city/) - A Season-Long Dialogue on Food Security 
- [Pennsylvania Farm Show](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-pennsylvania-farm-show/) - If you take the long way to Harrisburg via the Lincoln Highway (Route 30), snapshots of America unfold as if the decades are tracked in 20-mile segments. One of the country’s original transcontinental roads, constructed circa 1912, it runs from Times Square to San Francisco—but not without dipping through Philly first. This portion of the route was carved from 18th-century wagon trails on which produce was brought to market. Back then, Pennsylvania was the budding nation’s agricultural powerhouse. You’ll learn at the Pennsylvania Farm Show that it still packs a punch.
- [Mince Piyes My Mothers Way](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-mince-piyes-my-mothers-way/) - Holiday cooking in the archives 
- [Long Beach Island LIKE A LOCAL](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-long-beach-island-local/) - The story of Long Beach Island, better known among NJ locals as LBI, is a story of the water. As you cross the Route 72 Causeway, the view opens up in stages. There are the saltmarsh homes of Beach Haven West, some still bearing Sandy’s scars. There is the strange absence of the bayman’s shack that used to hold court in the reeds. Finally, the vista opens onto a union of water, land and sky.
- [In a Grays Ferry Garden, Opportunity Grows](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-grays-ferry-garden-opportunity-grows/) - Urban agriculture helps refugees get a fresh start in Philadelphia As the sun rises over West Philly, a quiet hum of work is under way at the Growing Together Garden at 25th and Reed Streets. Tomorrow is market day at the Nationalities Service Center (NSC), Philly’s largest refugee-resettlement agency, and there’s much to be done. Beets are picked and arranged, bright like gems. Orange, yellow and bright-purple carrots are gathered into bunches.
- [Yael Lehmann - Executive Director, The Common Market Mid-Atlantic](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-yael-lehmann-executive-director-common-market-mid-atlantic/) - VOICES Reflections from the Philly Food World on COVID-19 Anyone familiar with the Philly food world knows that pride and community are the currents that make this an amazing place to eat. Yet, COVID-19 has had visceral effects, from shuttered restaurants and a takeout shift to supply chain disruptions, which have people reconsidering the role of a diversified local food system.
- [Landon Jefferies - Farmer, Root Mass Farm](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-landon-jefferies-farmer-root-mass-farm/) - VOICES Reflections from the Philly Food World on COVID-19 Anyone familiar with the Philly food world knows that pride and community are the currents that make this an amazing place to eat. Yet, COVID-19 has had visceral effects, from shuttered restaurants and a takeout shift to supply chain disruptions, which have people reconsidering the role of a diversified local food system.
- [Chris DiPiazza - Baker-Owner, Mighty Bread Co.](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-chris-dipiazza-baker-owner-mighty-bread-co/) - VOICES Reflections from the Philly Food World on COVID-19 Anyone familiar with the Philly food world knows that pride and community are the currents that make this an amazing place to eat. Yet, COVID-19 has had visceral effects, from shuttered restaurants and a takeout shift to supply chain disruptions, which have people reconsidering the role of a diversified local food system.
- [MEET WEST PHILLY’S INJERA LADY](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-meet-west-philly-s-injera-lady/) - Just like she does every night, Jemila Mohamed is making injera, Ethiopia’s famous flatbread. In the sweltering back room of a small restaurant on South 45th Street in West Philly’s Walnut Hill neighborhood, five propane burners glow blue under five hot mitad: round, flat pans as big as manhole covers with a wooden handle on each side. Mohamed scoops a measuring cup of thin, sand-colored batter from a pitcher and pours, hitting just above the center of the griddle. She gives the mitad a quick swirl, covering its surface in a perfectly even circle of batter and sets it back on the heat to cook.
- [Road Trip: Oley Valley in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-road-trip-oley-valley-day/) - A local cheesemaker shows Edible Philly the tastiest parts of her home turf The first time I saw Stefanie Angstadt, cheesemaker and owner at Valley Milkhouse Creamery, on her home turf, she was hosting a few hundred friends, customers and cheese fans for an open-house picnic at Covered Bridge Farm in Oley, where she rents creamery space.
- [Perennial Pursuits](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-perennial-pursuits/) - A South Jersey-based network of grassroots gardeners fights climate change Headquartered on an unassuming patch of farmland in Salem County, the Experimental Farm Network is trying to save the world from climate change. On three acres of land and a few square feet of space in a small greenhouse, Nate Kleinman and Dusty Hinz manage a menagerie of rare, intriguing and delicious plants. In their view, an approach to agriculture that’s based on diverse perennial plants with unique properties is the first step on the path to mitigating—and maybe even reversing—climate change.
- [Farming for Chefs](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-fresh-ingredients-farm-restaurant/) - When the people who cook your food team up with those who grow it, delicious things can happen
- [The Crumb Trail](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-local-grain-supply-chain/) - Tracing Philadelphia’s local grain supply chain At most of Philly’s farmers’ markets, shoppers can fill their tote bags with just about every ingredient they could want. If it grows here, you can find it here. Orchards bring flats of berries and crates of tree fruit; vegetable farmers supply a rainbow of greens, herbs, roots, beans, solanums and cucurbits. Livestock farmers, butchers and fishmongers offer chicken parts, plump sausages, beef roasts and tuna steaks.
- [California, Philly-Style at West Philly’s Taco Angeleno](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-california-philly-style-taco-angeleno/) - Pull up a bench. West Philly’s Taco Angeleno is dishing up a taste of LA. West Philadelphia’s iconic foods are quick, portable, and—like the neighborhoods you find here—eclectic. Think Fu-Wah’s tofu hoagie, Carrot Cake Man’s oversized cupcakes, and Satellite Cafe’s kale smoothie. Just west of 50th Street on Baltimore Avenue is a strong new contender for a spot on this list: Taco Angeleno, Vanessa Jerolmack’s Los Angeles–inspired food cart.
- [Pantry Power: The People's Kitchen](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-pantry-power-peoples-kitchen/) - IT’S WEDNESDAY AT THE PEOPLE’S KITCHEN, and April McGreger is making lunch. Standing over a low burner in the shared kitchen space on South 9th Street, the chef, master preserver, and writer stirs an enormous pot of potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, and onions with a long wooden paddle.
- [How to Throw a Raclette Party](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-how-throw-raclette-party/) - What I remember best is the cheese.
- [The Power of Plant Medicine](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-power-plant-medicine/) - Philly’s herbalists are sharing the age-old knowledge we need now to strengthen our bodies, calm our minds and support our communities. 
- [The Butcher & The Chef](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-butcher-chef/) - cow etching by raven; chicken etching by elenkoss; pig etching by doublebubble_rus - all stock.adobe.com How one good food entrepreneur is making it easier for restaurants to source local meat 
- [Mighty Muffins](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-mighty-muffins/) - Local bakers put a Philly spin on a supermarket staple If you’re like me, you grew up eating English muffins—Thomas, of course, in that white and orange box. When I picture my parents’ kitchen, there’s that long cardboard box in a plastic bag, sitting next to the coffee machine. When I visit home and open their freezer, at least one spare bag—or the double-wide bulk pack from Costco—is there waiting, so that no morning need be without those crunchy nooks and crannies slathered in butter and jam.
- [Classics & Cocktails](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-classics-cocktails/) - SIBLINGS AND CO-AUTHORS Andre Darlington and Tenaya Darlington have once again elevated the perfect cocktail pairing with the release of their latest book, Booze & Vinyl, Vol. 2 (Running Press, 2022). The listening guide features 70 albums organized by mood, from rock to chill to dance. Each album entry includes two themed cocktails, dubbed “A side” and “B side,” to pair with the track. For example, try the refreshing Lemonade Prosecco Punch when listening to Lemonade by Beyonce.
- [Chef Chris D'Ambro Reopens Ambra](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-chef-chris-dambro-reopens-ambra/) - AFTER A TWO-YEAR HIATUS, CHRIS D’AMBRO, CHEF-OWNER OF SOUTHWARK, has reopened the adjacent Ambra. The reimagined space now accommodates just two tables to provide guests with one-of-a-kind dining experiences. The Kitchen Table, a two- to four-guest space, is carved into the kitchen for Ambra and Southwark. Here, guests observe Chef D’Ambro and his talented team at work, crafting their menu from start to finish while simultaneously preparing dishes for other diners.
- [Philadelphia's Love Park Welcome Center is Looking for a Unique Food and Dining Experience](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-philadelphias-love-park-welcome-center-looking-unique-food-and-dining-experience/) - AN APPETIZING DEVELOPMENT recently occurred in the ongoing restoration of Love Park on Arch Street. Philadelphia Parks & Recreation released a request for proposals (RFP) for restaurateurs interested in creating a unique food and dining experience in the beloved “Flying Saucer” Welcome Center. The 5,500-square-foot structure was renovated for food and beverage services for up to 185 diners spanning three levels. The City envisions a combination of sit-down and quick-service fare with a diverse menu that includes vegetarian and vegan options as well as alcoholic beverages.
- [Tenango Rum](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-tenango-rum/) - Many in Philadelphia know Sofia Deleon through her popular restaurant chain, El Merkury. Deleon has taken on a new venture, Tenango Rum, creating a unique blend of flavors deeply rooted in Guatemalan culture and heritage. Through Tenango, Deleon hopes to shift the perception of rum from a mere mixer to a premium sipping experience. Beyond evolving rum, the brand’s mission revolves around celebrating Guatemalan traditions and supporting local workers. Each bottle features a handmade sheath from Guatemala, a direct nod to the cultural heritage and a means for local artisans to earn a sustainable income.
- [Put Some Crimson in Your Summer with Troegs' IPA](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-troegs-summer-crimson-ipa/) - If the recent wave of heat has you beat, don't fret! Tröegs Independent Brewing has crafted an IPA perfect for easing your summer woes. The Crimson Pistil IPA is brewed with hibiscus flowers, lending it a tangy berry flavor with notes of passionfruit and grapefruit zest. The ale was designed specifically to cater to a summertime flavor palate. By utilizing Tröegs' lovely "food notes", we created a menu for an outdoor meal that complements, contrasts, and enhances the Crimson Pistil's distinct flavors. 
- [Fresh Spirit: Storybook Spaces at Talula's](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-fresh-spirit-storybook-spaces-talulas/) - Open the door of Talula’s Daily, Aimee Olexy’s third and most recent enterprise, and it’s like entering Alice’s Wonderland via the imagination of an entrepreneurial, foodobsessed English major. Literary journals lay sprawled on tables. Floor-to-ceiling bookshelves behind the café counter brim with mismatched china and bottles of prosecco. Up a few steps, scones and libations give way to a homey market, where a long table dressed with a patchwork runner and owl-shaped cookie jars appears Mad-Tea-Party-ready. The space invites diners to sit, sip, eat, dream and forget the world outside.
- [The Start-Up Creamery](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-start-up-creamery-valley-milkhouse/) - How Stefanie Angstadt, 29, reclaimed a historic milk house and followed her dream Until a few years ago, Stefanie Angstadt wore a suit every day and worked for a powerful Manhattan bank. Today, she dons an industrial yellow apron and tucks her hair under a kerchief to spend her day making cheese. “Basically, I had a quarter-life crisis,” she laughs, turning away from a row of steamy windows in her milk house to finger curds forming in a 100-gallon vat. Once she ladles them into forms, they will become her signature triple crème, a luxurious round she calls Thistle.
- [Vegan Cakes Are Guilt-Free at P.S. & Co.](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-vegan-cakes-are-guilt-free-ps-co/) - At 17th and Locust, Andrea Kyan is quietly staging a plant-based revolution—and, surprisingly, desserts, not salads, are at the heart of it. Take a look at the menu of Pure Sweets & Co. (a.k.a. P.S.& Co.), the bakery and restaurant she opened in May 2014, and you’ll see a strawberries-and-cream milkshake made with beet juice and coconut cream instead of dairy.
- [Kensington in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-kensington-day/) - I like to think of Kensington as the fermentation playground of Philadelphia.
- [Food Co-Ops 101](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-food-co-ops-101/) - When it comes to food, the old often becomes new again. Grains from biblical times (like quinoa) are showing up in both temples of haute cuisine and the dinner tables of nutrition-minded home cooks. Once the domain of depression-era grannies, canning is now a hipster hobby. And food cooperatives, once the property of peacesign flashing flower children, are opening at a rapid clip wherever conscientious shoppers seek apples and activism under one roof.
- [FOOD WASTE GETS THE RESPECT IT DESERVES](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-food-waste-gets-respect-it-deserves/) - Food waste fighter Ben Simon, who founded the Food Recovery Network at the University of Maryland in 2011, turned a kernel of an idea into a full-fledged campus movement—with chapters at 150 colleges and counting across the country. The former head of the largest student-run wasteprevention program in the United States has witnessed a sea change in consumer and media awareness on a subject previously relegated to snoozeville status.
- [Breakfast at Sulimay's](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-breakfast-sulimays/) - Inside a Fishtown institution If you don’t live in Fishtown, you might never have been to Sulimay’s Restaurant. In fact, you’ve probably never even heard of it.
- [Woman’s Work](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-womans-work/) - At Kensington Quarters, Heather Marold Thomason busts up the butchery boy’s club “I was a graphic designer. I sweat the details,” Heather Marold Thomason, 35, tells the group of women assembled before her in Kensington Quarters upstairs classroom space. They’re here to learn about butchery.
- [Today's Potluck](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-the-modern-potluck/) - A new book offers a farm-fresh update for an American entertaining tradition Carrots are just different at the farmers’ market.
- [One Woman's Reasons for Using, Not Storing, Heirloom Dishes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-one-womans-reasons-using-not-storing-heirloom-dishes/) - Setting the Table with Heirloom Pieces I am thirty-six, and I have a china cabinet now. This isn’t something I ever expected to own, let alone fill. But life has a way of bringing us what we need. Through the years, I’ve known many homes where the “good china” only came out for holidays, if at all—and God help anyone who drops a saucer—but now that some beautiful china has found its way into my hands, I have no intention of letting it gather dust.
- [Global City: Hawai’ian Poke Gains Popularity on the Mainland](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-hawaiian-poke-gains-popularity-mainland/) - Hawai’i’s popular salad is making waves on the mainland—but respect for island culture sometimes lags behind. Perhaps I’ve got no business writing about poke. I’ve never visited the Hawai‘ian Islands, after all. I’ve never walked those scenic Pacific beaches or eaten coconut fresh from the tree. Nope, I’ve lived my life in the gritty, grey cities of the Northeast—Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New York—where the fish is usually flown in, and you’re more likely to hear a curse word shouted in traffic than a friendly aloha.
- [A Tour of Food Art in the Philadelphia Museum of Art](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-tour-food-art-philadelphia-museum-art/) - When you look down the tree-lined Benjamin Franklin Parkway toward the Philadelphia Museum of Art— columned, pedimented, like a temple on a hill—food might be the furthest thing from your mind. After all, food is not permitted in the galleries. Even beyond the practical considerations, we tend to think of art as nourishment for the mind, not the body. The romantics among us might argue that art is for humanity’s higher impulses: beauty, creativity, imagination.
- [Kennett Square in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-kennett-square-day/) - Left: Avocado Ice Cream at La Michoacana
- [Road Trip: Holiday Magic in Haddonfield](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-road-trip-holiday-magic-haddonfield/) - One historic town knows how to make the season sparkle Haddonfield can seem downright Dickensian at times, particularly on December nights when luminarias line the sidewalks and a horse and buggy chauffeur visitors around town. From Thanksgiving weekend until New Year’s Eve, Haddonfield revels in the holiday spirit with a charm that attracts throngs of shoppers, diners and families. “Haddonfield is a destination during the holidays,” says Julie Beddingfield, owner of the independent Inkwood Books in Haddonfield. “It’s festive and a throwback.”
- [Women, Wine & Influence](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-women-wine-influence/) - These women are leaving their mark on Philadelphia’s drinking culture IT’S A TOUGH CALL. When writing a piece about women in wine, do you focus on the challenges of being a woman in a male-dominated industry? Do you point out a recent Wine Spectator magazine announcement about California wine reviewers with side-by-side photos of three middle-aged white men? On the other hand, do you mention that in Wine Enthusiast’s 2017 list of 40 under 40 Tastemakers (from the wine, beer and spirits world), 17 of the 40 tastemakers are women, a respectable percentage?
- [Chambourcin: The Grape That's Put The Lehigh Valley And Its Winemakers On The Map](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-chambourcin-grape-thats-put-lehigh-valley-and-its-winemakers-map/) - TRAVEL ALONG THE ROLLING HILLS and winding roads of the countryside surrounding Allentown and Bethlehem and you’re bound to notice signs on the side of the road pointing to the wineries. These wineries are part of the Lehigh Valley AVA, or American Viticultural Area, a special designation bestowed on a region that’s especially good for growing wine grapes. It helps vineyards brag about their special terroir.
- [Reconsidering Sweet Wines](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-reconsidering-sweet-wines/) - “TASTING SWEET WINES AT A WINERY sometimes lacks substance,” says Corey Krejcik, vice president and general manager of Chaddsford Winery in Chadds Ford, PA. Why? Wine professionals focus on dry wines, a preference that’s become synonymous with quality. In tasting rooms, this has meant that the sweeter wines, which have always sold briskly, have been dismissed as unimportant, and those who enjoy them have been overlooked as nonserious wine drinkers. “Customers will go through a tasting and be told, ‘These are our sweet wines,’ and the conversation kind of ends there,” says Krejcik.
- [Pennsylvania Wine Makers Return to Older Techniques](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-pennsylvania-wine-makers-return-older-techniques/) - EARLY EFFORTS TO PRODUCE SPARKLING WINE often ended with exploding bottles. Winemakers through the centuries eventually found ways to make bubbly without exploding glass. In Champagne, a purposeful second fermentation in the bottle with a second dose of yeast does the trick. In Italy, Prosecco producers add carbon dioxide to wine in a tank, then bottle the already effervescent wine. And, of course, the bottles themselves have gone through structural redesigns, too.
- [Aperitifs and Digestifs are Becoming Philly’s New Libation of Choice — For Good Reason](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-aperitifs-and-digestifs-are-becoming-philly-s-new-libation-choice-good-reason/) - PICTURE AN EVENING in Florence, Italy. Before dinner, you walk across the Ponte Vecchio—an enchanting 14th-century bridge—over the Arno River to meet a friend or two at an enoteca for a drink. Your party sits at an outside table that’s a bit wobbly on the ancient cobblestones. When the server appears, you order an Aperol Spritz, a Negroni, or perhaps a simple glass of prosecco.
- [Looking for Love, Tableside](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-looking-love-tableside/) - Philly’s kitchens run like well-oiled machines—but some servers are the wrench in the works As Philly’s kitchens continue to woo me with stellar cooking, the service too often proves to be the heartbreaker. Perhaps because of the scant supply of experienced servers to meet growing demand, it seems something has gone awry with the critical relationship between server and patron. We still need each other, but we don’t seem to speak the same language. Every time I sit down at a table, I’m reminded that first dates are never easy.
- [Beyond the Biergarten](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-beyond-biergarten-brauhaus-schmitz-jeremy-nolen-cookbook/) - Chef Jeremy Nolen on his new cookbook and restaurant
- [Schooled on Farming](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-schooled-farming-community-supported-agriculture-doylestown/) - From the battlefield to the cornfield, soldiers are coming back to the land Jim Wertman is itching to get his hands dirty. The retired U.S. Navy chief petty officer is planning to launch his own community-supported agriculture program on a portion of a 13-acre plot he owns near Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Wertman, who left the Navy in 2011 after more than two decades of service, aims to put his own spin on a typical CSA. His will be all about choice.
- [Local Fresh VS. Corporate Fresh](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-local-fresh-vs-corporate-fresh/) - Mom-and-pop stores and chain grocers vie for your green I’m in a cavernous Walmart in South Jersey looking for organic food products and it’s not going well. The produce aisle is stocked half-heartedly with conventional fruits and veggies that look like they took a long ride in from the farm. The dairy case doesn’t offer cage-free, organically raised eggs. And the closest I can find to a healthy foods section is a shelf lined with gluten-free cookies and muffins. Not exactly the Whole Foods on a budget I thought I might find.
- [Malt of the Earth](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-malt-earth/) - The Farm Behind Philadelphia’s Best Brews and Bread ON A SUNDAY IN SEPTEMBER, the North Front Street Farmers’ Market is making a stretch of Fishtown a little more lively; a DJ provides the soundtrack while neighbors shop for produce, drink craft beer out of plastic cups and sample their way through the stalls.
- [A New Farm at the Philadelphia Zoo](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-new-farm-philadelphia-zoo/) - “When we think about the importance of growing food sustainably, that is going to be the future that will benefit both humans and wildlife alike.”
- [A Plethora of Produce](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-plethora-produce/) - IAN BRENDLE IS GIVING A TOUR OF GREEN MEADOW FARM, walking a small group through a sprawling greenhouse on a winter afternoon. Outside, the air is crisp and the ground is brittle, but inside, a heavy warmth encourages a thick carpet of thriving green herbs.
- [Philly Bakers Take to Social Media](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-philly-bakers-take-social-media/) - PHOTOS COUTRESY OF THE SOURCE
- [The Philadelphia Can't-Miss List](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-philadelphia-cant-miss-list/) - Whether it’s your first time in Philly, or your first time back in a while, you’ll notice the city’s reputation as a first-class dining destination is well-earned. To get a taste of it, start with these 16 spots—from cheesesteaks and roast pork sandwiches to steaming pho, tender lamb tacos, and wine made right in Fishtown.
- [Stewed and Stuffed](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-stewed-and-stuffed/) - A different take on summer vegetables I LOOKED AT MY WATCH. IT WAS 12:45PM. It would be tight, but if I played it right, I was pretty sure I could make it to the Italian Market and back to the Rittenhouse area just in time to pick up my daughters from school. There was nothing I needed urgently—I had actually just spent the morning at the supermarket—but going to the 9th Street market is a small obsession of mine. It’s the only place in Center City where I can find what Mexicans call “gray squash,” Italians call “white zucchini” and we Palestinians call “koosa.”
- [Foodshed: A Grass-Fed Feast](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-foodshed-grass-fed-feast/) - Everyone knows that holiday meals are all about tradition. You can scour the internet all you want for hip new sidedish ideas and crafty place-card designs for the Thanksgiving table, but if you forget the pan gravy—or worse, the turkey— you just might have a mutiny on your hands. These family meals have been ingrained in our cultural heritage for centuries, and recipes for whole birds, hams and roasts have been passed from generation to generation like treasured heirlooms.
- [Road Trip: Fishtown in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-road-trip-fishtown-day/) - An insider’s guide for food lovers
- [Pizza al Fresco](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-pizza-al-fresco/) - Think it’s too hot for homemade pizza? Think again.
- [Tearooms Offer a Genteel Oasis in These Overheated Times](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-tearooms-offer-genteel-oasis-these-overheated-times-0/) - Twelve years ago, I departed corporate life in fast-paced Singapore to open my tearoom in deepest Wiltshire, England. My reasons were varied: to do something I loved, to be able to walk to work, and to be engaged in something resoundingly ‘English’, a true antidote on all counts to corporate life in Asia.
- [Fabric Row in a Day - A Tour through Queen Village, Philadelphia](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-fabric-row-day-tour-through-queen-village-philadelphia/) - WHEN I MOVED FROM MANHATTAN’S WEST VILLAGE to Queen Village, Philadelphia, I doubted the two neighborhoods shared more than half their names. My former West 10th St. had everything—an endless rotation of fabulous restaurants, celebrity-studded cafés, thrift stores, etc. My go-to boast was that with all of Manhattan at my fingertips, I rarely strayed beyond my zip code.
- [Nicole and Mark Jolly, Creators of "How Does It Grow"](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-nicole-and-mark-jolly-creators-how-does-it-grow/) - IF YOU’RE LIKE MOST AMERICANS, YOU EAT CORN ON THANKSGIVING. You might buy it frozen and drop it into a corn pudding recipe or just pop open a can and serve it creamed. You devour it, along with a dozen other dishes, around a holiday table with family and friends. But have you ever considered the copious amount of silk that was stuffed into garbage trucks when those kernels were harvested and processed for the freezer section? Chances are you haven’t. Unless, of course, you are Nicole and Mark Jolly, the Point Breeze—based creators of the hit YouTube series How Does it Grow.
- [Pierogi: Past, Present and Future](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-pierogi-past-present-and-future/) - It’s 4am and all is quiet on Tilton Street, except for the early-morning smoke rising from the building in the middle of the block. John Czerw is at his namesake Port Richmond sausage shop Czerw’s Kielbasy. He seals pierogies, stuffs and wraps cabbage leaves for Golumpki (stuffed cabbage), and starts the fire to smoke traditional Polish sausage with his family recipes passed down through generations.
- [To Keg or Not to Keg: That is the Question](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-keg-or-not-keg-question/) - As wine taps proliferate throughout the city, local wine producers are divided on how to respond 
- [A Mushroom Grows in Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-mycopolitan-mushroom-company-turns-basement-mushroom-farm/) - Mycopolitan Mushroom Company turns the basement of an auto-parts factory into a thriving farm The first time I met Tyler Case, a monster pothole had just popped my front left tire, and he pulled over in his pickup to help me. He looked just how an urban mushroom grower should look. Young and bright-eyed. Slightly unkempt. And he was chatty verging on verbose when talking fungi.
- [South America Flavors in Philly, A Feast Fit for a Pope](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-feast-fit-pope/) - Around Philadelphia, the flavors of South America emerge from the unlikeliest corners When Pope Francis—formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, archbishop of Buenos Aires—visits Philadelphia the last weekend of September, he’ll have plenty of options for fare to remind him of home. There’s Alma de Cuba, a bustling restaurant off Rittenhouse Square, or Gavin’s Café, a nondescript Argentinean eatery tucked between apartment buildings in the Fitler Square neighborhood.
- [CSA Dollars & Cents](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-csa-dollars-cents/) - Community-supported agriculture started as a way for local food lovers to fund small farms. But is it working? At 9:11 a.m. on a cold, sunny day, farmers set up their stands just off the intersection of Germantown Avenue and Mermaid Lane in Chestnut Hill. Every Saturday, the cobblestone road becomes a farmers’ market where, since 2010, Taproot Farm has sold its produce.
- [From Chef to Shelf](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-chef-carrie-welt-makes-harira-soup-recipe-campbells/) - How Carrie Welt, a member of Campbell Soup Company’s core team, brings a new recipe to life In one of Campbell’s test kitchens at its Camden, New Jersey, headquarters, chef Carrie Welt scoops harira, a Moroccan soup traditionally made with chickpeas and lentils, into three small bowls using a miniature ladle. It’s a beautiful cooking space with a large stainless steel French door refrigerator, a long, empty marble countertop and a five-burner range with a professional vent hood. Welt looks right at home.
- [Glenside in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-glenside-day/) - A small town with historic charm, a friendly neighborhood vibe, and a comforting balance of familiarity and variety.
- [What's in Season in Philly: Winter](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-whats-season-philly-winter/) - Beets Brussels Sprouts Kale Leeks Parsnips Rutabagas Turnips Sweet Potatoes Winter Squash (acorn, butternut, spaghetti & more) Apples, cabbages, cranberries, garlic, onions and other good keeping fruits and vegetables may also be available from storage. And don’t forget about local meats, eggs, cheese, honey and preserves.
- [First Person: Desperately Seeking Seconds](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-first-person-desperately-seeking-seconds/) - Most people go to the farmers’ market looking for pristine tomatoes and unblemished peaches. They want produce at the pinnacle of ripeness and beauty. But when I go to the farmstand, I’m looking for something different. I want the imperfect and the slightly marred. I’m there in search of seconds—that’s farmers’ lingo for the produce that isn’t flawless enough to be sold at full price.
- [Retro Fruit](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-retro-fruit/) - Forgotten berries come back in style 
- [Pennsylvania's Lancaster County in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-pennsylvanias-lancaster-county-day/) - LANCASTER COUNTY IS JUST OVER AN HOUR’S DRIVE FROM PHILLY, making it ideal for both day trips and weekend-long escapes. (Pro tip: take the old Lincoln Highway/Route 30 to avoid getting stuck on the Schuylkill.) It’s been my preferred getaway destination for well over a decade, and I love spending an afternoon driving around the countryside, stopping at the farm stands, yard sales and shops that dot the area. Whether you spend your time in leafy Lancaster City or opt for the small, pastoral towns scattered across the region, you’ll find scenic views, friendly people and lots and lots of delicious food.
- [Consumers Hold the Key To Building a Better Meat System](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-consumers-hold-key-building-better-meat-system-0/) - All it’s taken to expose the precarious state of our modern industrial meat supply is a tiny bit of infectious genetic material wrapped in a protein coat.
- [FarmerJawn, an Elkins Park Organic Farm, Connects the Dots Between Food, Health and Community](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-farmerjawn-elkins-park-organic-farm-connects-dots-between-food-health-and-community/) - Under the canopy of the Philadelphia Reading Rail Park, Christa Barfield watched as a small girl took the potted plant from her hands and looked up with wonder. “It was magical seeing children’s eyes light up in amazement about touching soil,” reminisces Barfield, owner of FarmerJawn, an organic farm and CSA based in Elkins Park. “Having kids repot veggies and herbs is the gateway to our future understanding of how important farming is to human need.”
- [The State of Meat in the State of Pennsylvania](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-state-meat-state-pennsylvania/) - ON MAY 12, 2023,, instead of posting about pork sirloin steaks, a farm partner, or the sandwich of the week, Primal Supply Meats announced that the business would close at the end of the month. Immediately the Instagram post comment section filled with sadness, disbelief, and concern over where to buy local, ethically produced, and sustainable meat in Philadelphia. For six years, Primal Supply was the face of local, sustainable meat in the city. Between 2016 and 2023, the shop rode and perhaps helped drive a wave of increased interest in the meat system, garnering national attention and local adoration.
- [Green Meadow Farm, From Fryer to Fire](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-green-meadow-farm-fryer-fire/) - Green Meadow Farm powers through the winter on an unlikely energy source Locally grown bananas may seem an unusual thing to encounter in Philadelphia, especially in November, but that’s exactly what you’ll find in the Green Meadow Farm greenhouses. What’s more surprising than the existence of the bananas—and the blood oranges and tangerines—is the way Glenn Brendle and his son, Ian, keep these greenhouses warm all winter long. Their secret? Vegetable oil.
- [Joshua Scheid, Bar Manager, Rex at the Royal](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-joshua-scheid-bar-manager-rex-royal/) - LIKE MANY CAREER ORIGIN STORIES in the hospitality industry, Joshua got his start in beverage when someone didn’t show up for their shift and his boss said “You’re a bartender now.” Since then, he’s made a career out of devotedly learning his craft, focusing on ingredients and designing drinks that transport the guest. Today, he oversees the bar program at Rex at the Royal, where he aligns the bar with the restaurant’s Low Country—inspired culinary program; several of the offerings use only spirits and ingredients from the American South.
- [Dan Suro, Co-Owner and Bar Manager, Tequilas](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-dan-suro-co-owner-and-bar-manager-tequilas/) - TEQUILAS is a Rittenhouse institution that has been in business since 1986. Dan’s family owns the restaurant, and he made his foray into hospitality coming up in the kitchen, working the floor, and ultimately finding himself behind the bar and wanting to learn more about all things beverage. He left to work the bar at Franklin Mortgage & Investment Co. and credits his mentors there for inspiring his cocktail program at Tequilas today.
- [The Bar Team at Middle Child Clubhouse](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-bar-team-middle-child-clubhouse/) - MIDDLE CHILD CLUBHOUSE as a concept simultaneously makes no sense and is exactly as it should be. Sandwich shop by day, hipster diner by night, the bar program and the creative team driving it is no different. Unapologetically themselves, this eclectic group of bartenders has collective experience primarily in Philly, but have also bartended all over the country, from Minneapolis to Chicago to San Francisco, prior to landing at this Fishtown destination.
- [Dianna Robinson, Beverage Manager, Bloomsday Café](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-dianna-robinson-beverage-manager-bloomsday-caf/) - COMING FROM URBAN VILLAGE and Sally, Dianna recently joined the team at Bloomsday and hit the ground running. Being given the freedom and space to learn and grow and make the program her own, she tailors beverages to align with the restaurant ethos. She considers their focus on fresh seasonal produce, often sourced from local purveyors like Three Springs Fruit Farm, wine and spirits education, and collaboration. Her menu development incorporates the entire team, and it’s important to her that the entire crew is part of the process.
- [Aaron Gordon, Owner, 13th Street Cocktails](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-aaron-gordon-owner-13th-street-cocktails/) - AARON GORDON IS CONSTANTLY CRAFTING innovative drink concepts along with his team at 13th Street Cocktails. What started on the top floor of an apartment at 13th and Chestnut has evolved into a mobile choose-your-own-adventure experience complete with anything and everything from drinks to oysters to wood-fired pizza. 13th Street conceptualizes beverage experiences where no detail is left unattended, and no request is too bold. Aaron is a character. He’ll sugarcoat a cocktail glass before he’ll sugarcoat a conversation.
- [Eden Beschen, Head Bartender, Royal Boucherie](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-eden-beschen-head-bartender-royal-boucherie/) - SINCE RECENTLY TAKING OVER the bar program at Royal Boucherie, Eden has quickly become known for a mixology strategy that combines bold choices with unexpected pairings. Tequila and Mezcal are not the go-to standards for matching spirits with French food, but she describes how the smokiness of a mezcal pairs with duck—and it just makes sense. She loves thinking about new flavor combinations that are out of the usual norm and she sources smaller producers or special-order spirits for the back bar. By selecting limited-availability spirits, she drives return business to the bar.
- [Cauliflower Power](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-cauliflower-power/) - What to eat while you’re waiting for ramps Early spring is the hardest time to be a locavore in the Northeast. Farms have nearly cleared out their root cellars and ramps won’t show up for another month. Meanwhile, our friends on the West Coast and in the South are on Instagram showing off the jewel-like strawberries and fat bunches of asparagus they pick up at their local farmers’ market.
- [Baking Up a Dream](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-baking-dream/) - How New Hope’s pastry maven got the dough to open her shop Bakery owner might be one of the top fantasy jobs in the food industry, right up there with restaurant critic. Kimberly Scola, owner of the year-old Factory Girl Bake Shop in New Hope, would know. She fields multiple emails per month from people asking how they can open a bakery like hers. Her reply is always the same: “Prepare to work really, really hard for almost no money, at least in the beginning.” She doesn’t mean to be discouraging. “It’s just that the reality of my long hours and low salary doesn’t fit the idea most people have in their heads.”
- [Congee: The Ultimate Comfort Food](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-congee-ultimate-comfort-food/) - CONGEE IS A RICE PORRIDGE OF MANY NAMES and almost as many variations. It can be humble and luxurious. It is, in essence, rice cooked in copious amounts of water or broth, and it is the most comforting of all comforting dishes. In the Philippines, spiked with calamansi and patis, it is arroz caldo, or hot rice. In Vietnamese, it is chao. Congee possesses the reputation of being a poor man’s dish and a sick man’s dish. There’s a Cantonese saying that a friend reminds me of as we eat bowl after bowl of congee in Philadelphia’s Chinatown: Hui sik jook, which translates to “going to eat congee.”
- [Brennah Lambert is Expanding the Vegan Lifestyle at LesbiVeggies](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-brennah-lambert-expanding-vegan-lifestyle-lesbiveggies/) - THERE ARE MANY REASONS PEOPLE EAT VEGAN. Some embark on the plant-based lifestyle for ethical reasons, as a statement against animal cruelty and the industrialized food system. Some are following religious dietary restrictions, while others are following their family’s eating habits. But for many, like Brennah Lambert, eating vegan is part of the pursuit for a healthier lifestyle.
- [Hot Pepper Paradise: Robyn Jasko of Home Sweet Homegrown is on Hot Streak](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-hot-pepper-paradise-robyn-jasko-home-sweet-homegrown-hot-streak/) - Robyn Jasko holding basket of Pimenta Biquino peppers.
- [Tasting Traditions: Pennsylvania Dutch Heritage](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-tasting-traditions-pennsylvania-dutch-heritage/) - MY MOTHER IS PINTEREST INCARNATE, a woman who was sewing a Pink Panther Halloween costume and teaching me how to make a “rock necklace” by stringing chunks of potato and letting them dry to hard gray lumps two decades before the internet even existed. School projects were no match for her; she helped me build an Egyptian city out of plastic and crochet a replica of a cell. But the woman who figured out how to make mitochondria out of yarn recently revealed that there was one homework assignment she dreaded: Bring a traditional dish from your family’s food heritage to school.
- [Growing Sustainability and Social Justice at Free Haven Farms](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-growing-sustainability-and-social-justice-free-haven-farms-0/) - A passion fruit, coconut water, and sea moss smoothie sounds like something straight out of goop, but the man drinking (and Instagramming) it could not be any less like Gwyneth Paltrow.
- [The Reality and Future of Farming in Pennsylvania](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-reality-and-future-farming-pennsylvania/) - Wondering about the reality and future of farming in PA? Talk to a family farmer.
- [Reviving a Sweet Tradition: Elderberries](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-reviving-sweet-tradition-elderberries/) - LAST SEPTEMBER, GENE BARCLAY SAW THE ELDERBERRIES ON HIS PROPERTY DYING. It had been more than 60 years since those berries had fed anyone besides birds. He recalled how, when he was young, a family friend and his dad had picked them and turned them into jam. He wondered in an online community group if anyone might be interested in trying that again, and I answered the call.
- [Cuban Sin Carne - Cuban Food Vegan Style](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-cuban-sin-carne-cuban-food-vegan-style/) - Where contributor Jessica Lopez finds her vegan--and Cuban--inspiration around Philly. 
- [Summer Checklist: Frosty Beverages to Help You Keep Cool as Things Heat Up](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-summer-checklist-frosty-beverages-help-you-keep-cool-things-heat/) - ✅ RIVERWARDS JUICE BAR Owner Vincent Finazzo’s dream has come true in the form of a Juice Bar at the new Riverwards Old City location. Stop by for a selection of made-to-order juices, aguas frescas, and smoothies. The Juice Bar is open every day 8am–7pm. 146 N. Bread St.; riverwardsproduce.com.
- [Fall-Holiday Checklist: Skip the Mall and Visit Your Neighborhood Independent Shop this Season](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-fall-holiday-checklist-skip-mall-and-visit-your-neighborhood-independent-shop-season/) - Skip the mall and visit your neighborhood independent shop this season for the best in food and drink gifts. ✅ FLOURISH MARKET This recently opened shop is a welcome addition to the Grays Ferry neighborhood and carries everything from flowers and popcorn to pup treats and pickles—all in support of a social mission focused on sustainability, local goods, and community. 2227 Grays Ferry Ave, Philadelphia. flourishmarketphilly.com
- [Pennsylvania Pumpkin Pie from Pie Bird Farm](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-pennsylvania-pumpkin-pie-pie-bird-farm/) - IF YOU’RE BUSY PLANNING YOUR HOLIDAY FEASTS and feeling overwhelmed by the idea of baking your own, may we recommend the Pennsylvania Pumpkin Pie from Pie Bird Farm? This pie is a wonderful collaboration between local farmers and bakers in Bucks County. The ingredients are thoughtfully sourced, both for location and for the growing practices of the farm.
- [Fall-Holiday Checklist: New Places to Eat, Drink and Shop](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-fall-holiday-checklist-new-places-eat-drink-and-shop/) - There is no shortage of newness happening in Philly these days - new places to eat, drink and shop. We’ve rounded up a few you’ll want to be sure you check off your list this season. 
- [Potatoes Four Ways](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-potatoes-four-ways/) - Casserole Use a mandoline to create long, thin slices of potato. Cook for 60 seconds in boiling water and then use the strips as you would lasagna noodles in a hearty layered casserole. Baked
- [Thirty-Seven Chocolates](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-thirty-seven-chocolates/) - My foray into the world of American craft chocolate The words left my mouth on Halloween of 2013. “It does not feel like a birthday,” I lamented to my mom. She had flown from France to spend the next couple of months in Chester County with me, and her presence should have been reason enough to celebrate. “Jonathan got you a cake, Estelle, and I’m here. What more do you want?”
- [Road Trip: The Main Line in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-road-trip-main-line-day/) - Heading west from Philadelphia on Lancaster Avenue, you’ll drive by an eclectic mix of large stone buildings, luxury car dealerships and global restaurants. Known as the Main Line, the area historically welcomed wealthy families from Philadelphia eager to escape the scorching summer heat.
- [Tea for Two](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-tea-two/) - A local couple sells Taiwanese leaves with a French flair Im a French woman, so you might think coffee would be my thing. But I’m such a serious tea drinker that my kettle has four temperature settings. I swapped the convenience of teabags for more flavorful loose tea long ago. Because my preference for the organic kind left me with few local options, I usually ordered my tea online or brought it home from my trips to visit family in France. All of this changed when a serendipitous trip to Whole Foods Market in Glen Mills introduced me to Health and Tea.
- [A Modern Chocolate Lover’s Guide to Philadelphia](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-modern-chocolate-lover-s-guide-philadelphia/) - Aurora Grace Chocolates, photo courtesy of the source.
- [Ugly Produce and Philly's Food Scene](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-ugly-produce-and-phillys-food-scene/) - How do bargain boxes of imperfect produce fit in with Philly’s food scene? There they were in Knar Gavin’s box of produce: conjoined kiwis that looked like hearts. The fruits were perfectly tasty but would have been rejected by many retailers because of their appearance. In this box of produce, however, the booty-shaped fruits weren’t misfits. They fit right in, since the service the box came from specializes in funny looking fruit.
- [Amirah Mitchell is Farming for Community and Change](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-amirah-mitchell-farming-community-and-change/) - Amirah Mitchell, owner of Sistah Seeds
- [Eating my Feelings](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-eating-my-feelings/) - A food writer says goodbye to her adopted hometown. I CALLED IT THE PHILLY PANTRY PROJECT, a way to turn the monumental task of eating down the contents of my cupboards, freezer and refrigerator into a game. Points were allocated according to the number of items used up in any given meal. Two points for falafel made with the last of the dried chickpeas and tahini. Five points for minestrone with canned tomatoes, orzo, beans and spices. Four points for bulgogi with the last of the brown rice, kimchi and gochujang, and that frozen marinade I had made for a recipe-testing project I worked on.
- [MYSTERY MEAT](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-mystery-meat/) - A longtime scrapple lover investigates the ingredients in this Pennsylvania staple “But what’s in it?” I asked my father as a kid, sitting at the kitchen table, legs still short enough to swing barefoot from an antique chair, as I shoveled another forkful into my mouth. I asked every time hunting season rolled around and this polarizing delicacy, tucked away among more identifiable edibles, emerged from my father’s Igloo cooler. My question was like an annual religious incantation that summoned forth a family ritual.
- [No Plates Like Home:  Why Philly's Food Scene is the Best](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-no-plates-home-why-phillys-food-scene-best/) - The best meals I’ve had are the ones I think about time and time again, even years after my last bites. And most of the time, they are the meals I’ve enjoyed at home in Philly.
- [Flour Power: Dandelion Bakery](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-flour-power-dandelion-bakery/) - Pastry is always on Marissa Donata Touch’s mind. Cannoli, biscotti, cake, you name it. It was always this way for her, even before she went to the Culinary Institute of America in 2011 to get her degree in baking and pastry. Now, as the owner of the social-media-based, pop-up bakery Dandelion Bakery (@dandelionbakes on Insta-gram), she thinks more about Italian pastry than ever. It makes sense, given her heritage. Growing up in Northeastern Pennsylvania near Scranton, Touch was born into a large Italian family. In fact, most of her neighbors were her relatives.
- [Di Bruno Bros: The House that Cheese Built](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/recipes-di-bruno-bros-house-cheese-built/) - Ian Peacock has encountered pretty much everything in his six years behind Di Bruno’s venerable Italian Market cheese counter, but there’s one customer course of action that’s never sat well with him. And it never will. “It baffles me how you can walk in here and not taste anything,” says Peacock, a sincere glimmer of discontent in his voice, after he watches a wandering woman peruse the shelves, curtly dismiss help (and samples) and swiftly book it back out the door onto busy Ninth Street.
- [O Christmas Cheese](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-o-christmas-cheese/) - For one family, holiday cheer begins in the dairy case Many holiday rituals have long roots in religious, cultural or family customs. My favorite Christmas tradition, meanwhile, has roots made out of cream cheese and cheddar.
- [Foraging for Mushrooms in a Day's Work at Mainly Mushrooms](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-foraging-mushrooms-days-work-mainly-mushrooms/) - I still remember the mushrooms my Uncle Pasquale would bring to my mother’s kitchen after his hunting trips in the nearby woods. None of the mushrooms my mother usually prepared were as tasty—or strange-looking—as the ones my uncle brought her. Years later, I found out why. He not only hunted for rabbit and deer, but was also an avid wild mushroom hunter, or forager.
- [To Market, To Market](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-market-market/) - How shopping at the Reading Terminal Market shaped the life of a food lover It’s a few minutes after eight o’clock on a summer Friday morning when my dad and I walk into the Reading Terminal. The market is still stretching its arms, crawling out of that foggy wake-up haze. A few stalls are quiet, waiting for their owners to arrive.
- [Home Away from Home: Local Ingredients Create Faraway Flavors](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-home-away-home-local-ingredients-create-faraway-flavors/) - How Chef Angelina Branca uses local ingredients to create faraway flavors BRUNCH SERVICE HAS JUST STARTED, and Saté Kampar on East Passyunk is still empty as I walk past the kitchen through a wall of scent. It’s warm and nutty, with an undercurrent of coconut and rice, and something else I can’t place.
- [The Jersey Clam Shack That Taught Me Everything About Great Restaurants](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-jersey-clam-shack-taught-me-everything-about-great-restaurants/) - IT’S AN HOUR TOO LATE FOR LUNCH, too early for dinner and too warm out for me to crave New England’s signature cream-based clam chowder. But I don’t care. My dad and I pull into the broken clam shell—covered parking lot of Smitty’s (legally listed as The Clam Bar, but we’ve never called it that) on the water in Somers Point, a town sandwiched inland between Absecon Island and Ocean City, down the Shore. We wait a few minutes, beer-filled cooler by my feet, for two seats to open at the familiar blue bar that wraps around a corner of the building’s exterior.
- [Philadelphia & the Fresh Pasta Revolution](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-philadelphia-fresh-pasta-revolution/) - How one local company changed Italian restaurants around the country The best pasta I ever ate was almost completely naked. The paccheri, a tube shaped noodle, had been plucked from its pot with a slotted spoon, slid directly onto the wooden counter upstairs at Vetri, and sprinkled with a few rough clumps of Parmigiano Reggiano. Still dripping from its boil, it nearly burned my fingers as I picked it up and popped it in my mouth. An assortment of flavors poked through the pungent saltiness of the grated cheese. The pasta was earthy, almost smoky, and at the same time tasted sweet.
- [Eating West African in West Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-eating-west-african-kilimandjaro-restaurant-west-philly/) - The West African coast is at least 4,500 miles from Philadelphia, but an authentic taste of the region’s cuisine is waiting much closer to home. Less than one-thousandth the distance away—within a radius of around four and a half miles from City Hall—there are several lively West African communities, and these enclaves in Southwest and West Philly are studded with restaurants run by immigrants serving the food of their homeland. Geopolitically, West Africa comprises at least 15 different nations, but culinarily speaking, distinctions across borders are much less defined.
- [Feasting on Diversity This Holiday Season](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-feasting-diversity-holiday-season/) - Entering into the holiday season inevitably brings up feelings of nostalgia. Family, old friends, new friends, traditions, memories from the past we try to revive in some fashion. Luckily, we’re fortunate to live in a part of the country that celebrates so many different cultures and holiday traditions—some familiar, some may be new to you—but that’s the magical part of living in a city like Philadelphia.
- [Phoenixville](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-phoenixville/) - A steel town reinvented, with a focus on quick bites and quirky atmosphere It was the early 1900s when my great-grandparents arrived in America and came to Phoenixville, where work was available at the Phoenix Iron Works. The works produced iron rails for the Pennsylvania Railroad and wrought iron, as well as puddled iron for parts of the Eiffel Tower and infrastructure around the world.
- [Mark McKinney Puts Vegetables in the Spotlight at Primary Plant Based](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-mark-mckinney-puts-vegetables-spotlight-primary-plant-based/) - MARK MCKINNEY, 51, MAY BE BEST KNOWN as the longtime chef for the restaurant group behind Royal Tavern, Cantina Los Caballitos, Khyber Pass Pub and Triangle Tavern, where he worked for 16 years. These neighborhood spots are beloved for menus stacked with bar food favorites like deep-fried wings and loaded nachos in both vegan and meaty versions. But amid the pandemic, McKinney took a fresh look at his life, health and career and made some dramatic changes on all fronts.
- [Meet Three Philadelphia-Area Cafés Serving Up Coffee with a Side of Opportunity](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-meet-three-philadelphia-area-caf-s-serving-coffee-side-opportunity/) - COFFEE CAN INSPIRE GREAT CONVERSATION. How many times have you said to a friend, “Want to meet for coffee?” And, when you do, never-ending discussions ensue and time passes at a caffeinated speed. Many of the world’s problems can often be solved —at least for a while—while sipping a good cup of coffee.
- [Traffic Jam: Local Jams Offer Sustainability, Superior Flavor, and a Whole Lot Less Sugar, Too.](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-traffic-jam-local-jams-offer-sustainability-superior-flavor-and-whole-lot-less-sugar-too/) - Whether you’re spreading a fruit-based jam on your favorite toast or using it as a secret ingredient for a salad dressing, jams are the new Swiss Army Knife in today’s kitchen. They’re that versatile. When choosing your next jar, skip the Smucker’s in favor of one of these small-batch makers. CHRISTINA MASER BASED IN LANCASTER
- [Road Trip: Exploring Frenchtown](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-road-trip-exploring-frenchtown/) - The Delaware River, winding its way through five states on its path from New York’s Catskills to the Delaware Bay, is a spectacularly scenic setting for camping, fishing, biking and tubing when the warmer seasons allow. But any time of year, many of the towns that grace its banks provide an ideal getaway, especially for those intent on epicurean pursuits. I live in Easton, a river city, so the quaint towns along the Delaware are part of my regular path. Heading south often means taking 611 through Riegelsville to River Road (Route 32), and then braving the narrow crossing over to Frenchtown, New Jersey.
- [Picking the Perfect Peach](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-picking-perfect-peach/) - Scholl Orchards gets it right every time Imagine the quintessential peach. It bears a bit of a blush, with a sunny yellow background. It’s symmetrical, about the size of a baseball, with a sweet smell. It yields to the gentle press of your thumb. When you find such a specimen, there’s only one thing you must do: Eat it immediately. And there’s only one way to eat this piece of fruit: right over your kitchen sink so the juices can drip down your hands and chin into an easily cleaned vessel. Farmers have a term for this. “They’re ‘sink’ peaches,” says 35-year-old Ben Scholl of Scholl Orchards in Bethlehem.
- [Cracking The Code: A Guide to Buying Eggs](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-cracking-code-guide-buying-eggs/) - Why is buying a dozen eggs so confusing Cage free. Pastured. Organic. Free range. Certified humane. Natural—What does it all mean? When it comes to eggs, it’s anyone’s guess as to where those chickens have roamed and what sorts of tasty vittles they’ve consumed (or not) before they laid the eggs you’re about to purchase. What impact, if any, does this have on the eggs, not to mention the welfare of the chickens themselves? Whether you’re buying at the grocery store or your local health-food store or farmers’ market, how do you know what’s really in that carton, even when you ask?
- [Winter Wonderland](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-winter-wonderland/) - Cook local year round thanks to four-season farmers’ markets The months between November and March used to be when farmers were “off”—at least in the sense of not constantly tending to a harvest and hauling goods to farmers’ markets two hours away. But a farmer’s job is never really done, as winter brings its own preparations, considerations and planning—especially if a farmer’s growing for a winter market.
- [Easton in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-easton-day/) - If you’re looking for a place where you can shop a historic farmers’ market and easily amble to restaurants, galleries, antique stores, breweries, bookstores and cafés, drive up 611 North to Easton for the day. Situated at the confluence of the Delaware and Lehigh Rivers, it was a hotspot for the Founding Fathers; the city’s Center Square was one of three places where the Declaration of Independence was first read, on July 8, 1776. These days, Easton draws people with its charming architecture, proximity to nature and food, food, food.
- [Crafting Farm-to-Table Beverages Suits PorTch Tea to a T](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-crafting-farm-table-beverages-suits-portch-tea-t/) - MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO, George and Melanie DeVault decided their earth-loving efforts as Rodale journalists would be better served by becoming farmers. And so they started Pheasant Hill Farm, so named for the abundance of wild pheasants on their 20 preserved acres in Emmaus, in Lehigh County. They grew gourmet mesclun mixes, ran CSAs, and were well known in the region as organic food pioneers and a community hub. They’d grow greens and flowers along with berries and veggies, some of them unique—ever had cucumber melons? Their son Don sold bagged fresh mesclun mixed greens out of coolers to Rodale employees at lunchtime.
- [Christmas in Bethlehem](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-christmas-bethlehem/) - When the holidays arrive, this Lehigh Valley town’s Christkindlmarkt is the place to celebrate with European vibes and local foods
- [Road Trip: A High-Low Guide to Atlantic City](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-road-trip-high-low-guide-atlantic-city/) - Say what you will about Atlantic City—but please be nice. This beachside resort often has rough times during the colder months, but it still is and always will be a blast. The secret to embracing the magically bizarre, sometimes dark but always amazing place is to give in to what it is: the closest beach to Philly, a spot with a truly fabled history and a place where the old, new and everything in between exists in a strangely beautiful, salty neon harmony.
- [The Call of the Dirt](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-call-dirt-plowshare-farms/) - The unlikely table-to-farm story of Jack Goldenberg and Plowshare Farms It’s a solid bet that a ramshackle garage on the campus of Rosemont College in Bryn Mawr is not the first place that comes to mind when you think about locally grown produce. Of course, neither are the urban neighborhoods of Kensington or Germantown, but that’s where Jack Goldenberg is growing not only a stunning selection of fruits and vegetables but also an unusual business that is farm-to-table in the most literal sense of the words.
- [Tea Time Three House-Made Blends You’ll Chai for](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-tea-time-three-house-made-blends-youll-chai/) - A killer chai tea latte, made in-house and not from a box, is surprisingly tough to find. Step into a coffee or tea shop and you’ll likely see the warm, spicy drink on the menu, but this hot concoction is too often crafted from premade mixes. Not so at our favorite haunts. After sipping through chai lattes of all kinds, here we present some of the most delicious from-scratch options.
- [The Pig Next Door](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-the-pig-next-door/) - The persuasive case for humanely raised pork Several years ago, I bit into a chop that caused me to all but eliminate pork from my diet. It wasn’t that the chop was bad. On the contrary, it was transcendent: rich, juicy, fatty and sublimely piggy. Compared to the commodity meat at the supermarket, it was like an August heirloom tomato picked from the garden versus a pale, imported January facsimile. I lost my taste for the factory-raised “other white meat.” I also became determined to find out how meat from pigs could be so different—and how I could secure a dependable supply of great pork for my own table.
- [How to Cook an Egg](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-how-cook-egg/) - TIP: Fresher eggs are better for frying or poaching; slightly older eggs are better for boiling, as they’re easier to peel. BOILED No one wants green eggs with their ham. Green-grey yolks are a result of eggs cooking for too long, or at too high a temperature.
- [Hot Chocolate](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-hot-chocolate-1/) - Hot chocolate was once viewed as a medicinal drink, as it helped with digestion and against “fits of anger.” Modern hot chocolate is thick and made from melted bar chocolate and milk. Sweetened chocolate residue was found in Honduras in jars dating from 1100 BC. The Latin word for the cacao tree is Theobroma, which means “food of the gods.”
- [BBQ Mix 'n' Match](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-bbq-mix-n-match/) - The recipe is simple: sun, fun, eat, repeat.
- [John's Water Ice](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-johns-water-ice/) - “THERE IS BUT ONE WATER ICE AND ITS NAME IS JOHN’S, the South Philly stand founded in 1945. My history intersects with this refreshing institution circa 1980. My dad would take me there, where I was delighted by the cherry and chocolate (the flavors I still order to this day) and marveled that my pops could eat the whole thing without a spoon. There’s something about the line, where you’ll find just near anybody and everybody. Even Obama got lemon at John’s, though that’s where we differ. He’s not wrong, though. Lemon is damn refreshing.”
- [A Tall Glass of Autumn](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-tall-glass-autumn/) - Photography by Michael Persico It can take seven years to grow an apple tree on healthy root stock—but cultivating the sometimes ugly heirloom apples that make for great hard cider is not the truly time-consuming part of a modern cider maker’s work. “It’s really going to take time to change the American palate,” says Frecon Farms’s Steve Frecon. Steve is on the front lines of the artisanal cider industry, driving from his Boyertown orchard and cidery to farmers’ markets and festivals throughout the state, where the third-generation farming family is reintroducing Pennsylvanians to traditional hard cider.
- [First Person: Mystery Shopping Confidential](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-first-person-mystery-shopping-confidential/) - The thrills and anxieties of the secret shopper The first time I ate out as a so-called “mystery shopper,” an anonymous diner hired by the restaurant’s owner to critique it, I hadn’t been at a restaurant with cloth napkins in about a year. Dining out wasn’t in my budget then.
- [The Flavors of "Christmas City USA"](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-flavors-christmas-city-usa/) - The North Pole has nothing on one historic Pennsylvania town On Christmas Eve in 1741, the little town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, was founded as a Moravian community in the Lehigh Valley. But it wasn’t until 1937 that the district received the declaration that it had been longing for—the official countrywide title of “Christmas City.” Every year since then, Bethlehem has taken its role ever more seriously. With its annual profusion of twinkling lights, tinsel, guys in red suits, festooned firs and stars, it may be the richest source of holiday cheer on Earth.
- [Global City: The Mexican Traditions of Kennett Square](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-global-city-mexican-traditions-kennett-square/) - In the heart of the Brandywine River Valley, 30 miles southwest of Philadelphia, you’ll discover the Mushroom Capital of the World. Also known as Kennett Square, this suburban town has been home to the nation’s largest commercial mushroom industry for the last century. But there’s another side to Kennett Square: not only is this southern Chester County community overflowing with mushrooms—it produces one million pounds per week—it’s also one of the best places in southeastern Pennsylvania to discover authentic Mexican food.
- [Global City: A True Taste of Malaysia](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-global-city-true-taste-malaysia/) - One woman brings the flavors of her home country to South Philly To step into Sate Kampar on East Passyunk Avenue is to step into a restaurant half a world away. On the left as you enter, the restaurant’s name is splashed across a corrugated tin panel and a bamboo shade. A fragrant smokiness fills the air as you push through the door. Inside, trios of blue lanterns hang over the tables and blue-and-white wooden shutters on the walls serve as portals to Malaysia, the muse of Sate Kampar.
- [Better Food for People + Planet](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-better-food-people-planet/) - Chefs and restaurateurs explore the demand for transparency on the plate. WHEN ERIK OBERHOLTZER, David Dressler, and Matt Lyman launched Tender Greens in 2006 in Culver City, California, they had a mission: to change the way people eat, not just in the Los Angeles area, but across the country. At the time the dining landscape was largely split between white-tablecloth restaurants and fast-food joints without much in the middle. “If you wanted a good meal that aligned with your values, you had to pay for it,” Oberholtzer says. “We wanted you to pick what you wanted to eat instead of what you could afford.”
- [Legacy Lost (And Found)](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-legacy-lost-and-found/) - How one cookbook author honors her grandmothers with the recipes they never taught her I didn’t learn to ferment vegetables at my grandma’s knee, and I didn’t learn it from my parents. In fact, my parents don’t know how to ferment vegetables and they have little desire to eat them. So for the past several years of my obsessive fermentation habit, I assumed I was the funk-loving black sheep of the family and that my new vocation was unrelated to my roots.
- [Great Japanese Pantry Staples at Essene Market](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-great-japanese-pantry-staples-essene-market/) - MY HANKERING FOR GREAT JAPANESE FOOD can't always be sated by Royal Izakaya (sometimes I feel the need to cook my own food at home).
- [Beauty Masks Good Enough To Eat](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-beauty-masks-good-enough-eat/) - IT STARTED WITH THE EGGS. A dozen of them, delivered to me in my Common Market farm share every other week, and only me to eat them. I had no problem with the apples, the strawberries, the carrots, the lettuce. It was just the eggs that lingered, taking up space in my refrigerator when I brought home the new CSA goodies. Those farm-fresh, certified-humane eggs were like ticking time bombs.
- [Chestnut Hill in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-chestnut-hill-day/) - STEPPING OFF THE REGIONAL RAIL onto the cobblestone streets of Chestnut Hill, it’s hard to believe this small town exists within Philadelphia city limits. But a pleasant stroll along the 15-block stretch of Germantown Avenue reveals a neighborhood preserving the Philadelphia Garden District’s charm through homey food and drink establishments. At the top of the hill, low-key brewpubs and casual restaurants have become mainstays for brunch and lunch regulars; at the bottom of the hill, upscale newcomers flourish.
- [High Tide for Seafood: Meet the Chefs, Fishmongers, and Purveyors Educating Diners on Undervalued Local Fish](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-high-tide-seafood-meet-chefs-fishmongers-and-purveyors-educating-diners-undervalued-local-fish/) - A whole different fish experience
- [Philadelphia’s Chinatown in a Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-philadelphia-s-chinatown-day/) - BEFORE COVID, Philadelphia’s Chinatown was on the verge of a renaissance. Many of the classic American Chinese eateries your parents lauded had said farewell. In their place were noodle houses, bubble tea hangouts, and a bevy of nightlife options that brought new life to a neighborhood often known for holding fast to tradition. Then Covid-19 came, and the people stopped coming. Gone were the Instagram pictures of soup dumplings and the sounds of karaoke deep into the night. I grew up in Chinatown, and seeing it struggle was heartbreaking.
- [Beer x Brunch = Fresh Spring Fun!](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-beer-x-brunch-fresh-spring-fun-0/) - Even though the spring equinox came with snow flurries across the eastern seaboard - soon the warmer, longer days will nudge the landscape to that bright green and and the only reasonable course of action is to be outside, soaking it all in. What better way to celebrate this sweet time of year than to host brunch al fresco? 
- [In Search of Tamales in Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-search-tamales-philly/) - Known for an array of fantastic tacos, the Mexican spots of South Philly offer the holiday specialty almost every weekend—as long as you get up early.
- [Get Merry: Philly's 2024 Holiday Markets](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-get-merry-phillys-2024-holiday-markets/) - Across the greater Philadelphia region, holiday markets pop up this time of year. Visiting these markets can get you in the holiday spirit, make finding the perfect gifts fun, and help you find new local makers around every corner. It’s way more fun than late-night panic shopping on Amazon, and your dollars will stay in the community. Of course, there’s festive food and drinks to enjoy, too. Here are four holiday markets we want to visit this year: CHRISTMAS VILLAGE November 23–December 24 Sunday–Thursday: noon–8pm Friday–Saturday: noon–9pm
- [Edible Philly 2024 Holiday Food & Gift Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-edible-philly-2024-holiday-food-gift-guide/) - 1 Aneu Kitchens 3-Day Meal Plan Bundles are perfect for when delicious breakfasts, snacks and lunches are just what you need but don’t have time to prep! Low carb, gluten free, & other allergen friendly menus available. Available at Paoli & Bryn Mawr only. www.ANEUKitchens.com
- [Mount Airy's Downtime Bakery: Community is Their Bread and Butter](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-mount-airys-downtime-bakery-community-their-bread-and-butter/) - MOUNT AIRY’S NEW Downtime Bakery has officially opened its doors, and it’s quickly becoming a must-visit spot for local food lovers. Owners Dayna Evans and Sam Carmichael, who moved to the neighborhood in 2020, are excited to establish deeper roots. “We fell in love with the neighborhood and community around us,” Evans says. After two and a half years of running Downtime as a pop-up, the bakery now has a permanent home where Dayna and Sam aim to create a welcoming space for locals to gather over bread, pastries, and coffee.
- [Aliza Green: From Kitchens and Cookbooks to Europe and Beyond](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-aliza-green-kitchens-and-cookbooks-europe-and-beyond/) - THOUGH SHE’S SPENT MOST OF HER CAREER AS A CHEF AND COOKBOOK AUTHOR, local food expert Aliza Green has an even bigger passion: travel. “I was lucky enough to start seeing the world at a very young age. My family traveled every year—it got me hooked,” says Green, who has authored 15 acclaimed cookbooks, including the James Beard Award-winning ¡Ceviche! and the perennially popular Field Guide series.
- [Spotlight: Southeast Asian Market at FDR Park](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-spotlight-southeast-asian-market-fdr-park/) - The Southeast Asian Market at FDR Park is about more than the food. Back in 2021, the market hosted a rally against anti-Asian hate. It’s been home to back-to-school-supply giveaways and bilingual voter registration drives, too. The community support found at the market almost overshadows the Southeast Asian street food found in abundance here. You’ll find tongue-searing papaya salad, smoky grilled saté, sweet sesame seed balls, and freshly pressed sugarcane juice. The market also offers plants, clothing, and jewelry.
- [Jezabel's Argentina](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-jezabels-argentina/) - Some people collect spoons when they travel. Not Jezabel Careaga, chef and owner of West Philly’s Jezabel’s café. “I pick up bay leaves wherever I go,” she says. “Right now, I have bay leaves from three countries in my kitchen.” Her current favorite may be the ones she plucked in Paris, she says.
- [The Good Food Fest Returns](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-good-food-fest-returns/) - THIS FALL, THE GOOD FOOD FEST IS BACK. On November 3, local food enthusiasts will gather at the Kimberton Fair Grounds to celebrate and support regional agriculture. Hosted by Growing Roots Partners and sponsored by Kimberton Whole Foods, the event brings together farmers, food makers, and members of the community. Attendees will have the chance to meet and chat with the farmers responsible for their favorite fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy products, as well as the artisans behind locally baked bread, aged cheese, and craft beer.
- [Love Nature and Mushrooms? There’s a Club for You.](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-love-nature-and-mushrooms-there-s-club-you/) - YOU’VE LIKELY SPOTTED exotic mushrooms like gray oyster, chanterelle, and hen of the woods on restaurant menus and at gourmet markets. Members of the Philadelphia Mycology Club know there’s an even better place to look for these fantastic fungi: the great outdoors. The club’s mushroom foraging walks are increasingly popular with people who want to learn how to spot their own dinner in the wild. On a recent foray in John James Audubon Center in Audubon, PA, one attendee spotted a large cluster of golden oyster mushrooms that would get pride of place in any restaurant kitchen.
- [Jabali Farmers Market](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-jabali-farmers-market/) - One of the city’s most eclectic markets pops up in Mount Airy on select Saturdays this summer. The Jabali Farmers Market is organized and hosted by Black and Planted, a project that teaches the community to sow, grow, eat, and create from the garden, according to its creator Erika Johnson.
- [Reading Terminal Market](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-reading-terminal-market/) - READING TERMINAL MARKET WILL ALWAYS BE a bustling hub for tourists, but it’s more than the best place to take your out-of-town friends for awesome Philly sandwiches. This institution is truly a market—the city’s savviest shoppers buy their groceries here week in and week out. And it’s not just for the top-quality ingredients and unbeatable prices.
- [Everyday Local Eating, Made Easy with Philly Foodworks Online Farmers Market.](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-everyday-local-eating-made-easy-philly-foodworks-online-farmers-market/) - SHOPPING LOCAL MATTERS. It supports farmers and the local economy, and it’s better for the environment. Plus, eating with the seasons tastes better, too. But getting your shopping logistics in line with your values can be hard. The farmers market is only open one day a week, and that often clashes with your schedule. A CSA subscription is great, but you don’t know what to do with more zucchini again this week. Even when you can visit the farmers market, you usually have to hit another store to get a few basics you need to turn what you bought into meals for the week.
- [Nutmeg Bar and Market: Craft Cocktails Without the Booze Come to East Passyunk](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-nutmeg-bar-and-market-craft-cocktails-without-booze-come-east-passyunk/) - WHEN BRIAN ROTHBART GOT SOBER in 2017, he also changed careers. A hospitality veteran and former winemaker who owned a wine bar in Jersey City, Rothbart tried other industries before deciding his heart belonged to beverages. So he decided to get back into the bar business—the nonalcoholic bar business. In April, he opened Nutmeg Bar & Market on East Passyunk Avenue. It’s got everything you want in a bar—vibes, music, socializing, craft cocktails—minus the alcohol.
- [Root to Fruit: From Chicken to Chickpeas](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-root-fruit-chicken-chickpeas/) - IT CAN BE CHALLENGING for anyone to make the switch to a plant-based diet. But for a chef? It’s even harder. “In my old job, I was handling 240 chickens a week,” says Josh Broder, who became a vegan three years ago because he no longer wanted to contribute to animal suffering. Environmentalism also drove the change. “We only have this one planet,” he says.
- [Boost Your Brain with a Local Author's New Cookbook: The Smart Mediterranean Diet](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-boost-your-brain-local-authors-new-cookbook-smart-mediterranean-diet/) - BOOST YOUR BRAIN HEALTH AND MOOD with The Smart Mediterranean Diet Cookbook, co-authored by local registered dietitian Deanna Segrave-Daly. “I love showcasing the ingredients and dishes from the 20-plus countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea through recipes that are accessible, do-able, affordable, and most of all have been vetted and tested to work in home kitchens," says Segrave-Daly.
- [Why I Love Chestnut Hill Farmers Market](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-why-i-love-chestnut-hill-farmers-market/) - I WAS THE MARKET MANAGER HERE FOR TEN YEARS until October 2023. I love this market so much that I continue to be a dedicated, weekly, all-weather shopper. And I am not alone. This market has hardcore regulars. It's set up for socializing and connection—sharing recipes, learning from each other, and chatting. It's a happy place. The vendors are all outstanding, particularly Taproot Farm.
- [Mother Butter: The Most Local Seed Butter you can buy](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-mother-butter-most-local-seed-butter-you-can-buy/) - If you’ve ever added flax to your smoothie, you probably did it for the health benefits alone. But there’s another reason to love flax. It’s a local food. “When flax seeds are fresh from the farm, they have the most delicious flavor and aroma—I can smell them a mile away,” says Kristin Dudley, founder of Mother Butter.
- [Pietramala Brews Up Umami-Rich Sauce from Beer Waste](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-pietramala-brews-umami-rich-sauce-beer-waste/) - Pietramala chef and owner Ian Graye doesn’t see waste—only culinary experiments waiting to happen. He’s been tinkering with local byproducts to make new condiments for his plant-based menu since before the restaurant even opened. His latest success story upcycles spent yeast from local brewer Human Robot Beer. “Yeast itself is a rich natural source of protein and B vitamins, which means lots of potential for umami,” says Graye.
- [Weckerly's Ice Cream's Next Chapter](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-weckerlys-ice-creams-next-chapter/) - Long before Cristina Torres became the new owner of Weckerly’s Ice Cream in January, she had been a fan. “I used to live in the neighborhood—this part of Fishtown was my backyard,” she says. Like a lot of Weckerly’s devotees, the ice cream sandwiches were her favorite. “I love the triple chocolate mini ice cream sandwich with fudge on the side for dipping,” she says. “Then it’s quadruple chocolate.”
- [First Field: You Say Tomato](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-first-field-you-say-tomato/) - Spring is in the air. Soon, we’ll see ramps, asparagus, and more popping up at the market. It’s exciting, but the true bounty of high summer is still months away. And if there’s one thing local food lovers are missing most right now, it’s that ripe summer tomato.
- [Sor Ynez: A Taste of Mexico in Fishtown](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-sor-ynez-taste-mexico-fishtown/) - You may already know Sor Ynez as Chef Alex Tellez’s love letter to Mexico. In his ongoing commitment to honoring tradition, he recently decided to start making masa—the raw material for tortillas, tlacoyos, tamales, and more—in-house. “We were tired of the classic brand, and we were excited to support heirloom corn farmers in Mexico,” says Chef Tellez. Exceptional corn is essential for flavorful masa. Tellez buys his through Masienda, a company that sells heirloom corn grown by small farmers in Oaxaca and Michoacan. The house-made masa gives everything it touches a complex, nuanced flavor.
- [The City of Philadelphia Invests in Community Gardens and Green Spaces](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-city-philadelphia-invests-community-gardens-and-green-spaces/) - COMMUNITY GARDENS AND GREEN SPACES received an impressive lifeline from the City of Philadelphia this summer, as the City bought 91 green spaces at risk of being sold this June. This $1.1 million investment is just part of the City’s first-ever citywide urban agriculture plan, "Growing from the Root," released in April.
- [Madame Fromage’s Adventures in Cheese ](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-madame-fromage-s-adventures-cheese/) - Madame Fromage’s Adventures in Cheese offers a passport into the world of cheese. This cheese odyssey was written by seasoned cheese enthusiast Tenaya Darlington, who heads St. Joseph’s University’s writing program and authored Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese: A Guide to Wedges, Recipes, and Pairings. In Adventures in Cheese, Darlington shares eight journeys through the cheese universe, from picturesque farms in Vermont to high-mountain pastures in the Alps. Along the way, you’ll learn all you need to know about choosing, tasting, and pairing cheese.
- [2023 Edible Philly Holiday Food & Gift Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-2023-edible-philly-holiday-food-gift-guide/) - KATYDID HILL HERBAL TEAS • $14.50 Sit back and relax with Katydid Hill Tea. All herbs and flowers are grown regeneratively in Pennsylvania on a USDA Certified Organic Farm. Katydid Hill Tea katydidhill.com
- [Poached Kvarøy Arctic Salmon with Butternut Broth By Chef Monica Glass for Edible Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-poached-kvar-y-arctic-salmon-butternut-broth-chef-monica-glass-edible-philly/) - Inspired by the cozy, comforting flavors of fall and the fresh, vibrant Thai basil plant growing in my back patio, this dish is a balance of richness and lightness. Coconut milk and pureed butternut squash keep it creamy, while a finish of fresh greens and lime keep it bright and light. Poaching the salmon cooks it gently, keeping it delicately tender and gives it flavor from the aromatic broth.
- [Work for Edible Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-work-edible-philly/) - Advertising Sales Associate Position Edible Philly, a quarterly food magazine celebrating the local, seasonal food of the greater Philadelphia area, is looking for an ad sales representative to sell advertising to gourmet stores, caterers, restaurants, wine shops, kitchenware stores, and other potential magazine supporters. Candidate should be friendly, motivated, and have an interest in and knowledge of the Philadelphia food scene, and ideally contacts at the food businesses in their area. Experience in sales and business development required. This is a part-time freelance position.
- [Contact Us](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/contact/) - Thanks for your interest in the Edible Philly community. Questions, comments, or suggestions? We’d love to hear from you. For advertising and partnership opportunities: Jen Honovic Herczeg Publisher, edible Philly jen@ediblephilly.com For general Inquiries and pitches: info@ediblephilly.com 267.277.2193 
- [New Jersey Dishes Out a Fresh New Culinary Scene](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-new-jersey-dishes-out-fresh-new-culinary-scene-0/) - Discover why New Jersey is the ideal touring destination.
- [Looking Forward to Berwyn Farmers' Market, Created by Culinary Harvest](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-looking-forward-berwyn-farmers-market-created-culinary-harvest/) - Farmers' market enthusiasts will have even more to look forward to this season with the addition of Berwyn Farmers' Market, created by Culinary Harvest. If the name Culinary Harvest sounds familiar that’s because, when Covid arrived in 2020, the organization established a locally sourced virtual market. The online ordering service allowed farmers and small businesses to bring their offerings directly to Main Line individuals during the pandemic.
- [High Spring-Summer Checklist: The Outdoors is Calling](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-high-spring-summer-checklist-outdoors-calling/) - Here are a few of our favorite spots to enjoy a meal or tasty bite outside in the fresh air that aren’t just your typical sidewalk seating or standard restaurant patio.
- [Philadelphia's Food Festival Season](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-philadelphias-food-festival-season/) - Every spring, locals come out of hibernation to enjoy the city's vibrant food scene under the warm sunshine. Although April featured crowd favorites like the Manayunk StrEAT Festival and Flavors on the Ave, May is packed with exciting events starting with both the Rittenhouse Row Spring Festival and South Street Fest on May 6.
- [Adjua Fisher, Holistic Health Coach and Co-Owner, Reap Mini Mart](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-adjua-fisher-holistic-health-coach-and-co-owner-reap-mini-mart/) - After success with Reap Wellness, a plant-based meal delivery service they started in 2018, Adjua and her husband, Zach, opened the Reap Mini Mart storefront in 2021. Their smoothies have a dedicated following, and with good reason. One of Reap’s principles is the idea that food (and drink) can both taste really good and be good for you.
- [Seth Kligerman, Kyle Horne, and Will Landicho, Owners, and the Forîn Team, Forîn Café](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-seth-kligerman-kyle-horne-and-will-landicho-owners-and-n-team-n-caf/) - Forîn is not your average coffee shop, but rather an escape to the unexpected with intentional sourcing driven by global travel and community connections. The Forîn team collectively creates the beverage menu. They typically do seasonal releases; the current Fall/Winter release is a refreshing spiced nectarine + tonic, which is a great summer-to-fall transition. The team of baristas is full of creative, playful drink makers, so if a particular seasonal flavor idea inspires, they often do limited releases that you do not want to miss.
- [2022 Edible Philly Holiday Food & Gift Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-2022-edible-philly-holiday-food-gift-guide/) - HOLIDAY CHEESE & CHOCOLATE ASSORTMENT • $45 Indulgent artisan cheese and single origin chocolate, expertly paired by the chocolatiers at Shane’s Confectionery. Third Wheel Cheese Co. thirdwheelcheeseco.com 267.702.4231
- [Phoenixville’s Annual Good Food Fest Returns](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-phoenixville-s-annual-good-food-fest-returns/) - Phoenixville’s annual Good Food Fest returns on Sunday, November 6, at Kimberton Fair Grounds after a two-year pandemic hiatus. This one-day event celebrates and promotes regional agriculture and the local community that helps it thrive. The Fest includes a massive farmers’ market, a pouring room, culinary demonstrations, kids activities, farm animals, live music, and food trucks. Over 200 growers, producers, and makers will be on hand, including Urban Roots Farm, Lost Bread Co., Horseshoe Ranch, Fishtown Pickle Project, and The Clean Plate Club. To commemorate this year’s event, Suburban Brewing Co.
- [Wilder Introduces a Weekday Lunch Menu](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-wilder-introduces-weekday-lunch-menu/) - With the “return to the office” movement under way, Center City employees will soon need to answer the age-old question: What’s for lunch? Answering the call, Wilder recently introduced a weekday lunch menu. With its beautifully eclectic décor and a refined menu, the restaurant offers a perfect midday escape from your desk. Planning for a two-martini lunch? Try one of their buzzworthy cocktails and order the Wild Lunch Special: ½ dozen oysters with mignonette and cocktail sauce plus a pizza of your choice. The lunch menu is offered Monday through Friday, 11:30am—2:30pm.
- [Three Culinary Stars are Joining the Wells Fargo Center’s Lineup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-three-culinary-stars-are-joining-wells-fargo-center-s-lineup/) - Three culinary stars are joining the Wells Fargo Center’s lineup just in time for the NHL and NBA seasons. Stephen Starr’s full-service restaurant Adrian, replacing The Grille, is transforming that space into a classic, upscale tavern with a full menu of American-style cuisine plus an expansive selection of vegetarian options. For fans of his famous pizzas, Marc Vetri is debuting MVP. The eatery’s menu of high-quality pizzas is made using only freshly made dough that, according to Vetri, his team spent the summer perfecting for the WFC venue. Jose Garces is introducing Garces’ Eats, an elevated fast-casual stand.
- [Feast Your Eyes on Philly - Summer 2022 Instagram Roundup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-feast-your-eyes-philly-summer-2022-instagram-roundup/) - We want to know what you’re eating. Tag your tastiest food photos #EdiblePhilly for a chance to be featured here in the future. ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE SOURCE
- [Philadelphia's Largest Restaurant: Liberty Point Opens](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-philadelphias-largest-restaurant-liberty-point-opens/) - The long-awaited Liberty Point, Philadelphia’s largest restaurant, has opened, featuring 28,000 square feet of open-air space and a 1,400-person capacity. Surrounding the Independence Seaport Museum, the venue boasts incredible panoramic views of the Delaware River, from the Ben Franklin Bridge to the Walt Whitman. The family-friendly spot offers three levels for food, drinks, and live entertainment. Plus, the first floor is dog-friendly. The casual menu includes a raw bar, sandwiches, salads, and seasonal bites. Drink highlights include a refreshing menu of beer, wine, mocktails, frozen summer drinks, and cocktails.
- [The Rodale Institute: Regenerative Healthcare](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-rodale-institute-regenerative-healthcare/) - ACCORDING TO THE UNITED NATIONS, our planet’s remaining topsoil will be depleted in less than 60 years if we follow current farming practices. In addition, insect populations are declining by 25% each decade. This environmental degradation, paired with the industrialization of food production, has led to epidemic levels of lifestyle-related diseases. Enter regenerative healthcare, a prevention-based approach to human and environmental health introduced by the Rodale Institute through a landmark white paper in 2020.
- [Feast Your Eyes on Philly - Spring 2022 Instagram Roundup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-feast-your-eyes-philly-spring-2022-instagram-roundup/) - We want to know what you’re eating and drinking. Tag your photos #EdiblePhilly for a chance to be featured here in the future.
- [Dairy-Free Gelato from Float Dreamery at Castellino’s](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-dairy-free-gelato-float-dreamery-castellino-s/) - Jacob Livingston, a chef, and designer Erica Knauss combine their skill sets to create Float Dreamery’s striking coconut- and oat-milk-based gelato creations that fly out of the side window of Castellino’s Italian Market every Saturday in Fishtown.
- [Plant-based History](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-plant-based-history/) - Did you know that the U.S. vegetarian movement began in Philadelphia? After former Daily News “V for Veg” column writer Vance Lehmkuhl discovered this tidbit, he started doing veg history tours here in 2019. Since last summer, he and the American Vegan Center have been offering engaging 76-minute-long tours covering Philadelphia history, from the early 18th century through the early 21st century.
- [Seasonal Vegan Menu at Chatayee Thai](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-seasonal-vegan-menu-chatayee-thai/) - Chef Chatayee “Venus” Kapugthong created a runaway success with the seasonal vegan menu at Chatayee Thai, her Midtown Village restaurant. It outsells the rest of her menu and even appeared in the Michelin guide to Center City. Kapugthong’s inspiration came from the many people in Thailand who are not necessarily vegetarian or vegan but regularly eat meatless dishes. Kapugthong sought to bring that spirit to Philadelphia, and she gets joy from introducing American omnivores to vegan dishes and ingredients they’ve never tried before.
- [Modern Chocolate  - A Virtual Chocolate Tasting](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-modern-chocolate-virtual-chocolate-tasting/) - Small batch chocolate making has been booming in recent years, resulting in an explosion of choice for all of us chocoholics. Join Edible Philly and chocolate sommelier Estelle Tracy as we explore some of the leading innovators of today’s increasingly exciting local and global chocolate scene. You’ll discover the who, how and why of today’s exciting craft chocolate movement, and taste hand-selected, amazing chocolate! Edible Philly presents
- [2021 Holiday Food & Gift Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-2021-holiday-food-gift-guide/) - ULTIMATE VARIETY PACK, $57 Why limit yourself when you can have them all? All of Crisp & Co.’s delicious, crisp, pickled vegetables in one handy pack! Crisp & Co. crisppickles.com
- [Vegan Company Luhv Food Goes Plastic-Negative](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-vegan-company-luhv-food-goes-plastic-negative/) - Vegan company Luhv Food recently launched a partnership with RePurpose Global that certifies the business as plastic-negative. According to RePurpose Global, the process of becoming plastic-negative involves tallying up Luhv’s plastic usage and then helping the company “fund vetted projects to remove at least as much plastic waste from nature as [Luhv] creates.” The announcement was met with such enthusiasm from their customers that Luhv Food plans plan to do even more with sustainable materials and practices going forward.
- [Sweet Amalia’s Market and Kitchen in Newfield, NJ](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-sweet-amalia-s-market-and-kitchen-newfield-nj/) - Oysters with a Side of Hoagies
- [Mural City Cellars Winery in Kensington](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-mural-city-cellars-winery-kensington/) - At Francesca Galarus and Nicholas Ducos’s new Mural City Cellars winery in Kensington, grapes from vineyards within 300 miles of Philadelphia are turned into affordable reds, whites, and rosés. A Community- Supported Winery (CSW) is an integral part of the business model. Members pay $225 upfront to receive two bottles a month for six months, plus discounts, perks and special events, and 15% of the CSW membership fees are set aside for local nonprofits. The winery has already made a $3,000 donation to the East Kensington Neighbors Association, which was used to purchase items like lawnmowers and park benches.
- [Feast Your Eyes on Philly - Summer 2021 Instagram Roundup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-feast-your-eyes-philly-summer-2021-instagram-roundup/) - We want to know what you’re eating and drinking. Tag your photos #EdiblePhilly for a chance to be featured here in the future.
- [Kristin Donnelly Creates a  Podcast for Plant Enthusiasts](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-kristin-donnelly-creates-podcast-plant-enthusiasts/) - The Plant Out Loud podcast explores all the ways plants can bring us happier, healthier lives.
- [Philly To Table is Reconnecting Chefs & Diners](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-philly-table-reconnecting-chefs-diners/) - Philly To Table is on a mission to help restore post-pandemic connections between customers and their favorite restaurants, chefs and farms. Chef Travis Rosenbluth (an alum of High Street on Market, Fork and Four Seasons) and culinary enthusiast Tim Flank launched the subscription pilot project in March. Members receive biweekly subscription boxes ($120 each) loaded with exclusive dishes from partner chefs, pantry staples and other local delicacies. Collaborators include George Sabatino, Monica Glass, Isgro’s Bakery, Everwild Farm and Beechwood Orchards.
- [Sweet T's: The First Black-Owned Bakery in the History of Reading Terminal Market](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-sweet-ts-first-black-owned-bakery-history-reading-terminal-market/) - Tia and Mark El have opened what is believed to be the first Black-owned bakery in the history of Reading Terminal Market. But the Els’ baked goods were already familiar to many Philadelphians before the grand opening in March. The couple debuted Sweet T’s Bakery in South Philadelphia in 2014. They closed the brick-and-mortar shop in 2018 but continued on with a food truck until opening their new RTM outpost. Their menu features sweet potato pie, sweet potato pound cake and sweet potato cheesecake. The bakery is open Tuesday through Saturday, with plans to expand to seven days a week.
- [Cornerstone Bistro & Market](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-cornerstone-bistro-market/) - During the pandemic, Cornerstone Bistro & Market transformed into an outdoor restaurant and movie venue. The Wayne destination outfitted the area behind the restaurant with a large heated tent, firepits and a movie projector. Now, it can seat about 75 distanced guests who come to watch films and rock ‘n’ roll documentaries shown on the building’s high wall. “For a half a second, you forget that you’re in the middle of a pandemic,” says owner Christine Kondra. During movies, the full dinner and drinks menu is available.
- [Poi Dog’s Bottled Sauces](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-poi-dog-s-bottled-sauces/) - Kiki Aranita’s Center City restaurant may have closed during the pandemic, but the spirit of her Hawaii-style cuisine lives on in a new line of sauces. Based on a typical Hawaiian condiment, Aranita’s Chili Peppah Water ($8.50) features Pennsylvania peppers in a spicy and vinegary mixture. Her Maui Lavender Ponzu has salty, citrusy and herbal notes, “it turned out to be the perfect thing.” She recommends using it to season fish. Both sauces are also available in the form of dry seasoning blends ($6—$6.50).
- [Philly Milled: Alex Beninato's Waves of Grain](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-philly-milled-alex-beninatos-waves-grain/) - When Laurel restaurant closed temporarily during the pandemic, its chef de cuisine, Alex Beninato, launched a pasta operation with his wife Alison. Alex and Alison source grains from local farms and grind the wheat themselves in a stone mill. “Flour that’s been sitting around doesn’t taste like anything,” says Beninato. That’s why he mills on the same day he sells the finished products—which may range from mafaldine by the pound to gnocchi sardi to charcoal-roasted beet and aged goat cheese ravioli. Customers pre-order the goods online and pick them up at Laurel, where Beninato makes the pasta.
- [Feast Your Eyes on Philly - Spring 2021 Instagram Roundup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-feast-your-eyes-philly-spring-2021-instagram-roundup/) - We want to know what you’re eating and drinking. Tag your photos #EdiblePhilly for a chance to be featured here in the future.
- [How Do You End Global Hunger? It Starts With a Meal.](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-how-do-you-end-global-hunger-it-starts-meal-1/) - Big problems are almost never impossible to solve; they just require deliberate, relentless work and courage to arrive at a resolution. Hunger in New York, for example, where at least 1 in 10 households experience food insecurity, could be eradicated—if the right people would do the right thing. The same is true when it comes to solving the problem of hunger globally, where 820 million people simply don’t have access to the food they need in order to live a healthy life.
- [Feast Your Eyes on Philly - Fall 2020-Winter 2021 Instagram Roundup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-feast-your-eyes-philly-fall-2020-winter-2021-instagram-roundup/) - We want to know what you’re eating and drinking. Tag your photos #EdiblePhilly for a chance to be featured here in the future.
- [Winter Checklist: Holiday Flavors](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-winter-checklist-holiday-flavors/) - ✅ MEAT AND CHEESE BOARD KITS One of the best parts of a holiday party is the snack spread. Primal Supply can help you bring the festivities home this season to make any night at home feel more fun. Their signature meat and cheese board kits will include Primal’s house-made meat products, as well as artisan cheeses from Birchrun Hills, Calkins Creamery and Goat Rodeo Cheese. $32.99 Primal Supply Meats, primalsupplymeats.com.
- [High Street’s New Home](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-high-street-s-new-home/) - After a very successful seven years next door to sister spot Fork on Market Street, High Street has moved to a new location in the Washington Square West neighborhood. The focus will be on carryout and delivery, a welcome situation for many diners still concerned about the pandemic and the risks of indoor dining. The bakery will still feature the outstanding breads, sandwiches, pizzas and pastas for which it has become so well known, but it’s added some new things, too, including a recently launched bread subscription.
- [Chai Bar's Astrakadir](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-chai-bars-astrakadir/) - Madura Chaudhari, owner of the Chai Bar, wants to expand your idea of what chai tea can be. Of course, she sells the authentic black tea and spices blend you may already know. But her line also includes lesser known chai blends like this mix of green tea leaves, cinnamon, dried pink rose petals, cardamom and star anise. In Sanskrit, Astrakadir translates to “eye-pleasing pink,” and one look at the brewed blend confirms its name. Chaudhari learned to brew this specific blend from her best friend’s mother, and it remains a favorite. The flavors are sweet, salty, creamy and nutty with a delicate spiced floral aroma.
- [2020 Holiday Food & Gift Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-2020-holiday-food-gift-guide/) - HOT PEPPER SPREAD, $7.50 This spread packs the heat, with just enough sweet to keep you on your feet! Small Batch Kitchen thesmallbatchkitchen.com
- [New Options for Buying Local Food](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-new-options-buying-local-food/) - Recently, two new options for buying local food have debuted in the area: Culinary Harvest and Keystone Collective. Culinary Harvest’s focus is on chef-selected ingredients from local artisan purveyors and farms. Partners Carlo Luciano and Sam Kennedy met at the Culinary Institute of America. Members order online and pick up at a curbside location in Wayne. Keystone Collective is more of a traditional CSA-style service with membership commitments ranging from 2 to 12 weeks.
- [A Name Change for Philly Bread](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-name-change-philly-bread/) - LONGTIME LOCAL FAVORITE PHILLY BREAD RECENTLY CHANGED ITS NAME. 
- [Feast Your Eyes on Philly - Summer 2020 Instagram Roundup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-feast-your-eyes-philly-summer-2020-instagram-roundup/) - Tag your photos #EdiblePhilly for a chance to be featured here in the future. @meadowlarknewhope New Hope, Pennsylvania @dan.heinkel Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- [Help sustain Edible Philly for the future...](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-help-sustain-edible-philly-future/) - We need your help now.
- [Thank you for your support of Edible Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-thank-you-your-support-edible-philly/) - Thank you so much for your interest and support for Edible Philly. We truly appreciate it. You are helping to sustain Edible Philly's mission. Ray Painter, Publisher ray@ediblephilly.com Here are other links for you...
- [Philadelphia Area Food Cooperatives](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-philadelphia-area-food-cooperatives/) - DOYLESTOWN CO-OP Since 2009 29 West State Street, Doylestown, PA 18901 215.348.4548 What members love: Eco-System benefits like partner business discounts, Farm Fresh film series, and Food for Thought book club. Membership equity investment: $360
- [Farmers are innovators, but the shock of the pandemic has some scrambling to stay afloat](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-farmers-are-innovators-shock-pandemic-has-some-scrambling-stay-afloat-2/) - American Farmland Trust launched The Farmer Relief Fund seeking donations to provide cash to help farmers adapt to market challenges brought on by the COVID-19 crisis—100% to go to those most in need.
- [Feast Your Eyes on Philly - Spring 2020 Instagram Roundup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/food-thought-feast-your-eyes-spring-2020/) - We want to know what you’re eating and drinking. Tag your photos #EdiblePhilly for a chance to be featured here in the future. SOUPS PHOTO BY OLGA BERMAN, PIZZA PHOTO BY HARRISON LUBIN HEFLPOP, ALL OTHER PHOTOS ARE COURTESY OF THE SOURCE
- [Goldie's Tehina Shakes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-goldies-tehina-shakes/) -  These shakes are healthier than you think. They are 100% vegan and a good source of protein and calcium! WHAT IS TEHINA? A creamy, nutty paste made from ground sesame seeds. It’s also a main ingredient in hummus. COLORFUL THICK STRAWS Wide straws to easily sip extra thick shakes.
- [Top Chef Quickfire Opens in the Concourse at Comcast Center](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-top-chef-quickfire-opens-concourse-comcast-center/) - It’s not every day that a local company partners with a TV network to open a restaurant, but Spectra—which also handles venue management for the Wells Fargo Center and food service for the Met, among others—has done it. Together with Bravo, Spectra unveiled Top Chef Quickfire in the Concourse at Comcast Center, where fans of Top Chef will get a chance to taste the food they’ve seen on TV. Featuring dishes inspired by the “cheftestants” from the last 16 seasons, the opening menu included a take on Nick Elmi’s fried shrimp po’ boy.
- [Jeremy Hansen Named Executive Chef at Fork](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-jeremy-hansen-named-executive-chef-fork/) - In its 22-year history, Ellen Yin’s Fork has regularly reinvented itself. Last fall, Jeremy Hansen replaced John Patterson as executive chef. The Spokane, Washington, native has earned a James Beard Foundation semifinalist nod for his sustainable, creative cooking at Santé Restaurant and Charcuterie, Common Crumb Artisan Bakery and Inland Pacific Kitchen. What doesn’t change with the chef at Fork is its commitment to working with local producers, farmers and artisans to create elegant meals.
- [Philly Tempeh Launches](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-philly-tempeh-launches/) - Disappointed with mass-produced foods made with too much sodium and artificial ingredients, David Milstein launched Philly Tempeh. He uses traditional Indonesian techniques to make his small-batch fermented bean slabs. The result is a protein-rich, plant-based food that’s flavorful and free of cholesterol, sodium, gluten and GMOs. “The big brands of tempeh typically sold in stores has to sacrifice a ton of what makes it special to survive on store shelves, losing the taste and texture that makes tempeh so tasty,” Milstein says. Next up for the company is tempeh-making kits and classes around town.
- [Local Dining Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-local-dining-guide/) - The restaurants below are known for their emphasis on featuring locally-grown and produced ingredients on their menus. Please contact directly for information on services and hours during the COVID-19 crisis. Bolete Restaurant 1740 Seidersville Road, Bethlehem 610.868.6505 The dining room and tavern menu changes daily to bring diners the best of what is available. The restaurant features a carefully chosen wine list and house-made stocks, sauces, pastas and more.
- [Edible Sister Cities Food Tour](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-edible-sister-cities-food-tour/) - DISCOVER A TASTE OF THE SISTER CITIES! edible Lambertville & New Hope Food Tours PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SISTER CITIES FOOD TOURS Join Edible Jersey & Edible Philly as we explore two beloved Delaware River towns.
- [Feast Your Eyes on Philly - Winter 2019-20](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-feast-your-eyes-philly-winter-2019-20/) - We want to know what you’re eating and drinking. Tag your photos #EdiblePhilly for a chance to be featured here in the future. ALL PHOTOS ARE COURTESY OF THE SOURCE
- [Accessorizing Your Raclette Table](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-accessorizing-your-raclette-table/) - Carbs. The undisputed partner in the duet that is raclette is the dependable spud. Specifically, boiled new potatoes. Still, mashed potatoes could be over-the- top here, and Keenan makes the ingenious suggestion of tater tots in Melt, Stretch, & Sizzle’s American-themed menu. I personally wouldn’t serve raclette without a crusty baguette, hunk of French bread, or seedy artisan loaf on the table, too.
- [Holiday Spirit Crossword Puzzle](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-holiday-spirit-crossword-puzzle/) - Click Here for Puzzle Solution
- [Holiday Gift Guide: Special Section](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-philly-holiday-gift-guide-2019/) - White Pumpkin and Almond Murabba, $10 Le Bon Magot lebonmagot.com
- [What's New at Reading Terminal](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-whats-new-reading-terminal/) - Reading Terminal Market changes constantly and 2019 brought updates to Philly’s signature indoor food market. Umi Seafood and Sushi Bar, opened in September. New to the day stalls, four Iranian women sell treats three days a week at Pardis Persian Fare. Taste of Spain is expanding from a day stall to a full-size space filled with imported Spanish products, including olive oil and Ibérico ham.
- [Dinner Parties at Primal Supply](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-dinner-parties-primal-supply/) - Primal Supply’s Heather Marold Thomason has plenty of chef friends. She’s been putting those relationships to work with a series of collaboration dinners held in her new Brewerytown headquarters. This past fall, she hosted events with Musi’s Ari Miller and Hungry Pigeon’s Scott Schroeder. This winter, Thomason will pair up with Saté Kampar’s Ange Branca and Marc Vetri and Matt Beuhler of Vetri Cucina. Guests should be prepared for anything: Last time Chad Williams cooked at Primal Supply, he brought ingredients for “build your own” pig face sandwiches. Tickets go for $165 to $190 and include gratuity and beverage pairings.
- ["Laurel" and "Dinner at the Club": New Books from Two of Philly's Top Chefs](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-laurel-and-dinner-club-new-books-two-phillys-top-chefs/) - This fall saw the release of books by two of Philly’s top chefs. In his first cookbook, Laurel: Modern American Flavors in Philadelphia, Nick Elmi shares the secrets behind his flagship East Passyunk restaurant. You’ll find recipes for the Top Chef winner’s bourbon-glazed grilled lobster, apple-yuzu consommé and marigold-compressed kohlrabi. Elmi partnered with food writer Adam Erace to create the book.
- [Solution to Raise a Glass Crossword](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-solution-raise-glass-crossword/)
- [Raise A Glass: Crossword Puzzle for Drinkers](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-raise-glass-crossword-puzzle-drinkers/) - Click here for puzzle solution
- [Feast Your Eyes on Philly - Fall 2019](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-feast-your-eyes-philly-fall-2019/) - We want to know what you’re eating and drinking. Tag your photos #EdiblePhilly for a chance to be featured here in the future. ALL PHOTOS ARE COURTESY OF THE SOURCE
- [Poppy’s Greengrocer Arrives in New Hope, Pennsylvania](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-poppy-s-greengrocer-arrives-new-hope-pennsylvania/) - We think Poppy’s Greengrocer, which opened in New Hope earlier this year, is the market of the future. First of all, it’s aiming to be a zero-waste business; you can carry your bulk items home in glass jars for a $1 deposit. The “snack bar” is next-level, with a menu of wood-fired pizza and hearty salads, plus nitro coffee and kombucha on tap. And not only does Poppy’s prioritize local products in the produce, meat, dairy and even pantry departments, the unusual business model ensures farmers share the profits— farm partners can build ownership in the store through sales over time.
- [Tasting Philadelphia](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-tasting-philadelphia/) - Author Carrie Havranek highlights dishes from restaurants, diners, cafés and inns across the state in her new book, Tasting Pennsylvania (Farcountry Press, 2019). The 108 recipes run the gamut, Havranek says. “There’s a lot from James Beard nominated chefs, but also hole-in-the-wall places from the wilds of Pennsylvania.” You’ll also find recipes for Ralph’s meatballs and Penn State’s famous ice cream. After her exploration of our state’s deep food traditions and new-school chef-farm partnerships, Havranek thinks of Pennsylvania as “The California of the East Coast.”
- [Random Tea Room](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-random-tea-room/) - It’s easy to get lost at the Random Tea Room, which sells more than 40 teas from around the world. They offer house-made herbal infusions and rarities like kava, kratom, and chaga, and are best loved by regulars for the chai, made with spices, local milk, fresh ginger, brown sugar, and rose water every morning. You can order by the cup, stock up on loose leaf to brew at home, or sign up for the new Random Tea subscription to get surprise teas delivered to your door. The 11-year-old tea room also hosts concerts and workshops and offers body treatments by a collective of massage therapists next door.
- [Philadelphia's Tria Café Turns 15](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-philadelphias-tria-caf-turns-15/) - HOW HAS TRIA ADAPTED AS DRINKERS’ TASTES HAVE CHANGED since the beer-cheese-wine café debuted in 2004? They haven’t. “What we do is timeless,” Tria partner Michael McCaulley says. Seeking out high quality wines and making them approachable has been the cornerstone from the beginning. And it’s put Tria ahead of the trends—they had us drinking sparkling rosé and orange wine way before it was cool. Education also matters; employees do wine, beer and cheese tastings, plus bi-weekly trainings and field trips. And at Tria’s weekly Sunday School, you can learn about an under-the-radar beer, cheese and wine for a steal.
- [Win a 3-Night Stay at Beach Plum Farm](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-win-3-night-stay-beach-plum-farm-0/) - Enter to Win a 3-Night Stay at Beach Plum Farm Win a 3-Night Stay at Beach Plum Farm, West Cape May, NJ—one cottage for a 3-night stay for up to six people plus a stocked refrigerator with all the ingredients to make a farm-fresh breakfast. Stay includes use of Beach Plum Farm golf carts, bicycles
- [Feast Your Eyes on Philly - Summer 2019](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-feast-your-eyes-philly-summer-2019/) - FLOWERS COURTESY OF WC GROWERS MARKET, PAVLOVAS BY YUQING TANG, SKEWER COURTESY OF TOMOPHILLY, SALAD BY AMARIS POLLOCK, STILL LIFE BY REBECCA MCALPIN, COOKIES BY MADDY SCHIER, PEPPERS BY JUANITA CORTES, TEA COURTESY OF LOTUS, PASTA BY @HEFLPOP AND @BLUETST
- [How is Healthy Soil Measured?](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-how-healthy-soil-measured/) - The Cornell Soil Health Testing Lab uses these indicators to provide a comprehensive assessment of soil health: CHEMICAL MAKEUP pH phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, and zinc BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS
- [Feast Your Eyes on Philadelphia Food - Spring 2019](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-feast-your-eyes-philadelphia-food-spring-2019/) - We want to know what you’re eating. Tag your tastiest food photos #EdiblePhilly for a chance to be featured here in the future. COOKIES BY LISAHOMELPHOTOGRAPHY; EMPANADAS PHOTO BY KAE LANI; THE BOURSE PHOTO BY NEAL SANTOS; THE CONTINENTAL PHOTO BY LEAH SPRAGUE (@SPRAGUE_LEAH); ALL OTHER PHOTOS COURTESY OF SOURCE
- [Ways to Eliminate Food Waste in Your Kitchen](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-ways-eliminate-food-waste-your-kitchen/) - Dr. Jonathan Deutsch, professor of culinary arts and food science at Drexel University, shared these tips: 1 Expand your idea of the edible parts of your ingredients. Cauliflower leaves and stems are edible, just like the florets.
- [5 Ways to Get Boxes of Produce in Philadelphia](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-5-ways-get-boxes-produce-philadelphia/) - 1 PHILLY FOOD WORKS phillyfoodworks.com 2 HUNGRY HARVEST hungryharvest.net
- [The Apothecary in your Kitchen](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-apothecary-your-kitchen/) - These common culinary herbs are easy to grow and have medicinal properties that can support our physical, mental and emotional health. Always source your herbs from a responsible local grower, or grow your own. Source: Building Your Home Apothecary course, 2017 LEMON BALM
- [Holiday Gift Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-holiday-gift-guide-0/) -  Here are a few finds from local shops that the food folks on your list will love. You’ll use a coaster when you have these etched charmers on hand. WOOD COASTERS $30 Philly Phlights philadelphiaindependents.com 
- [Giveaway: Win the Ultimate Pressure Cooker Prize Pack from The Mom 100 and OXO](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-giveaway-win-ultimate-pressure-cooker-prize-pack-mom-100-and-oxo/) - We don’t know about you, but we are not yet moving past the Instant Pot craze. And most of us who own an Instant Pot know that in order to make the most of your machine, you actually need some solid recipes with detailed instructions and some essential tools to get the most out of your Instant Pot. If you’re in need of inspiration to pull out your Instant Pot and whip up some soon-to-be new fall favorites, we’ve got you covered!
- [Fall 2018 Women Contributors](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-fall-2018-women-contributors/) - If you look at our contributors’ page every issue, you’ll see a lot of women there. It isn’t because I have anything against men (on the contrary, guys, pitch me!). I think it’s because it tends to be women who are willing to put in the legwork to see a story they care about published, even when, as a mission-driven publication, Edible Philly’s honorariums are not commensurate with their talents.
- [Edible Philly Events Calendar](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-edible-philly-events-calendar/)
- [No Tricks Just Treats](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-no-tricks-just-treats/) - This autumn, don't miss even one of these fabulous flavors, all made or grown by one of the women shaping Philly’s food scene. AURORA GRACE MACARONS What’s not to love about Aurora Wold’s lemon buttercream sandwiched between poppy seed cookies? Find them at the Rittenhouse Farmers’ Market and look out for Wold’s storefront opening this fall. Aurora Grace, 517 S. 5th St. (coming soon), auroragracechocolates.com
- [Where to Eat: Unique Eats and Eateries of Philadelphia](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-where-eat-unique-eats-and-eateries-philadelphia/) - Irene Levy Baker’s new book, Unique Eats and Eateries of Philadelphia (Reedy Press, 2018), isn’t just a restaurant guide. It’s a rich reference for curious, food-loving Philadelphians and tourists alike. It was a dessert that convinced her to write the book: five heaping spoonfuls of gelato. She found the gelato flight at Gran Caffè L’Aquila, which owners chef Stefano Biasini, Riccardo Longo and Michele Morelli opened on Chestnut Street in 2015 after the original location in L’Aquila, Italy was destroyed by an earthquake.
- [Food for School: Helping Communities in Western Kenya](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-food-school-helping-communities-western-kenya/) - Rafiki Foods is known for the millet bread, injera, and samosas it sells at the Saturday Rittenhouse farmers’ markets. But founder Dorothy Dulo had bigger goals than tasty snacks: All proceeds from the business benefit community organizations in Western Kenya, where Dulo grew up. After graduating college in the United States, Dulo went back to visit her village and found it devastated by HIV. She founded the Rafiki Africa Foundation to fund the school her parents started for orphaned kids. She and her husband sell their prepared foods for a good cause at Rittenhouse and Swarthmore farmers’ markets.
- [Got (Local) Milk: Pennsylvania Farmers are Dealing with a Dairy Crisis](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/drink/drink-got-local-milk-pennsylvania-farmers-are-dealing-dairy-crisis/) - Pennsylvania farmers are dealing with a dairy crisis. Excess supply is keeping milk prices low. Want to help? Sue Miller of Birchrun Hills Farm in Chester Springs has some tips on how we can help support local dairies like hers:
- [Spruce Hill and Cedar Park](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-spruce-hill-and-cedar-park/) - Spend a day eating, drinking, wandering and relaxing west of the Schuylkill. I’VE LIVED IN PHILLY FOR A DECADE NOW always in this part of the city—Spruce Hill, Cedar Park, Squirrel Hill, Kingsessing. With its ample green space, historical character, diversity, laid-back vibe and great food, it feels like home.
- [How Philly Eats Its English Muffins](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-how-philly-eats-its-english-muffins/) - At Hungry Pigeon, Pat O’Malley and Scott Schroeder serve a well-crafted take on the Egg McMuffin at their top-rated all-day spot in Queen Village. By all accounts, they’ve built the ur-breakfast sandwich, exquisite in its simplicity. Stick with the basic model— egg and jack cheese on O’Malley’s crispy-tender buttered English muffin—or add a slice of ham, a chicken sausage patty or a regional favorite, like scrapple or pork roll.
- [Fork](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-fork/) - This candid photo from 1999 shows Fork restaurant owner Ellen Yin sharing a staff meal with employees. “Here, we were definitely tasting things from the dinner menu—we always try to introduce menu items to staff so they can relate them to our guests—but in those days we often ordered pizza, too,” recalls Yin.
- [Kale: Four Ways](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-kale-four-ways-0/) - Kale Salad Slice a head of kale into thin ribbons (removing the stems, if you want) and add to a large mixing bowl. Season with salt and add a splash of white wine vinegar, minced garlic, salt and pepper and generous glug of olive oil. Toss to combine. Let marinate overnight and use as base for salads for up to a week. Garlicky Greens 
- [Beets: Four Ways](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-beets-four-ways-0/) - Greens When you buy a bundle of beets at a farmers' market, they are very likely to be topped with fresh, crisp greens. Don't throw these away. Sauté them with garlic and olive oil just like you would kale for a beet-y bonus. Pickled
- [Bassetts Ice Cream](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-bassetts-ice-cream/) - Today, Philadelphia-based Bassetts Ice Cream is sold as far away as China. But this global business offers a sweet taste of Philadelphia food history. Bassetts was one of the original merchants at the Reading Terminal Market when it opened in 1892, and it’s the only original business that remains today. In fact, Bassetts predates the RTM. This photo shows the ice-cream maker’s original scoop shop on the 500 block of Market Street. Back then, Bassetts offered eight frozen flavors; today the company makes more than 40 varieties.
- [The local food movement 15 years later](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-local-food-movement-15-years-later/) - BY MARION NESTLE Can it really be 15 years since Edible Ojai kick-started the Edible Communities contribution to the local food movement? Edible Communities has played such a vital role in the stunning changes that have taken place in the North American food world since the mid 1990s. At a time when global politics seems ever more intimidating and irrational, local food movements shine as beacons of empowerment and hope. By making food choices that support regional farmers and producers, we vote with our forks for healthier and more sustainable lives for ourselves, our children, our communities, and our planet.
- [Eggplant: Four Ways](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-eggplant-four-ways/)
- [Graduate Hospital Opts to Chop, Not Toss](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-graduate-hospital-opts-chop-not-toss/) - A Korean peach drink, mung beans and golden raisins were the star ingredients in a recent cooking competition held in the Graduate Hospital neighborhood. The friendly competition was modeled after the Food Network game show “Chopped.” What brought these four contestants, three judges and twelve mystery ingredients together? They were all part of the neighborhood’s “Buy Nothing” group—a Facebook-based community with the mission of promoting gift-giving economies within a defined geographic area. Buy Nothing groups exist all over the city, the country, and the planet, but not all are as food-obsessed as this one.
- [Summer 2017 Checklist](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-summer-2017-checklist/) - Éclat Porcini & Thyme Chocolate Master chocolatier Christopher Cur tin of Éclat Chocolate pushes past traditional sweets to offer region-specific tastes and inventive flavors. We love the porcini and thyme bar, with its umami-filled white chocolate layered onto silky, fragrant milk chocolate. The savory-leaning flavor is a conversation starter. Order the new bars online or visit Éclat Chocolate at 24 S. High Street, West Chester, 610.692.5206, eclatchocolate.com.
- [Philly Farm & Food Fest 2017](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-philly-farm-food-fest-2017/) - Locavores, Get to Philly Farm and Food Fest on April 8 to Eat Local All Year 
- [Crossroads Bake Shop's Beloved Recipes Get Reprinted](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-crossroads-bake-shops-beloved-recipes-get-reprinted/) - In a home kitchen, printed recipes might withstand a lifetime of splatters and handwritten notes. But at Crossroads Bake Shop, the library of recipes needs to be reprinted from time to time, thanks to the hard and frequent use they get in a busy, professional kitchen. This pile of well-loved pages was photographed for posterity (and, of course, instagram) before new versions of these time-tested recipes were reprinted and pressed into service.
- [Restaurant Guide to The Main Line and Beyond](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-restaurant-guide-main-line-and-beyond/) - Whether you live in the area or are visiting for the day, here are a few of our favorite restaurants in Delaware, Montgomery and Chester counties. BLACK POWDER TAVERN | Located just outside Valley Forge National Historical Park, Black Powder Tavern combines local flavors with American history in a pub-like setting. The menu features a variety of small and entrée-sized plates, which complement the 24 brews on tap. Stop in for lunch, dinner, happy hour or Sunday Brunch!
- [Spring Onions: Four Ways](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-spring-onions-four-ways/) - Here are four different ways to prepare spring onions!
- [Philadelphia CSA Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-philadelphia-csa-guide/) - BLOOMING GLEN FARM 98 Moyer Rd., Perkasie, PA Meet your growers and see the gardens when you pick up on-farm in Perkasie. The cost is $795 for a 24-week full share and $420 for a 12-week half share.
- [Edible Philly Magazine Cover Gallery](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/about-us-edible-philly-magazine-cover-gallery/) - +click on any cover to launch slideshow 2016
- [Celery Root: Four Ways](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-celery-root-four-ways/) - Celery root: what does one do with it? Apparently, you can do a lot. From latkes to soup, celery root won‘t go to waste any more.
- [Edible History: Oyster House](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-edible-history-oyster-house/) - 2016 marked Oyster House’s 40th birthday—a milestone shared by second-generation Oyster House owner Sam Mink, who was born the year his father opened the restaurant. Through the decades, the fish house has been a place to toast the holiday season for many of its regulars and longtime fans. “Freshly shucked oysters and a few glasses of nice sparkling wine are the perfect way to get in the festive spirit,” says Mink. We couldn’t agree more.
- [Edible History: The Great Pumpkins](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-edible-history-great-pumpkins/) - Linvilla Orchard, a 300-acre farm in Media, Pa., has been the epicenter of autumn in the region for three generations. And during those decades, the farm has inspired many seasonal traditions. But Pumpkinland is likely the most beloved of all. Started in the early 1970s, Pumpkinland brings huge piles of the iconic squash to the farm; more than 100 tons of pumpkins are on display. There’s also music, a corn maze, hayrides, and apple cider doughnuts to get everyone into the spirit of the season. This vintage photo shows families sifting through the bumper crop for the perfect jack o’ lantern.
- [Cookshelf: Dan Giorgio](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-cookshelf-dan-giorgio/) - Chef de Cuisine of private events, 13th Street Restaurant Group 
- [Cabbage: Four Ways](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-four-ways-use-cabbage/) - Find out four new ways to incorporate cabbage into your meals.
- [The Food Life: Fall 2016 Checklist](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-food-life-fall-2016-checklist/) - ’Tis the season for hearty charcuterie, warming spirits and the last of the ripe tomatoes we’ll get until next summer. Our must-taste-it list for fall offers distinctly local flavors for health nuts and candy freaks alike to enjoy.
- [Corn: Four Ways](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-corn-four-ways/) - You’re having corn...again. Mix it up this time by using one of these recipes, so that you can still have corn night after night without it getting too dull!
- [Pizza, Past and Present](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/eat/eat-pizza-past-and-present/) - For five generations, the Tacconelli family has been baking pizzas in the tradition of their patriarch, Giovanni, who came to Philadelphia from Italy in 1918 and opened up shop on East Somerset Street in Port Richmond as a bread maker before moving on to master the tomato pie. Since then, Tacconelli’s opened a second location in New Jersey and teamed up with another neighborhood staple, Mercer Cafe, to open a shared restaurant earlier this year at The Navy Yard in South Philly. By the time this photo was taken in 1970, the shop was nearly 50 years into its run. It shows Vincent Tacconelli pulling a pizza peel from the fire.
- [Local-Pork Buying Guide](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/where-shop-local-pork-buying-guide/) - Pennsylvania Pigs Are you ready to move on from factory-farmed pork? it’s easier than you might think, especially here in the Philadelphia region. Whether you can wing by Reading Terminal Market or you need to have the goods delivered, one of these options will have you covered for pork that you can feel good about eating. And, PS, it also happens to taste amazing.—J.M.
- [The Dairy Queen](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-dairy-queen/) - The Dairy Good Cookbook (Andrews McMeel, 2015) celebrates dairy farmers all across the United States by spotlighting their stories and especially the hearty, homey recipes that have fed their farm families for generations. But we’re most excited about the pages in The Dairy Good Cookbook that show off Pennsylvania. Blogger (and dairy farmer) Raechel Kilgore Sattazahn from Womelsdorf, Pennsylvania, in Berks County reps our region with her recipe for Pennsylvania Dutch Blueberry Torte, a cream cheese-filled pastry based on a buttery crust and rich with farm fresh cream.
- [Spice Up Your Fall Cooking](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-spice-your-fall-cooking/) - Indian food is practically synonymous with curry. “But we don’t label our spices that way,” says Anupy Singla, author of the cookbook Indian for Everyone (Agate Surrey, 2014) and owner of the spice company Indian as Apple Pie. She knows this firsthand because she watched the varied spice blends that give Indian food its distinctive flavor being made in her father’s village in Punjab, India, as a child.
- [Get On the Beer Bus](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-get-beer-bus/) - Thanks to Philly Brew Tours, craft beer fans can sign up for a behind-the-scenes tour of some of the best small breweries and distilleries in the region, including Yards Brewing Company, Dock Street Brewing Company and Philadelphia Brewing Co.
- [Simple Recipes for Fennel](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-simple-recipes-fennel/) - SLAW SUB FENNEL FOR CABBAGE Substitute an equal amount finely shredded fennel for the cabbage in your favorite coleslaw recipe. Or make a tangy, lighter slaw by dressing your shredded fennel with a little fresh orange juice and olive oil. It’s the perfect side for grilled sausage.
- [Fall Checklist](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-fall-checklist/) - If you are ready to embrace the blustery fall, we’ve got you covered with the best warming treats (think cinnamon, chiles, and bourbon) you should not even try to resist this season.
- [Longwood (Beer) Gardens](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-longwood-beer-gardens/) - On July 1, Longwood Gardens will debut its first beer garden. “We wanted to have a relaxing place for people who come to the Nightscape exhibit to be able to have a beer and hang out,” says Patricia Evans, communications manager for Longwood Gardens. “Nightscape: A Light and Sound Experience”, by Philadelphia artists Klip Collective, will feature colors and shapes projected all around the Longwood landscape after dark.
- [Burpee's Hometown Headquarters](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-burpees-seeds-grow-hometown-headquarters/) - Right about now, home gardeners are finally getting to enjoy the fruits (and vegetables) of their labors as they harvest what they planted earlier this year. But these salad-days dreams had their start back in the winter with the arrival of a seed catalogue. Throughout our region and all around the country, that catalogue is often from Burpee, a Doylestown-based company founded in 1876. Today, millions of gardeners pore over its pages and the promise of warmer days to come.
- [Crisp & CO. Pickles Innovate the Pickling Process](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-crisp-co-pickles-innovate-pickling-process/) - When it comes to small-batch pickles, Tom Peter of Crisp & Co. thinks big. From his Hockessin, Delaware, workshop, he brines local vegetables while dreaming up ambitious new pickling projects. Take, for example, his unusual and award-winning mushroom pickles.
- [Home Sweet Honey](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-home-sweet-honey/) - Honey from the Philadelphia Bee Co. is not only local to the city, but to your very own neighborhood. Every jar is labeled with the hive of origin’s zip code, cross-streets, and surrounding zip codes where the bees likely foraged. Beekeeper and founder Don Shump’s raw, unfiltered honeys come from 12 apiaries scattered across the city—and each neighborhood’s jar is strikingly distinct. For instance, this year’s West Philly honey is pale yellow, thick like cream cheese, and equally as luscious. Center City/Fairmount’s batch, on the other hand, is a rich dark amber in color with robust flavor.
- [Simple Recipes for Tomatoes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-simple-recipes-tomatoes/) - Make a simple sandwich: Spread a slice of white bread with mayonnaise and top with thick tomato slices. Season well with salt, top with another slice of bread and dig in. Combine chopped tomatoes with a generous pour of extra-virgin olive oil, salt and torn basil leaves. Let stand for one hour and toss with just-cooked pasta. A twist on caprese: Toss small balls of fresh mozzarella (labeled as ciliegine or bocconcini) with halved Sungold tomatoes and torn tarragon leaves. Drizzle with olive oil and vinegar.
- [Summer Checklist](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-summer-checklist/) - Are there any sweeter words than June, July, and August? Kids are out of school, vacation happens, and lingering sunlight sets the perfect scene for outdoor gatherings in the evenings. We think this cool six-pack of summery treats will bring even more local flavor to your favorite season. —Stephanie Kane
- [Termini Brothers Bakery](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-termini-brothers-bakery/) - Termini Bros. bakery has been creating Easter classics for generations in South Philadelphia. In this photo from 1938, workers put the final flourishes on chocolate Easter eggs. Today, the most popular Easter specialties are loaves of sweet, braided Easter Bread; ricotta, rice, and ham pies; and cakes swirled with white icing and decorated to look like bunnies. TERMINI BROTHERS BAKERY 1523 S. 8th Street, 215.334.1816, termini.com
- [Mastering Pasta by Marc Vetri and David Joachim](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-mastering-pasta-marc-vetri-david-joachim/) - As in most modern cookbooks, exquisite photographs of sensuous-looking food are sprinkled throughout Mastering Pasta (Ten Speed Press, 2015). Unlike many of the slick and pretty tomes on the market, however, Marc Vetri’s new cookbook infuses you with the confidence that you might actually be able to recreate those dishes.
- [Cheese Cave Dweller: Sue Miller, Birchrun Hills Farm](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-cheese-cave-dweller-sue-miller-birchrun-hills-farm/) - Tippy Butterscotch, Gertrude Holstein, Juniper Moo and Mikey Geno might sound like the names of cartoons, but they’re characters of a different kind. These are the calves in the milking herd at Birchrun Hills Farm in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania. Cheesemaker Sue Miller let a few lucky donors who contributed to her recent “Raise a Cave” Kickstarter campaign name the baby animals.
- [DIY Pasta at Russet](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/things-do-diy-pasta-russet/) - Andrew Wood, chef at Center City’s Russet, is known for his serious commitment to cooking local food. Turns out he has another specialty: fresh pasta. It’s a skill he learned from a Piedmont-trained mentor; and now he’s paying that precious know-how forward with a once-monthly class at Russet. The three-hour session starts in the kitchen, where Wood demonstrates how to mix up, roll out and cut his egg-yolk-rich dough. Students each get hands-on experience making the noodles.
- [Simple Recipes for Spring Peas](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipes/recipes-simple-recipes-spring-peas/) - CROSTINI Toast baguette rounds and rub them with a raw garlic clove. Boil spring peas in salted water for 3 minutes, drain, and mash with a fork. Fold the peas into ricotta cheese and spread onto the garlic toast.
- [Spring Checklist](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/shop/shop-spring-checklist/) - As the darkness of winter lifts and spring stirs to life, seek out these local food and drink finds this season.
- [Vedge Cookbook Redefines Cooking with Vegetables](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/food-thought/food-thought-vedge-cookbook-redefines-cooking-vegetables/) - All Booked Up The table of contents for Vedge: 100 Plates Large and Small that Redefine Vegetable Cooking, the newest cook book from Vedge’s Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby, reads like the Center City restaurant’s menu, plate after plate of unexpected combinations (radishes, nori, tamari, avocado) and classics reimagined for the vegetable lover (salt-roasted beets with dill, capers and onions, the farm’s convincing answer to lox).

## Pages

- [Welcome to Edible Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/) - EDIBLE PHILLY is an Edible Communities magazine celebrating local food, drink and agriculture in Philadelphia, Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties. We capture the Philadelphia region's rich food and farming stories in a beautiful publication free to our readers, designed for local food enthusiasts to savor.
- [About](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/about-us/) - Philly’s Gay Restaurants Have Always Been About More Than Food We're in the Neighborhood Find a Copy of Edible Philly See More Nourished by culinary traditions that stretch back for generations and the bounty of nearby farms, Philadelphia is a hub of creative entrepreneurship, and home to renowned culinary expertise.Food is Philadelphia’s story. Our booming farm-to-table
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- [Things to Do](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/things-do/) - Subscribe Find a Copy Save the Date for our Summer Bazaar! Our Latest Stories Two Summer Farm-to-Table Experiences Worth Traveling For Some meals become stories you’ll tell long after the last bite. Spring Clean + Green Suddenly everything feels possible What I Learned Swapping Homemade Meals with a Stranger A full heart and enough to
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## Aggregator Pages

- [Summer 2026 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/summer-2026-issue/) - The stories of the people behind our food
- [Spring 2026 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/spring-2026-issue/) - The big thaw
- [Winter 2026 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/winter-2026-issue/) - The slow season
- [Fall 2025 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/fall-2025-issue/) - A time of renewal
- [Summer 2025 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/summer-2025-issue/) - A time of renewal
- [Spring 2025 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/spring-2025-issue/) - A time of renewal
- [Winter 2024 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-winter-2024-issue-0/) - My favorite thing about reading a printed magazine is the escape from screens. It’s a tactile, real object I can hold in my hand and enjoy, preferably at a coffee shop where I can watch people in between articles and inevitably run into a friend—or meet a new one. If you choose to walk through this paper portal, this magazine can bring you back to real life, actually reality. People, places, and things.
- [Fall 2024 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-fall-2024-issue-2/) - I have a confession. I love a pumpkin spice latte. Of course, I skip the chains and get mine at independent local coffee shops, like Anthony’s. The fact is, I love everything about the Fall in Philadelphia, and this issue is a worthy celebration of my favorite season. You’ll find Natalie Jesionka’s update on the city's venerable Polish food traditions and Elena Tzivekis’s exploration of a local baker who looks to Italy for inspiration. I profiled chef Jezabel Careaga who brings the flavors of Argentina to Philly with her trademark empanadas.
- [Summer 2024 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-summer-2024-issue-2/) - Corn. Tomatoes. Peaches. Basil. These are the sensational seasonal foods that define summer for me. I buy these and more—often in large quantities to freeze or preserve for later—at many of our region’s phenomenal farmers markets. You probably do, too. But if you don’t, what are you waiting for? Check out our annual farmers market guide and make your shopping plans.
- [Spring 2024 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-spring-2024-issue-2/) - I’m thrilled to watch this issue come into the world—it’s been a while. The last time I wrote you this letter, it was spring 2022. I had just accepted a corporate job that prohibited free-lance projects, and I thought my days as this magazine’s editor were over. I wrote that note in tears. One particular sentence from that letter stands out to me now: “Before Edible Philly ever launched, Jen Honovic Herczeg, our director of business development, sat with me in Good Karma Cafe on Pine Street dreaming about what this magazine could be.”
- [The Food Life in Philly - High Spring-Summer 2023](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-food-life-philly-high-spring-summer-2023/) - news • spring-summer checklist • seasonal spotlight
- [High Spring-Summer 2023 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-high-spring-summer-2023-issue/) - A NEW SEASON FOR EDIBLE PHILLY IT’S SATURDAY AFTERNOON and I’ve just spent about two hours looking through Edible Philly’s archive of issues from the past 10 years. I can become so busy with the minutiae of day-to-day life that I rarely take the time, or see the need, to look back. Today I took that time—and am astounded at the body of work that has come to be known as Edible Philly over the past decade.
- [Fall-Holiday 2022 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-fall-holiday-2022-issue/) - EDITOR'S LETTER ADIEU ‘22, AND A TOAST AS I WRITE THIS LETTER on a beautiful October day, it seems amazing that we are nearing the final stretch of 2022. This was a year that seemed to gain strength with each passing month. A tentative spring, due to Covid, led to a spectacular and active summer, and then into a robust fall full of reactivated festivals and events. Business—and our lives—almost feel back to normal again.
- [The Food Life in Philly - Fall 2022](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-food-life-philly-fall-2022/) - news • winter checklist • seasonal spotlight
- [The Food Life in Philly - Summer 2022](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-food-life-philly-summer-2022/) - news • winter checklist • seasonal spotlight
- [Summer 2022 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-summer-2022-issue-1/) - EDITOR'S LETTER THE PEOPLE WHO FEED US “PHILADELPHIA HAS such great food.” It’s a sentiment I hear expressed constantly, by people who live both in and outside our region.
- [Edible Philly's 2015 Local Heroes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/speaking-food-edible-phillys-2015-local-heroes/) - It’s that time of year again. We asked you to name the brightest stars in Philly’s local-food firmament, and you voted for your favorites online. Here are your new local heroes. These creative folks, along with many other chefs, farmers, artisans and food purveyors, have helped make the region one of the best places to visit—and eat, and drink—in America.
- [Edible Philly's 2017 Local Heroes Winners](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-edible-phillys-2017-local-heroes-winners/) - Every year, Edible Communities magazines around the country ask you, our readers, to name Local Heroes in six categories. For 2017’s awards, Edible Philly partnered with the Philly Farm and Food Fest to select nominees—and then you voted. Your picks are celebrated on the following pages.
- [The Food Life in Philly - Fall 2018](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/food-thought-food-life-philly-fall-2018/)
- [Edible Philly: 2020 Local Heroes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/food-thought-edible-philly-2020-local-heroes-0/) - A group of Edible Philly readers, contributors and past Local Hero award winners put forward nominees, and our editorial team chose 2020’s honorees. The tastemakers profiled in the following pages make our local food community more vibrant every year.
- [Reflections from the Philly Food World on COVID-19.](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-reflections-philly-food-world-covid-19/) - Yet, COVID-19 has had visceral effects, from shuttered restaurants and a takeout shift to supply chain disruptions, which have people reconsidering the role of a diversified local food system. With an eye on the future, we reached out to five Philadelphians who play a role in the local food world to take the pulse of the city and get an early read on lessons learned that may carry us forward. 
- [Fall 2021 - Winter 2022 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-fall-2021-winter-2022-issue/) - EDITOR'S LETTER SUGAR RUSH IF YOU’VE EVER read this magazine before, it’s probably obvious to you that I live for treats. I have always been a food fanatic with a never-ending list of local delicacies I want to try, but in this new pandemic era, my focus on food has risen to another level.
- [Winter 2017-18 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-winter-2017-18-issue/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR BETTER LIVING THROUGH COOKING While it’s true that every aspect of food culture fascinates me, my heart belongs to home cooking. So I’m excited to share this special home cooking-themed issue just in time for the holidays. I didn’t always know this about myself. As a food journalist, I started out covering Philadelphia’s restaurant scene and went on to become a restaurant critic. As part of that job, I interviewed chefs at length about their menus and food.
- [Winter 2016-2017 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-philly-winter-2016-2017-issue/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR At the Table: The Sweetest Season Does this time of year bring out your sweet tooth? For better or worse, I know it does mine. That’s why we’ve taken sweets as our theme for this year’s holiday/ winter issue.
- [Summer 2016 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-our-summer-2016-issue/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT THE TABLE: THE TOURISTS ARE COMING Whenever Philadelphia expects a large influx of visitors, I feel a peculiar mix of excitement and dread. It’s the same fluttery mix of nerves and pride I get when I invite people to my house for dinner. I want to show off—and measure up.
- [Movers and Shakers: Philadelphia’s Cocktail Scene](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/drink-movers-and-shakers-philadelphia-s-cocktail-scene/) - THE COCKTAIL SCENE IS BACK— big time. Infused by an ever-expanding range of locally produced libations as well as locally sourced ingredients, the art of cocktail (and mocktail) making has hit a new level in Philly. And it doesn’t stop at the bar. Creative things are happening at coffee and other drink establishments throughout Philly.
- [Fall / Holiday 2023 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-fall-holiday-2023-issue/) - NEW BEGINNINGS I am so excited to welcome you to my first issue as the new publisher of Edible Philly! I am incredibly humbled and proud to continue what Nancy and Ray Painter have built over the past ten years.
- [Philly Road Trips](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/things-do-philly-road-trips/)
- [The Food Life in Philly - Spring 2022](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-food-life-philly-spring-2022/) - news • winter checklist • seasonal spotlight
- [Spring 2022 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-spring-2022-issue-1/) - EDITOR'S LETTER SPRING HAS SPRUNG WITH A NEW SEASON comes fresh energy. We’re all looking forward to the asparagus and strawberries that are coming to our farmers’ markets very soon. From out the window of my home office at 11th and Tasker, I can see two new restaurant signs swaying in the breeze: The Dutch moved here from Pennsport, and the bold 3-D apricot that marks the brand new Mish Mish.
- [The Food Life in Philly - Fall 2021/Winter 2022](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-food-life-philly-fall-2021winter-2022/) - news • winter checklist • seasonal spotlight
- [The Food Life in Philly - Summer 2021](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-food-life-philly-summer-2021/) - news • winter checklist • seasonal spotlight
- [Summer 2021 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-summer-2021-issue-2/) - EDITOR'S LETTER BACK TO LIFE EMERGING from the pandemic has been a thrilling reunion with many parts of local food culture I had been sorely missing. I have taken gleeful shopping trips to Reading Terminal Market and the South Philly Food Co-op. I have finally gone back to restaurants, enjoying recent meals at Le Virtu, Bing Bing Dim Sum, Spice Finch, and Baology. Meeting friends at farmers’ markets has been the absolute best, though. After more than a year away from Headhouse Market, I swooped down on Savoie Organic Farm to buy too many of their absurdly delicious potatoes.
- [The Food Life in Philly - Spring 2021](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-food-life-philly-spring-2021/) - news • winter checklist • seasonal spotlight
- [Spring 2021 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-spring-2021-issue-1/) - EDITOR'S LETTER LOOKING FORWARD LIKE EVERYONE, I’ve been pretty much stuck in my house for 13 months, but I’ve never been so homesick. There are so many places, people, and scenes from across town that I have not laid eyes on for over a year. That’s why for this issue we wanted to feature an iconic image of Philadelphia on the cover. It’s a reminder of what’s great about this place and a celebration that, though times have been hard, together, we are Philly. And we are still here.
- [The Food Life in Philly - Fall and Winter 2020-21](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/food-thought-food-life-philly-fall-and-winter-2020-21/) - news • winter checklist • seasonal spotlight
- [Fall 2020 / Winter 2021 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-fall-2020-winter-2021-issue/) - EDITOR'S LETTER A WINTER WE WON'T FORGET THIS TIME LAST YEAR, when I was brainstorming resolutions for 2020, I had no idea what was coming at us. As this unprecedented year draws to a close, I find myself unable to even begin to set goals for 2021, yet here we are. The uncertainty makes it tough to look ahead, so I am taking this moment to look back.
- [The Food Life in Philly - Summer 2020](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-food-life-philly-summer-2020/) - summer checklist • reflections
- [Summer 2020 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-summer-2020-issue-1/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR GUIDED BY VALUES SINCE WE LAST TALKED, the world has changed. I’m so grateful that this issue even exists; not all small businesses have been able to remain in operation. You may notice this issue is a bit slimmer than usual, but we’re still here, thanks to our loyal advertising partners and to support from readers like you. (See below for how you can join in on that by becoming a subscriber member). To be able to continue telling the food stories of the Philadelphia region is a privilege that I don’t take lightly.
- [The Food Life in Philly - Spring 2020](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/food-thought-food-life-philly-spring-2020/) - news • spring checklist • seasonal spotlight
- [Spring 2020 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-spring-2020-issue-1/) - 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.
- [The Food Life in Philly - Winter 2019-20](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-food-life-philly-winter-2019-20/)
- [Winter 2019/20 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-winter-2019-20-issue/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR CELEBRATION SEASON I TRY TO AVOID REPETITION in Edible Philly, but sometimes there’s just something in air. This season, it seems to be Mission Taqueria’s Taco Lab event series. I knew Sarah Maiellano was going to write about Taco Lab in our Food Life section, but I didn’t expect it to turn up in Elizabeth Einhorn’s essay, No Plates Like Home, too. But there it was!
- [Fall 2019 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-fall-2019-issue-2/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR WELCOME TO THE DRINKS ISSUE. Ahead you’ll find stories about all things quaffable, but we take a particularly deep dive with two special features this month. In her piece “The Jewel of the Valley,” wine writer Robin Shreeves tells the story of one hybrid grape that has come to define the wines of Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley. (Fear not, my fellow city slickers: We’ll tell you where to taste some nearby!)
- [The Food Life in Philly - Fall 2019](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-food-life-philly-fall-2019/)
- [EDIBLE PHILLY DRINKS](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/drink-edible-philly-drinks/)
- [The Food Life in Philly - Summer 2019](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/food-thought-food-life-philly-summer-2019/) - Summer Food News and Finds in Philadelphia.
- [Summer 2019 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-summer-2019-issue-2/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR MARKET SEASON I’M WRITING TO YOU on a Wednesday. In my neighborhood, during the summer that means it’s farmers’ market day. All season, I organize Wednesday to make sure I can stop by—preferably on the early side to avoid crowds and enjoy the best selection—and shop for a weekly haul of local foods.
- [The Food Life in Philly - Spring 2019](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/food-thought-food-life-philly-spring-2019/) - Spring Food News and Finds in Philadelphia.
- [Spring 2019 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-spring-2019-issue-2/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR SPRING INTO WELLNESS I write you as I stare out the window awaiting what will hopefully be the last snowfall of 2019. You know how March typically brings a final flurry or two just as you most urgently want to feel the sun on your face as you sip iced tea in the spring breeze.
- [The Food Life in Philly - Winter 2018/19](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/food-thought-food-life-philly-winter-201819/) - When we launched this magazine five years ago, knowing the perils of publishing, we hoped we’d make it this far, but there were no guarantees.
- [Winter 2018/19 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-winter-201819-issue/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR FIVE YEARS As this magazine celebrates its fifth anniversary with this issue, I realize it’s a milestone for me as well. I’ve held the position of editor of this magazine longer than any other role I’ve had in my career. What can I say? When you combine the tumult of the publishing world with my own pursuit of new challenges and professional growth, you get a lot of different jobs on your resume over the course of a decade or so.
- [WOMEN IN FOOD](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/food-thought-women-food-0/) - WOMEN'S WORK In this special issue of Edible Philly, the Women in Food issue, we celebrate the way the Philadelphia food scene is shaped and propelled forward by a large number of accomplished, ambitious, talented, visionary women. The story of women in food, in Philadelphia and everywhere, is a long one, an infinite one, a story that is eternally written, rewritten, revised. We’re to-be-continued on women in food.
- [Fall 2018 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-fall-2018-issue-2/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR WOMEN'S WORK In this special issue of Edible Philly, the Women in Food issue, we celebrate the way the Philadelphia food scene is shaped and propelled forward by a large number of accomplished, ambitious, talented, visionary women. The story of women in food, in Philadelphia and everywhere, is a long one, an infinite one, a story that is eternally written, rewritten, revised. We’re to-be-continued on women in food.
- [The Food Life in Philly - Summer 2018](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/eat-food-life-philly-summer-2018/)
- [Summer 2018 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-summer-2018-issue-0/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR SUMMER MAKEOVER IT’S MORE THAN just the long hours of daylight charging me up with energy right now. I’m bursting with excitement to introduce you to the new look of Edible Philly, courtesy of our new art director, Samantha J. Bednarek. She’s helped define the look of major national magazines including Family Circle and Good Housekeeping, and I’m thrilled to see her vision come to life in our pages. I hope you’ll let me know what you think of our makeover.
- [Spring 2018 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-spring-2018-issue-1/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR GOOD MORNING! When Edible Philly’s publisher Nancy Painter brought up the idea of a breakfast themed issue, I’m pretty sure I agreed before the words were out of her mouth. Nutrition researchers may argue about whether or not breakfast really is the most important meal of the day, but in my mind this maxim is self-evident. Many of my favorite foods are usually eaten in the morning (eggs, waffles, oatmeal, bagels) and this is to say nothing of the profound pleasure of coffee.
- [Fall 2017 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-fall-2017-issue-0/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT THE TABLE: GO TO YOUR HAPPY PLACE We all have our happy places—moments when everything seems right with the world and life is especially sweet. Well, here’s mine: the first jackets-and-scarves-cold fall day, a rainy afternoon, and I’m inside a neighborhood coffee shop, where I’m sipping a soy latte, clacking away at my laptop and watching the wet city sidewalk gleam silver. I know it may not be your version of paradise, but for me that is heaven.
- [Summer 2017 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-summer-2017-issue-1/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT THE TABLE: AMERICAN TALES Less than 100 years ago, my grandfather came to Philadelphia from Ireland. He died when I was a baby and I don’t have a strong sense of Irish identity, but the fact that he was an immigrant, accepted if not fully welcomed by the city that became his, my father’s and then my home, crosses my thoughts pretty often. Lately, I’ve thought about it more than ever.
- [Spring 2017 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-philly-spring-2017-issue/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT THE TABLE: GREEN IS GOOD Typically around this time of year, the calendar tells us spring is coming, but it usually doesn’t feel like it when we step outside. Not so in 2017, when mid-February brought us days warm enough to shuck our coats. I saw a line at old-school ice cream parlor Franklin Fountain grow to a June-like length down Market Street, and noticed people sipping their first cold brews of the year all over East Passyunk.
- [Fall 2016 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-philly-fall-2016-issue/) - LETTER TO THE EDITOR AT THE TABLE: DINING OUT This issue of Edible Philly was built around the theme of Chefs and Restaurants. Though we all have an image of the archetypical chef—someone like Marc Vetri or Georges Perrier—it’s only one possible expression of that career. I knew from the outset that I wanted to look at other ways to be a professional chef in today’s changing dining landscape.
- [Fall 2015 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/fall-2015-archive/) - AT THE TABLE: TASTED AND TESTED One of the best parts of editing this magazine is having the pleasure of being its first reader. And often, as the stories come in, I do the same thing I hope you do after you read each issue: I get out there to sample as many of the featured foods, drinks and activities as I can. For example, immediately upon reading Amanda Feifer’s moving essay on the subject of fermentation, “Legacy Lost (And Found)” on page 14, I signed up for one of her workshops.
- [Summer 2015 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/summer-2015-archive/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT THE TABLE: SUMMER IN THE CITY It’s that time of year when, at any given moment, it seems like half of Philadelphia has fled to the Shore. My Facebook feed fills with photos of friends’ toes in the sand, umbrella drinks and cresting waves. I don’t have a beach house, but I welcome the change of season all the same. For me, summer means a less congested city, easier parking, and breezing into almost any restaurant or bar I want to visit without having to elbow my way through a mob. It’s the perfect time of year to try out a buzzed-about restaurant.
- [Spring 2015 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/spring-2015-archive/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT THE TABLE: WHAT’S NEXT As I’m writing this, it’s 6° outside. It’s hard to believe that spring will ever actually be here, even though it’s only weeks away. And with the new season will come a series of events that now seems impossible: Ramps will sprout up, favas will arrive, and just a little while after that we’ll all be treated to the first tender green spears of asparagus. All these ingredients give us the thrilling taste of a fresh start.
- [Winter 2013-2014 Issue](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/aggregator_page/about-us-our-premiere-winter-2013-2014-issue/) - LETTER FROM THE EDITOR AT THE TABLE: HUNGRY FOR HOME I recently read that home is the ultimate trave l destination, and I couldn’t agree more. I don’t have a zeal for globetrotting, a well-stamped passport or experience with the most authentic bowl of noodles in Southeast Asia. I have a different location-based obsession: Philadelphia. It’s an endlessly fascinating place for someone like me, with an all-consuming passion for food, to live (and eat).

## Recipes

- [Sungold and Chanterelle Pizza](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/sungold-and-chanterelle-pizza/) - THE HUMAN EYE HAS A FANCY FOR ALL THINGS GOLD.
- [Spring Allium & Cheddar Spoonbread](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/spring-allium-cheddar-spoonbread/) - The love child of a souffle and cornbread
- [Swiss Chard & Rhubarb Galette with a Buckwheat Crust](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/swiss-chard-rhubarb-galette-with-a-buckwheat-crust/) - Who says rhubarb must be relegated to dessert?
- [Dessert Panzanella with Strawberries and Lime](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/dessert-panzanella-with-strawberries-and-lime/) - How to create a dessert salad
- [Pasta e Fagioli](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/pasta-e-fagioli/) - I wondered why it took me so long to fall in love with this perfect winter dish.
- [Fruit Butter Cinnamon Rolls](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/fruit-butter-cinnamon-rolls/) - These plush, gooey cinnamon rolls showcase Bauman’s fruit butters
- [Sourdough Oatmeal Whoopie Pies](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/sourdough-oatmeal-whoopie-pies/) - A soft and chewy oatmeal cookie sandwiched with fluffy vanilla icing.
- [Vanillekipferl (Crescent Almond Cookies)](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/vanillekipferl-crescent-almond-cookies/) - These tender almond shortbread cookies are shaped like crescent moons and dusted with powdered sugar.
- [Snickerdoodle Crookie](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/snickerdoodle-crookie/) - This is an irresistible buttery croissant stuffed and wrapped with snickerdoodle dough, then baked with a cinnamon-sugar crust.
- [Rhubarb & Rose Petal Tart](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-rhubarb-rose-petal-tart/) - Adapted from a recipe by Stephanie Cameron, originally published in Edible Santa Fe.
- [Carrot Ginger Soup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-carrot-ginger-soup/) - In my 20s, the Blue Sage Vegetarian Grille in Southampton was my favorite restaurant. It’s been closed for a few years and I still miss it. That’s when I make this spicy carrot soup. It’s my version of one they often had on the menu and this combination of flavors takes me right back.
- [Spiced Apple Cake](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-spiced-apple-cake-0/) - Growing up, my grandmother made an apple cake I loved. That recipe is lost to time, but this one reminds me of those childhood treats. But she wouldn’t have used this many spices.
- [Tomato Jam](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-tomato-jam-2/) - This version is how McClain makes it for breakfast sandwiches. For the winter caprese, she’ll take out the orange juice and add fennel seed, coriander, and balsamic vinegar. Other times, she’s used lemon juice or apple cider vinegar, along with ginger and paprika. “It’s such a versatile recipe, I love it.”
- [Jam Vinaigrette](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-jam-vinaigrette/) - If a jar of jam is running low, it’s the perfect time to make a jam-based salad dressing. Any flavor will do.
- [Elderberry Jam](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-elderberry-jam/) - I brought him a few jars and asked him how close I’d gotten to the taste of his childhood memory. "It’s pretty darn close,” he says.
- [Elderberry Syrup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-elderberry-syrup-0/) - Elderberries are an ancient plant thought to be native to Pennsylvania. If you don’t know anyone with bushes, you can find them growing wild and forage the berries. You can also grow them yourself. The berries are in season from August through September.
- [Rhubarb Cake](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-rhubarb-cake-0/) - Although technically a vegetable, rhubarb is used like a fruit in the kitchen, where home cooks prize it for its bright sour notes.
- [Small-Batch Vanilla Rhubarb Jam](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-small-batch-vanilla-rhubarb-jam/) - We know winter is really over when the vibrant red stalks of rhubarb finally pop up at the markets.
- [Tiny Batch Gooseberry Jam](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-tiny-batch-gooseberry-jam/) - This summer, if you find yourself picking up a pint of gooseberries, consider making a tiny batch of jam with them. The finished product vibrates with the tangy essence of gooseberry, and it’s the work of no more than an hour. And since the batch size is so small, there’s no need to bother with a boiling water bath. Just pour the finished jam into a jar or container, and once cooled, pop it into the fridge.
- [Thanksgiving Gravy](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-thanksgiving-gravy/) - Thanksgiving Gravy 3 tablespoons butter or turkey drippings1 cup toasted* and sifted flour3 cups turkey stock1 tablespoon salt2 teaspoons poultry seasoning½ teaspoon ground black pepper In a saucepan large enough to accommodate the amount of gravy you’re making, melt the butter or heat the turkey drippings. Add ¼ cup of the toasted flour and whisk
- [Beet and Potato Latkes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-beet-and-potato-latkes/) - Some might say that it’s impossible to improve upon the traditional all potato latke, but this beet variety will give your grandma’s recipe a run for its money. The beets add both sweetness and body, which will appeal to both the makers and the eaters of said latkes.
- [Grated Beet Salad](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-grated-beet-salad/) - This salad can be made with just about any kind of beet (the golden ones are particularly lovely), but I like to use the candy-cane-striped ones known as Chioggia beets. They give it gorgeous variegated color and are slightly less earthy than their red cousins.
- [Roasted Beet Dip](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-roasted-beet-dip/) - Though this dip appeals to eaters of all ages, I find that it’s a particular hit with kids. They get a kick out of eating something colored a vivid pink. It’s also a nice addition to a Mediterranean supper bowl of tabbouleh, cucumber salad and pita bread.
- [Beet and Beef Borscht](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-beet-and-beef-borscht/) - There are two secrets to borscht. The first is the liberal application of vinegar. It helps set the color of the beets and gives the soup its signature tang. The second is good knife work. You want to cut all the vegetables and the meat into pieces that are all roughly the same size. This gives you the greatest opportunity to get a little of taste of everything in every bite of the soup.
- [Carrot Slaw](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-carrot-slaw/) - You can still find fresh carrots at farmers’ markets through September and even into October. Those beautiful bunches are ideal in recipes.
- [Miso-Glazed Carrots](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-miso-glazed-carrots/) - I gave my mother this cookbook as a gift, and she raved about this simple carrot recipe. Eventually, I tried it for myself and she was right. These sweet and savory carrots become almost meaty in the hot oven. I love them served over lentils tossed with a mustardy vinaigrette.
- [Roast Pork Salad](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-roast-pork-salad/) - Most Philadelphia food lovers would encourage travelers to scrap plans for a cheesesteak in favor of this hearty meal on a roll. (My favorite version is from DiNic’s Roast Pork in Reading Terminal Market.) The combination of salty, savory pork with bitter greens and rich, sharp cheese wins fans over to this way of thinking in a single bite. Because this sandwich draws from Italian- America traditions, chewy and robust farro stands in for a sandwich roll in this satisfying grain salad. This recipe is the perfect candidate for a make-ahead meal. The broccoli rabe as well as the pork tenderloin can be cooked and chilled up to two days in advance. Leftovers stay good for up to three days in the refrigerator. If you are feeding a mixed crowd of eaters, the pork and cheese can be served as optional toppings. The grains and greens are good enough to stand on their own.
- [Cheesesteak Lettuce Cups](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-cheesesteak-lettuce-cups/) - One minute you’re full of energy and hometown pride, confidently striding from South Street to one of the famous cheesesteak hubs. A short time later, your Whiz wit dispatched, you’re calling for an Uber, canceling your dinner reservations, and wanting a nap. If you’re visiting, that’s no way to spend your day. Even if you live here, who has time for that? Not me. Let’s steal an idea from the low-carb crowd: instead of a roll, pile thinly sliced steak inside a butter lettuce cup. Add lightly caramelized onions, a quick homemade cheese sauce, and spicy pickled pepper rings. I realize this isn’t the same thing as standing on the corner of 9th and Passyunk—you won’t end up with a river of grease from fingers to elbow for one thing—but it hits those classic Philly cheesesteak flavor notes. Plus, when you do the shopping you know you’re eating ingredients (especially when it comes to beef) you can feel great about.
- [Holiday Punch](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-holiday-punch/) - Holiday Punch 32 ounces cranberry juice32 ounces iced rooibos tea1 cup freshly squeezed orange juice1 cup freshly squeezed grapefruit juice1⁄2 cup simple syrup2 cups ginger beer, chilledLemon and lime slices and fresh or frozen cranberries, for garnish Combine all ingredients in a large punch bowl just before serving. Add large ice cubes, and garnish with
- [Skordalia](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-skordalia-0/) - (Inspired by Kanella Grill) A silky, garlicky paste made from potatoes, almonds and olive oil.
- [Broccoli Tabbouleh](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-broccoli-tabbouleh/) - (Inspired by Spice Finch) A home-cook-friendly recipe perfect for pairing with chicken or fish or eating straight out of the container.
- [Mustardy Salmon Cakes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-mustardy-salmon-cakes/) - (Inspired by Noord) A homey but still delicious dish that starts with the convenience of canned salmon.
- [Saffron Frozen Yogurt](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-saffron-frozen-yogurt/) - During the summer heat, we could all use a cool-down treat. This saffron frozen yogurt is refreshing and is best topped with pizzelles and ground cardamom.
- [Blackberry Breakfast Bars](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-blackberry-breakfast-bars/) - This recipe for blackberry breakfast bars is the perfect alternative to a traditional breakfast, so fresh and so sweet. 
- [Banh Mi Salad](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-banh-mi-salad/) - More than a quarter of Philadelphians are immigrants or have an immigrant parent, according to a 2018 report from Pew. The city is much more multicultural than our image might suggest. This diversity shapes Philadelphia in every imaginable way, but it has had a particularly transformative effect on our food culture, especially in recent decades as immigration here has surged. This influence is writ large when it comes to our sandwich scene. We’ve got Israeli falafels, Mexican cemitas, Venezuelan arepas and more. My favorite sandwich from another part of the world is the Vietnamese banh mi, hands down. I favor tofu versions, though chicken or pork are also common. It’s really the bright pickled veggies and the pop of fresh herbs that make the sandwich, and this goes double when you’re turning it into a salad. Here, we don’t lose the baguette, which is so key to this dish. Instead, we use less of it by turning it into light, crisp croutons.
- [Lemon Cake](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-lemon-cake-0/) - I swoon for the sweet-tart taste of lemon desserts. The icing here is especially lemony. Don’t leave it out!
- [Orange Almond Olive Oil Cake](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-orange-almond-olive-oil-cake-0/) - The first recipe I scaled down was indeed one of Fran’s. She makes the orange-almond olive cake as a big, beautiful Bundt. She served it at several events I attended this year and it was a crowd-pleasing hit. All this cake needs is a dusting of powdered sugar. Or, use your favorite American buttercream recipe (swapping in vegan butter, if you want to keep it vegan.)
- [Heather Marold Thomason’s Perfect Grilled Pork Chops with Peach Chutney Glaze](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-heather-marold-thomasons-perfect-grilled-pork-chops-peach-chutney-glaze/) - The peach chutney glaze gives this grilled pork chop recipe the perfect amount of sweetness to satisfy mouths and keep people wanting more. 
- [Artichokes àla Barigoule](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-artichokes-la-barigoule/) - Artichokes àla Barigoule 1 lemon4 large globe artichokes¼ cup olive oil1 large onion, peeled and cut into thin rings2 large carrots, peeled and cut into ½-inch-thick pieces½ pound white mushrooms, thinly sliced1 cup dry white wine8 sun-dried tomato halves, cut into slivers3 large garlic cloves, coarsely choppedSea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste½
- [Ribollita](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-ribollita-0/) - Recipe adapted from An Everlasting Meal
- [To Make Mince Piyes My Mothers Way](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-make-mince-piyes-my-mothers-way/) - THE RECIPE: (transcribed from the original) to make mince piyes my Mother way to make it in a dishe take some of the flesshe port of the axe cheek when it his half boyle then shreed it with some good beefe sweet about 3 quarters of a pound haffe a point of Currons a quarter of a pound of ressons stoned a quarter of one ounce beaten masse and Clouss and beaten Ceniment the saime quantity a littill salt too spounefulls of sugar ore one and a halfe too ounces of orring and Lemon pill Candid and put this in to a dishe with a good pufe post not uery thick put in to the things a glass of rum
- [The C Cocktail](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-c-cocktail/) - The C Cocktail 3 parts Boardroom Spirits C (carrot spirit)2 parts clementine juice1 part unsweetened cranberry juice1 part cardamom simple syrupsplash club sodaone carrot, sliced into thin rounds for garnish Shake first four ingredients with ice; strain into a glass with fresh ice, top with club soda and garnish with a few carrot rounds.
- [Extra Pickle-Y Bloody Mary](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-extra-pickle-y-bloody-mary/) - Homemade Bloody Mary mix and extra pickle juice take this classic brunch drink up a notch. If you didn’t get around to making pickles this summer, pick up Zing Beans and Straight Up Spears from Philly-based Brine Street Picklery.
- [Tea Hot Toddy](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-tea-hot-toddy/) - I used to make this drink for my seven college housemates on late winter nights. Back then I used Fireball (which tastes like Red Hots dissolved in cheap whiskey, if you're not familiar), but now I achieve a much more satisfying warming effect with cinnamon-orange tea. You can get a great loose-leaf blend called Noel at the Tea House on 4th street; Hamey & Sons Cinnamon Orange Sunset works well too.
- [Yogurt Sake Punch](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-yogurt-sake-punch/) - You’re right, yogurt and alcohol are not a natural pairing. But when a Manhattan bar menu put the idea in my head, I became determined to pair dairy with booze in a way it’s never been done. After tasting at least a dozen different spirits and liqueurs, I recruited my neighbor Jack Falkenbach—a bartender at Philadelphia Distilling—to help. By the end of the night we were toasting to conquering the yogurt cocktail.
- [Raw Rum Russian](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-raw-rum-russian/) - I tried swapping out the cream for local raw whole milk and using rum instead of vodka, and found a version of the classic cocktail I could get along with.
- [Smokehouse Chickpeas and Greens](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-smokehouse-chickpeas-and-greens/) - This salad is bursting with rich smokehouse-style flavor; with paprika dressing and a mild, easy barbeque-style marinade that smothers these darling roasted chickpeas. Make this when you’re craving a delicious balanced meal of leafy greens, pan-roasted barbequed chickpeas, creamy avocado and crunchy veggies. 
- [Lamb and Nut-Stuffed Eggplant Bake](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-lamb-and-nut-stuffed-eggplant-bake/) - Adapted from The Palestinian Table
- [Brown Ale Chili](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-brown-ale-chili/) - Adapted from The Beerbistro Cookbook (Key Porter Books, 2009)
- [Turmeric and Ginger Chicken Noodle Soup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-turmeric-and-ginger-chicken-noodle-soup/) - Turmeric and Ginger Chicken Noodle Soup 2 tablespoons coconut oil or vegetable oil2 pounds boneless chicken thigh½ yellow onion, chopped½ large fennel bulb, chopped3 large carrots, chopped2 garlic cloves, minced1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger½ teaspoon ground turmericKosher salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste10 cups chicken stock (store bought or homemade)1 star anise3 cups egg
- [Kiki Aranita's Lazy Ginger Hapa Congee](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-kiki-aranitas-lazy-ginger-hapa-congee/) - I call it hapa (“half” in Hawaiian) congee because a side dish of half white, half brown rice is called hapa rice in Hawaii. I always top my congee with thinly sliced scallions and lots pork floss, and I sometimes add a soft-boiled (a.k.a. 6-minute) egg, if I can be bothered, or steamed bok choy if I’m concerned about my health and think I should balance out the pork floss with something green.
- [Pennsylvania Dutch: Scrapple](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-pennsylvania-dutch-scrapple/) - From Chef Chris Scott's forthcoming cookbook, Homage (to be published in Spring 2022), used with permission from Chronicle Books
- [Twice-Grilled Margherita Pizza](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-twice-grilled-margherita-pizza/) - Twice-Grilled Margherita Pizza For the Sauce4 large heirloom tomatoes (ripe but still firm), sliced in half1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for brushing and drizzlingFine sea salt and freshly ground black pepper1 large garlic clove, minced or pressedFor the Pizza1 (14- to 16-ounce) ball pizza doughExtra-virgin olive oil3 to 4 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese,
- [Peach Margarita](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-peach-margarita-0/) - Peach Margarita 3 cups ice1 peach (skin and pit removed)5 slices of frozen peachJuice of 1 lime4 ounces tequila4 ounces orange juiceOptional: kosher salt & lime zest for the rim Add ingredients into a blender and mix until desired consistency. Use a lime slice to wet the top of your margarita glass and dip the
- [Chickpea Peach Salad](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-chickpea-peach-salad-1/) - Chickpea Peach Salad 1 can (15.5 oz) of chickpeas (rinsed and drained)2 peaches (skin and pit removed)10 grape tomatoes, chopped½ mango, chopped (or 1 cup sweet corn kernels, or as much as you like)2 tablespoons pomegranate seeds2 tablespoons diced red onion½ teaspoon kosher salt¼ teaspoon black pepper¼ teaspoon cayenneJuice of ½ lime Add the above
- [The Doan Boys Ride Again - a Digestif](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-doan-boys-ride-again-digestif/) - This is a quintessential after-dinner drink. Dad’s Hat PA style Rye provides the perfect amount of spice to act as a platform for the hints of gentian herb and orange in the sweet vermouth. The addition of the savory bitters with its nettle, thyme, and turmeric instead of the classic aromatic or orange serves to bring the whiskey’s spice to the foreground. The sweet basil and celery in the bitters prove to be surprisingly perfect partners for the smooth rye. This is a Manhattan for the true Pennsylvania garden imbiber.
- [The Bitter Worm, a Non-ABV Cocktail](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-bitter-worm-non-abv-cocktail/) - This is an easy cocktail to prepare, but complex in flavor. The wormwood glycerite is made from the fresh leafy tops of the plant without alcohol so the true flavors of the herb come through without added harshness while keeping teetotalers safe. Wormwood has been used for thousands of years to treat digestive problems. Seasoned bar goers know to ask for a bitters and soda when they’ve overindulged in food and drink.
- [The Kenzi Kooker - an Aperitif](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-kenzi-kooker-aperitif-0/) - Clarify the watermelon juice for this cocktail at home by running it through a coffee filter. Clarifying the juice not only makes it last longer due to the reduced oxidation, but it shows up differently in flavor and appearance, providing a brighter experience—perfect when working with fresh and botanical ingredients. 
- [Scholl Orchards Peach Cobbler](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-scholl-orchards-peach-cobbler/) - Utilizing fresh peaches, nothing says summer dessert more than a peach cobbler.
- [Roasted Chicken with Maple-Mustard Gravy](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-roasted-chicken-maple-mustard-gravy/) - There are few things as comforting in the winter as the aroma of a roasted chicken, redolent of winter’s favorite herbs—sage, rosemary and thyme. Lemon brightens it up a bit and the gravy, made with Apple Ridge Farms’ seasonal cranberry mustard, fresh herbs and Pennsylvania maple syrup, adds sweetness and tang. My chicken came from Milk House Farm, a vendor at Wrightstown. I’ve made this recipe many times using local, pastured chickens. It typically yields varying amounts of pan gravy, so you may need to adjust the amount of cornstarch to thicken the gravy. Local foods are wonderfully irregular that way. —C.H.
- [Spiced Baked Oatmeal with Winter Fruits](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-spiced-baked-oatmeal-winter-fruits/) - There’s something homey and comforting about a baked oatmeal. Adding local seasonal fruits means this is adaptable. In the winter, I like to use pears or apples interchangeably and pair them with fresh cranberries. This recipe, as written, works in an 8 x 8-inch square pan, but If you double it, you can fit a 9 x 13-lnch pan. Leftovers keep well covered in the fridge for a few days and are easy to reheat in a low-temperature oven. You can also measure out the ingredients the night before to help with assembly; I like to mix the dry ingredients together, drape a dish towel over the top of the bowl and leave it on the counter. Other ingredients to consider: pears (winter) and local berries, especially raspberries (summer). Try adding a few tablespoons of flax meal, which is good for your brain, skin and mood because it's packed with omega-3 fatty acids. Consider other warm spices such as nutmeg, cardamom or cloves. You can also swap out whole milk and use any kind of nondairy milk if desired.—C.H.
- [Spelt Sourdough Pizza with Ramps and Lemony Ricotta](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-spelt-sourdough-pizza-ramps-and-lemony-ricotta/) - Late in winter, I visited Wrightstown Farmers’ Market and got lucky: Mainly Mushrooms had brought foraged ramps, as mushroom farmers sometimes do. I paired it with Fulper Family ricotta cheese. For a great shortcut, premade thin crusts from Apple Ridge Farm are a blessing, but you can certainly use your own favorite pizza-dough recipe If you like. Apple Ridge's is flavourful, thanks to the use of spelt and sourdough. —C.H.
- [Pennsylvania Dutch: Mom’s Pickled Eggs](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-pennsylvania-dutch-mom-s-pickled-eggs/) - My mom is a solid cook, but she was a product of both the times (the late 70s and early 80s) and our heritage (a mix of English, Irish, and mostly German). Growing up in Bethlehem, the birthplace of MusikFest, it was impossible not to have the occasional German word—or more likely, my family’s mangled version of it—tossed into conversations, but that was as much thought as I ever gave to being Pennsylvania Dutch. At the time, I didn’t realize that these dishes were, in fact, the ones that reflected our cultural identity.
- [Pennsylvania Dutch: Tuna Cakes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-pennsylvania-dutch-tuna-cakes/) - The ultimate comfort food.
- [Pennsylvania Dutch: Nanny’s Pepper Pot Soup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-pennsylvania-dutch-nanny-s-pepper-pot-soup/) - My grandmother didn’t live to see my interest in food flourish to a point where I wanted to learn what she could teach me, and she didn’t leave any recipes behind. But my mom has described her technique for pepper pot stew, how she rolled out the dough for the dumplings, cut them with a pizza cutter, and dumped them in the soup to cook, working at top speed so the potatoes were done just right. I don’t have any measurements, just a list of ingredients— ones that sound pretty bland to me. But I think it’s enough. 
- [Blitva (Swiss Chard & Potatoes)](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-blitva-swiss-chard-potatoes/) - When I told Joy I was going to be in Croatia for a few weeks, she asked about a dish she saw mentioned on @kristencdonnelly’s Instagram account a while back, combining potatoes with greens. She felt it would be a nice fit for fall cooking. I immediately knew she meant blitva. This quintessential dish is everywhere in Croatia: a rustic side dish that is equally at home with meat as it is with grilled fish and seafood. It’s a simple dish but the magic is in the ratio of potato to Swiss chard and the level of mashing you prefer—and you’ll find every recipe differs in this regard, from restaurants to Nonna’s kitchen. Feel free to experiment and make it your own.
- [Lacto Beets & Fennel with Orange](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-lacto-beets-fennel-orange/) - Recipe courtesy of April McGreger
- [Pasta of the Seven(ish) Fishes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-pasta-sevenish-fishes/) - By Natalia Lepore Hagan of Midnight Pasta
- [Honeysuckle Provisions Molasses Pie](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-honeysuckle-provisions-molasses-pie/) - By Honeysuckle Provisions; Chef de Cuisine Aya Iwatani; Inspired and adapted from Princess Pamela’s Molasses Pie Recipe.
- [Old E Mocktail](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-old-e-mocktail/) - For the holiday season, the sisters came up with an immune-boosting mocktail using their OLD E elixir — named for the time-tested immune-boosting properties of elderberry, the main ingredient. It’ll give you extra protection against seasonal viruses and make you feel uplifted and festive.
- [Betty's Beef Kabobs](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-bettys-beef-kabobs/) - When Judy Wicks first started the White Dog Cafe, she wanted to serve the foods she relished as a child. Her mother, Betty Wicks, a great cook and renowned hostess, gave her this old family recipe for beef kabobs when the only kitchen at the cafe was a charcoal grill in the backyard. Customers loved it then and they still ask for it today. Betty’s Kabobs remain a summer barbecue classic.
- [Lemonade Prosecco Punch](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-lemonade-prosecco-punch/) - [Beyonce’s “Lemonade”] album was inspired by the fresh-squeezed lemonade Beyonce’s grandmother Agnes Dereon used to make for her. We like to lemonade it into an effervescent punch that is a go-to for entertaining. —A. & T. Darlington
- [Kale Sauce with any Noodle](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-kale-sauce-any-noodle/) - Adapted from Six Seasons: A New Way with Vegetables (Artisan, 2017)
- [Jen's Potato Salad with Fresh Dill](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-jens-potato-salad-fresh-dill/) - Recipe adapted from the Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease Cookbook (Avery, 2014) by Jane Esselstyn and Ann Crile Esselstyn
- [Tomato and Peach Pizza with Herbed White Sauce](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-tomato-and-peach-pizza-herbed-white-sauce/) - Tomato and Peach Pizza with Herbed White Sauce For the Sauce1/3 cup whole-milk ricotta1⁄3 cup heavy cream1 tablespoon minced fresh basil2 tablespoons minced fresh mint1 teaspoon freshly grated lemon zest¼ teaspoon fine sea saltFreshly ground black pepperFor the Pizza1 (14- to 16-ounce) ball pizza dough1 small ripe peach, thinly sliced½ cup multicolored cherry tomatoes, Halved3
- [BBQ Bacon Pizza with Corn and Green Pepper](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-bbq-bacon-pizza-corn-and-green-pepper/) - BBQ Bacon Pizza with Corn and Green Pepper 1 (14- to 16-ounce) ball pizza dough½ to ¾ cup barbecue sauce4 or 5 slices thick-cut smoked bacon, chopped and cooked until just browning at the edges (not yet crispy)2⁄3 to ¾ cup fresh corn kernels (from 1 ear)½ small or ¼ medium green bell pepper, seeded
- [Charred Broccoli Stems over Whipped Lemon Hummus](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-charred-broccoli-stems-over-whipped-lemon-hummus/) - Adapted from Waste Not: How to Get the Most from Your Food, by the James Beard Foundation (Rizzoli, 2018)
- [Everyday Brownies](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-everyday-brownies/) - Adapted from Hand Made Baking: Recipes to Warm the Heart by Kamran Siddiqi (Chronicle Books, 2014) Editor's Note: Learn more about Kamran Siddiqi and follow his blog at www.sophisticatedgourmet.com. To order a copy of Hand Made Baking, visit Amazon or your local bookseller.
- [Roasted Chicken with Clementines and Arak](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-roasted-chicken-clementines-and-arak/) - Recipe adapted from Yotam Ottolenghi’s Jerusalem
- [Chicory, Gala Apple and Gruyère AOP Pots](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-chicory-gala-apple-and-gruyere-aop-pots/) - It’s a bountiful season for apples in eastern PA, and I recently came across this quick and easy recipe from Le Gruyère AOP that celebrates the pairing of fruit and cheese. Apples have always held a special place in my heart. Their color, their taste, their shape, and their sound embody fall to me. And, as a child, apples provided my first introduction to what became another lifelong treat: quality cheese. When I would come home from school on fall afternoons, my mom often had a small plate of sliced apples and cheese at the ready. The crunch of the apple combined with the smoothness of the cheese is how I first learned that texture as well as taste contributes to a good food experience. My appreciation of good cheese grew from those afternoons, as my mom and I sat together at the table enjoying our snack. This dish is perfect as an appetizer, a light lunch – or even an afterschool snack. Enjoy! Nancy Painter Edible Philly
- [Shroomy Cheeseburger with Maple Thyme Caramelized Onions](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-shroomy-cheeseburger-maple-thyme-caramelized-onions/) - Chef Kalisa Martin's current favorite cookbook is Cherry Bombe: The Cookbook (Clarkson Potter, 2017), a collection of recipes from women in the food world. She loves the Shroomy Cheeseburger. “We’ve all made burgers, but I never thought about grating mushrooms into them before,” says Martin.
- [Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-orecchiette-broccoli-rabe/) - Adapted from Sharing Puglia, by Luca Lorusso and Vivenne Polak (Hardie Grant, 2015)
- [Boneless Pork Roast Cooked on Top of the Stove](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-boneless-pork-roast-cooked-top-stove/) - “All of Edna Lewis’s recipes sound good, and I’ve never made one that didn’t taste better than it sounded,” Valerie Erwin
- [Donna Pidcock's Molasses Cupcakes](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-donna-pidcocks-molasses-cupcakes/) - TO BAKE FOR A CROWD Molly Lester fondly recalls baking with her grandmother, Donna Pidcock, as a young girl. She handed down this recipe for sweet molasses cupcakes.
- [Carne Cocida Con Limon (Meat Marinated in Lime Juice)](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-carne-cocida-con-limon-meat-marinated-lime-juice/) - Recipe adapted from The Cuisines of Mexico (Harper & Row)
- [Cauliflower Antipasto Salad](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-cauliflower-antipasto-salad/) - This is one of those salads that taste good right away, and it's even better when it marinates for a little while. If you're not a fan of bitter radicchio, you can substitute chopped romaine hearts or iceberg, although I would add those lettuces close to serving time so they don't wilt too much.
- [Grilled Italian Sausages with Sautéed Eggplant, Onions and Peppers](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-grilled-italian-sausages-saut-ed-eggplant-onions-and-peppers/) - Recipe adapted from Martha Stewart’s Quick Cook Menus Serves 4
- [AFRICAN EGGPLANT, NEPALI STYLE](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-african-eggplant-nepali-style/) - Recipe adapted from Dropada Kaflay and Mon Gurung African eggplant is as popular with the Nepali community as with the Congolese. Take Dropada’s advice and don’t cover the pan. (It will turn the potatoes mushy.) You can substitute Thai eggplant, though you’ll lose a bit of welcome bitterness. Some versions of this recipe use dried peppers in addition to the fresh—but it’s farm season, so we opt for the real thing. Serves 4 to 6
- [EPIFANIA’S EMPANADAS](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-epifania-s-empanadas/) - EPIFANIA’S EMPANADAS BEEF FILLING:2 tablespoons vegetable or canola oil6 ounces canned tomato sauce1 clove garlic, minced2 tablespoons minced onion2 tablespoons minced green pepper1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, finely chopped¼ teaspoon ground cumina pinch or more red chili flakes1 teaspoon Goya all-purpose adobo seasoning1 packet (1½ teaspoons) Goya Sazón Azafrán1 pound lean ground beef1 medium white potato,
- [Vegetable Pot Pie](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-vegetable-pot-pie-recipe/) - A recipe for a vegetable pot pie from The New Vegetarian Cooking For Everyone.
- [Apple Cinnamon Cake with Brown Butter](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-apple-cinnamon-cake-brown-butter-0/) - This cake is filled with bold flavors of apple and cinnamon and then topped with browned butter to make it look as delicious as it tastes.
- [Butternut Squash and Mushroom Bread Pudding with Bourbon Cherries](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-butternut-squash-and-mushroom-bread-pudding-bourbon-cherries/) - A lot of times when people think of bread pudding, you think of something sweet. This is a savory bread pudding option.
- [Harira](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-vegetarian-traditional-moroccan-soup-harira/) - This recipe for Harira, a traditional Moroccan soup, is packed with vegetables and full of flavor.
- [Vegetable Couscous Salad](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-vegetable-couscous-salad-recipe/) - This recipe for vegetable couscous salad is the perfect healthy fall dish, filled with onion, eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes and more!
- [Farmer's Cabbage and Mushroom Pie](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-farmers-cabbage-and-mushroom-pie/) - Think chicken pot pie, but instead, this recipe gives our favorite comfort food a more summery twist and is filled with cabbage and mushrooms.
- [Anna's Summer Vegetable Tian](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-annas-summer-vegetable-tian/) - This summer vegetable tian dish is the perfect accompaniment to any summer table. Filled with eggplant, tomatoes and zucchini, this dish feels very fresh.
- [Roasted Carrot and Curry Hummus](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-roasted-carrot-and-curry-hummus/) - This roasted carrot and curry hummus is perfect for the warm summer months. Whether you're having it as a snack or an appetizer, it will stand out on the table.
- [Apricot Barbecue Sauce with Gochujang](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-apricot-barbecue-sauce-gochujang/) - In my family, barbecue sauce is a contentious condiment. My dad loves it so much that he once invested in his buddy’s sauce-making business. Then you have my mother, who could happily live the rest of her days without so much as a drop of the stuff. I’m not always a fan of the store-bought varieties, but I do love having a few homemade jars in the pantry for summer cookouts and slow cooked pulled chicken thighs. This fruity version with a kick of Korean spice paste is a particular favorite.
- [Bull’s-Eye Beet Kvass](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-bulls-eye-beet-kvass/) - This easy-to-make recipe for beet kvass is a great initiation into fermenting your own vegetables. 
- [Curtido (Salvadoran Slaw)](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-curtido-salvadoran-slaw/) - This delicious slaw is the finishing touch for carnitas tacos. Serve the tacos on soft corn tortillas and add salsa as desired.
- [Carnitas Tacos](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-carnitas-tacos/) - Adapted from Vanessa Jerolmack’s recipe, these delicious carnitas tacos are best served with soft corn tortillas, salsa and topped with Curtido.
- [Roast Chicken](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-roast-chicken-0/) - This recipe, adapted from Food for Friends, is truly simple and calls for just 3 ingredients while your cast-iron skillet does the rest of the work.
- [Spaetzle with Asparagus, Gouda and Ramp-Hazelnut Pesto](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-spaetzle-asparagus-gouda-and-ramp-hazelnut-pesto/) - This spaetzle recipe takes on spring by utilizing in-season ingredients such as asparagus, gouda and ramp-hazelnut pesto.
- [Fettucine with Corn Crema and Charred Green Onions](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-fettucine-corn-crema-and-charred-green-onions/) - Fettucine with Corn Crema and Charred Green Onions 2 tablespoons olive oil2 tablespoons finely chopped yellow onion2 large ears corn, shucked and kernels cut from cobs¼ cup waterKosher salt and freshly ground black pepper3 small green onions, trimmed1 pound fresh pappardelle1 chunk ricotta salata cheese, for grating (optional) Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in
- [Lucretia Sulimay’s Breakfast Sausage](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-lucretia-sulimays-breakfast-sausage/) - Lucretia Sulimay’s Breakfast Sausage 2½ pounds ground pork1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning2 teaspoons chopped fresh rosemary1⅛ teaspoons cayenne pepper1 tablespoon sugar2 teaspoons salt½ teaspoon ground nutmeg Preheat oven to 425°. Mix all ingredients gently, folding the mixture with your hands to keep the consistency loose. Allow mixture to sit for 20 minutes. Form
- [Holiday Cheese Tree](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-holiday-cheese-tree/) - This holiday cheese tree is a wonderful appetizer for a holiday party that also doubles as decoration.
- [Herb-Roasted Turkey with White Wine–Giblet Gravy](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-herb-roasted-turkey-white-wine-giblet-gravy/) - What's a turkey without gravy? This white wine-giblet gravy will be the perfect accompaniment to your juicy bird.
- [Slow-Cooked Pork Roast](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-slow-cooked-pork-roast/) - Every Christmas table needs a delicious main-course. This slow-cooked pork roast is the one that all guests will love.
- [Poblano Corn Bread](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-poblano-corn-bread/) - This cornbread is a staple of the Garces’ family Thanksgiving table. A roasted chile lends a subtle spice to this classic, and an ample addition of smoky cheddar provides holiday-worthy richness. It’s just as easy as basic cornbread, but it packs serious depth of flavor.
- [Clean Slate](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/recipe/recipes-clean-slate-cocktail/) - This clean slate cocktail recipe is especially low-maintenance with just 3 ingredients that produce delicious flavor.

## Events

- [Salute to Women in Culinary and Agriculture](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/salute-to-women-in-culinary-and-agriculture/) - Sunday, August 30, 2026 Two Sessions Available Session 1: 11am – 2pm Session 2: 2:30pm – 5pm Celeste Farms Richmond, Virginia A celebration of female leadership, innovation, and regional food excellence. Join Root to Table at beautiful Celeste Farms in Richmond, Virginia, as we honor the remarkable women shaping the future of food, farming, and
- [Cantina la Martina's 4th Annual Cemita Festiva](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/cantina-la-martinas-4th-annual-cemita-festiva/) - Cantina la Martina's 4th Annual Cemita Festival will bring together six restaurants from across the Philadelphia region, each creating a unique interpretation of Puebla's iconic cemita. 📅 Sunday, August 9 ⏰ 11am-4pm 📍 The Garden Center at 1825 Frankford Ave (directly across from Mural City Cellars) 🍔 Featuring: Cantina la Martina Gilda Bolo Vientiane Bistro
- [Sisterly Love Collective Work/Shop 2026](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/sisterly-love-collective-work-shop-2026/) - On Monday, July 27, 2026 the Sisterly Love Collective Work // Shop returns to the Fitler Club in Philadelphia, celebrating the inspiring intersection of food, business, and life. The day featured engaging panels on Financial Literacy, Building a Culture of Care, Self Care, Legal Issues, Getting Your Product on the Shelf, and Your Digital Presence, offering
- [Queen Village Restaurant Week](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/queen-village-restaurant-week/) - Back by popular demand, the third Queen Village Restaurant Week offers exclusive discounts based on prix fixe-style menus. This event will run from July 24–August 9 (excluding Saturdays). Join in on all of this deliciousness! A huge thanks to the artist who put together this cycle’s poster: Shay Lynn! And to photographer Maxine Mayer for
- [Jo Piazza Book Celebration at Barnes and Noble](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/jo-piazza-book-celebration-at-barnes-and-noble/) - You read about her in Edible Philly as The Novelist Who Eats Her Research. Now, come meed Jo in person as she celebrates the launch of her latest book The Parisian Heist - a propulsive dual-timeline mystery drenched in art-world intrigue and brimming with family secrets, betrayal, and the intoxicating lure of power from the
- [Festival of Fountains at Longwood Gardens](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/festival-of-fountains-at-longwood-gardens/) - May 8–September 27 Festival of Fountains at Longwood Gardens: Experience the ways of water and learn more at longwoodgardens.org.
- [Summerfest](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/summerfest/) - On July 18, join us in the Piazza Alta Courtyard for the Summerfest Block Party🍦 A full day of summer celebration in the heart of Northern Liberties!Enjoy live music, local vendors, curated food and beverages, and family-friendly games, crafts, and activations for all ages. We can’t wait to see you there! Our sponsors include: @lululemon,
- [Fifa Fan Festival](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/fifa-fan-festival/) - Philadelphia's FIFA Fan Festival™ is free and open to the public for all 39 days of the FIFA World Cup 2026™, running June 11 – July 19 at Lemon Hill in East Fairmount Park. Entry will be managed through an online registration platform to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for all guests. 
- [50 Years of Music in the Park with The Philadelphia Orchestra](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/50-years-of-music-in-the-park-with-the-philadelphia-orchestra/) - Fifty years ago, music first echoed through the summer air at the Robin Hood Dell West. Highmark Mann and The Philadelphia Orchestra—under the baton of the Orchestra’s celebrated principal guest conductor, Marin Alsop—honor the magic of that Opening Night in 1976 with timeless works by Beethoven, Ravel, and Holst. The evening will begin with Beethoven's Leonore Overture
- [Fishtown Beer Festival at Evil Genius Beer Company](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/fishtown-beer-festival-at-evil-genius-beer-company/) - The Fishtown Beer Fest is back for its second year on Saturday, June 20th! Join us as we celebrate all of the amazing craft beer that Philadelphia has to offer with a special emphasis on our beloved neighborhood. We’re taking over Front Street between Columbia Ave and Palmer St. to bring you an unforgettable
- [Dance on the Park: Siempre Salsa](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/dance-on-the-park-siempre-salsa/) - Ready to turn up the heat on the dance floor? Siempre Salsa is bringing the music, movement, and nonstop energy to the Rail Park. Curious about salsa dancing but never knew where to start? This is your moment. No partner needed. Just come ready to move, laugh, and maybe surprise yourself. Expect lively music, easy-to-follow steps, plenty
- [Summer Food Truck Frenzy at Linvilla Orchards](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/summer-food-truck-frenzy-at-linvilla-orchards/) - Who doesn't love food...better yet from food trucks! We are partnering with local food trucks to bring you these food-tastic events at Linvilla! Along with delicious treats from the trucks make sure you grab a beer in the Beer Garden! The atmosphere will be filled with music and fun for the whole family! You won't want
- [Honeysuckle & Binding Agents Present: CARIBBEAN COCKTAILS with Nelson German & Andréa Lawson Gray](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/honeysuckle-binding-agents-present-caribbean-cocktails-with-nelson-german-andrea-lawson-gray/) - For Afro-Dominican chef and Top Chef alum Nelson German, drinks and food are about connection—whether it's sharing stories over cocktails on a stoop in Washington Heights or gathering with friends under the warm, buzzy lights of his restaurants. In Caribbean Cocktails, he brings the rich culinary history of the Afro-Latino diaspora straight to your home bar
- [Binding Agents Presents: WHAT I MADE FOR DINNER with Krys Malcolm Belc](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/binding-agents-presents-what-i-made-for-dinner-with-krys-malcolm-belc/) - If you've ever fallen down the rabbit hole of culinary YouTube, you will not want to miss this event. Binding Agents is thrilled to welcome Krys Malcolm Belc in celebration of his new book, What I Made for Dinner, an exquisite memoir about an amateur home cook’s hard and fast pandemic descent into an obsession with the food
- [Binding Agents Presents: PAKISTAN with Maryam Jillani](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/binding-agents-presents-pakistan-with-maryam-jillani/) - With breathtaking photography, captivating stories, and over 100 delicious recipes, Maryam Jillani's Pakistan was rightly named a best cookbook of 2025 by The Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Bon Appétit, Epicurious, NPR, Serious Eats, and The Strategist.We're thrilled to welcome Maryam to Binding Agents for a talk about her extraordinary effort to capture the country's rich culinary history in
- [Ember & Earth: A Live-Fire Culinary Experience](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/ember-earth-a-live-fire-culinary-experience/) - Sunday, July 19, 2026Fieldstone Event Space at Hillbrook Inn & SpaCharles Town, West Virginia Imagine arriving at a beautiful countryside estate where the scent of hardwood smoke fills the summer air. Open flames flicker beneath handcrafted grills as talented chefs transform freshly harvested vegetables, seasonal fruits, heritage ingredients, and premium local meats into an unforgettable
- [Salute to Women in Culinary & Agriculture](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/salute-to-women-in-culinary-agriculture/) - Sunday, August 23, 2026Hope Flower Farm & WineryWaterford, Virginia Some of the most influential voices in food are also the ones least often celebrated. The farmers nurturing healthy soil. The chefs inspiring future generations. The winemakers crafting exceptional vintages. The bakers preserving treasured traditions. The floral designers creating beauty from the land. The entrepreneurs building
- [Dinner on the Farm featuring Kiddo Restaurant](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/dinner-on-the-farm-featuring-kiddo-restaurant/) - Save the date for an evening at Lundale Farm, where good food, community, and conservation come together. They're welcoming Wyatt Piazza and his team from Kiddo Restaurant to create a seasonal, family-style dinner, thoughtfully prepared with ingredients grown and raised by their partner farmers. 🗓️ Date: Tuesday June 30📍 Location: Lundale Farm Barn⏰ Time: Cocktail hour and guided tour begin at
- [Pulling Together: Weeding the Forests at Lundale](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/pulling-together-weeding-the-forests-at-lundale/) - Save the date for June 12th, from 9 AM to 2 PM, for a fun and rewarding day of weeding at Lundale Farm located at 2501 Pottstown Pike. Feel free to stop by anytime during those hours! We will have parking signs to direct you to the designated parking area. Depending on the number of volunteers, we will arrange transportation
- [Farm Fields and Feathered Friends: Birding at Lundale Farm](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/farm-fields-and-feathered-friends-birding-at-lundale-farm/) - May brings the peak of bird activity to Lundale Farm—ravens feeding their fledglings on the barn roof, kestrels kiting over the pastures, and swallows sweeping low across the fields. Orioles brighten the orchard, bluebirds attend to their first broods in the nestboxes, and every part of the farm offers a new flash of color or
- [Field Study by Slow Drinks](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/field-study-by-slow-drinks/) - Field Study is a one-day, immersive experience bringing together farmers, producers, chefs, and beverage leaders through a mix of interactive daytime programming and an evening pop-up. Hosted at Philadelphia Distilling, the daytime “science fair” format invites guests to move freely between tasting stations and live demonstrations, engaging directly with ingredients, process, and the people behind
- [ANTI-ICE SUPPER CLUB AT HONEYSUCKLE](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/anti-ice-supper-club-at-honeysuckle/) - Presented by Roads & Kingdoms, The Anti-ICE Supper Club is a series of fundraising dinners in support of local organizations defending communities under attack—our small but vital contribution to the fight for immigrant America. Our first night in Philadelphia brings us to Honeysuckle for a dinner deeply rooted in Black food traditions. Run by the husband-and-wife chef
- [ANTI-ICE SUPPER CLUB AT POST HASTE](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/anti-ice-supper-club-at-post-haste/) - Presented by Roads & Kingdoms, The Anti-ICE Supper Club is a series of fundraising dinners in support of local organizations defending communities under attack—our small but vital contribution to the fight for immigrant America. We wrap our time in the City of Brotherly Love with a cocktail party at East Kensington favorite Post Haste, a restaurant
- [Ray's Reusables Refresh Event](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/rays-reusables-refresh-event/) - Join us for our glow up event! Ray’s Reusables, your favorite neighborhood eco-shop, is celebrating all things sustainability and 4 years of being in operation! Mark your calendar for Saturday, May 30th, 10AM-6PM. This event will feature our new programs, new branding, and new store layout! You can expect the launch of our all-in-one niche
- [PIZZA RULES with Peggy Paul Casella](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/pizza-rules-with-peggy-paul-casella/) - Friend of the shop Peggy Paul Casella is a recipe developer, writer, cookbook consultant, and homemade pizza enthusiast based right here in Philly. Her innovative 2025 book, Pizza Rules, is a compendium of her vast pizza knowledge, thoughtfully designed as a workbook for the home cook. If you're ready to refine your favorite pies in your
- [LIDO & ITALIAN COOKIES - An Italian Cookbook Panel!](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/lido-italian-cookies-an-italian-cookbook-panel/) - Join the authors of two beautiful spring cookbooks for a discussion on documenting, sharing, cooking, and baking the cuisine of Italy! Domenica Marchetti is a professional recipe developer, cooking class instructor, and author of nine (!) cookbooks. Her latest, Italian Cookies, is a grand tour of Italy through (you guessed it) cookies. Melissa Pellegrino
- [A Taste of Home with Chef Mike Solomonov](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/a-taste-of-home-with-chef-mike-solomonov/) - Highmark Mann is pleased to present A Taste of Home with Chef Mike Solomonov on October 8. This one-of-a-kind event features award-winning cuisine, live music, and storytelling as the Presser Foundation Stage is transformed into an intimate, dynamic dining experience for one night only. Throughout the evening, patrons will enjoy a multi-course family-style meal prepared
- [Philadelphia Marathon](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/philadelphia-marathon/) - November 22 Philadelphia Marathon is one of the most beautiful 26.2-mile runs in the country (we may be biased). To register or learn more: philadelphiamarathon.com
- [Flavors on the Ave Festival](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/flavors-on-the-ave-festival/) - Get ready—Flavors on the Avenue is back for its 16th year on East Passyunk! Sunday, April 26th, from 12 PM to 5 PM, as we transform five blocks—from Broad St. to Dickinson St.—into the ultimate foodie street festival.
- [Queen & Rook Fantasy Faire Block Party](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/queen-rook-fantasy-faire-block-party/) - Queen & Rook’s Fantasy Faire Block Party returns on Saturday, May 2nd from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.! Get ready for a day filled with Renaissance Faire and fantasy-themed fun, featuring amazing performances, thrilling quests, delicious food, fantastic local vendors, and so much more taking over the 100 Block of South Street between S 2nd
- [WINE PAIRING FOR THE PEOPLE with Cha McCoy at Pray Tell Winery](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/wine-pairing-for-the-people-with-cha-mccoy-at-pray-tell-winery/) - The wine world often says food and wine that grow together, go together, and that spicy, tangy, salty, and sweet flavors are a challenge to pair. But what about foods from regions where wine grapes aren’t prevalent? What about global cuisines—many of which are outside of Europe—that celebrate heat and tang? Cha McCoy, Certified Sommelier and
- [RETRO RECIPES with Bobby Hicks](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/retro-recipes-with-bobby-hicks/) - Nostalgia is in, and Bobby Hicks knows nostalgia. As the charming host of TikTok's "Retro Recipes Kitchen," he regularly gives loving updates to classic American staples and ingredients like boxed cake mixes, canned soups, and more to suit today's tastes.Join Bobby for a conversation with local legend Sara May about the foods that evoke our fondest memories
- [SHAKESPEARE IN THE KITCHEN with Marissa Nicosia](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/shakespeare-in-the-kitchen-with-marissa-nicosia/) - Calling all fans of the Bard, culinary scholarship, and extraordinary food writing: Join us to celebrate the release of Shakespeare in the Kitchen by local scholar and friend of the shop Marissa Nicosia! Audiences and academics alike have long remarked that Shakespeare's works record the pleasures and perils of the table. Shakespeare in the Kitchen asks what Shakespeare's
- [ShakeSpirits, or Don't Go Killing my Bard (an Interactive Murder Mystery!)](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/shakespirits-or-dont-go-killing-my-bard-an-interactive-murder-mystery-2/) - There's been a murder at Binding Agents, and it's up to you to solve the case! When Shakespeare invites some of Europe's most important figures to dinner, chaos ensues! Murder is whisky business, so you batter watch your back, and donut trust anyone! Back by popular demand, Berserker Theater Company returns to Binding Agents on
- [Warm Weather Wines | A Workshop by Santé](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/warm-weather-wines-a-workshop-by-sante/) - Does your ideal summer day include holding a picturesque glass of something delightful? Does the daydream start to break down when it comes time to decide what that glass should contain?? We've got you covered! Daniel Solway of Santé is coming back to Binding Agents with a wine tasting workshop designed for the hazy, lazy,
- [WHAT I MADE FOR DINNER with Krys Malcom Belc](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/what-i-made-for-dinner-with-krys-malcom-belc/) - If you've ever fallen down the rabbit hole of culinary YouTube, you will not want to miss this event. Binding Agents is thrilled to welcome Krys Malcom Belc in celebration of his new book, What I Made for Dinner, an exquisite memoir about an amateur home cook’s hard and fast pandemic descent into an obsession with the food
- [Berwyn Farmers Market Opening Day](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/berwyn-farmers-market-opening-day/) - May 3 is the Berwyn Farmers Market Opening Day! Check out their Instagram account page to learn more @berwynfarmersmarket.
- [Made@Bok: Spring Market](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/madebok-spring-market/) - Made at Bok will host a Spring Hop Skip Market! That means studios will open up around the building for you to explore, shop and make the absolute most out of a dreamy Bok weekend.
- [Spring Open Studios](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/spring-open-studios/) - Spring into inspiration and wander all 9 floors of Bok to peek inside 100+ artist and creative studios for a night full of discovery. Free and family-friendly, it’s your excuse to shop, sip, and hang with the artists, makers, and small businesses that make Bok buzz.
- [23rd Annual Roxborough Spring Fest & Rockin' the Ridge Car Show](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/23rd-annual-roxborough-spring-fest-rockin-the-ridge-car-show/) - Roxborough’s signature spring street festival celebrating classic cars, live music, student art, local businesses, food vendors, and family fun. Highlights include the Rockin’ the Ridge Car Show, the Doodle the Dream: The Next 250! Student Art Exhibit, multiple performance zones, hands-on activities, and a bustling artisan marketplace that brings the Ridge to life.
- [37th Annual Manayunk Arts Festival](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/37th-annual-manayunk-arts-festival/) - Since 1990, the show has built itself into being the tri-state area’s largest outdoor, juried art festival featuring approximately 300 different local and nationally known artists and crafters. Collectors, buyers, and designers will visit Main Street during the two-day, closed street event. The festival is free to the public and features artists from eight different
- [Philly Wine Fest at Philadelphia Zoo](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/philly-wine-fest-at-philadelphia-zoo/) - Enjoy an afternoon of specially curated wine tastings and wildlife! You’ll have the chance to sample incredible varietals to your heart’s content, while live entertainment keeps the party lively during this one-of-a-kind wine experience. Early Admission means you’ll gain early access one hour before the crowd, so you’ll have more time to sample and mingle.
- [Phoenixville DOGWOOD FESTIVAL & PARADE](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/phoenixville-dogwood-festival-parade/) -  DOGWOOD HISTORY Established in 1943 Phoenixville's Annual Dogwood tradition dates back to May 1943, when Retired Army Major General Edward C. Shannon, dedicated a dogwood tree in Reeves Park, as a memorial to the men and woman of the Armed Forces, many of whom had died in active service during
- [Wine and Culture Fest](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/wine-and-culture-fest/) - July 25 Wine and Culture Fest at the historic Bok Building. Indulge in wine and culture in a living classroom experience. wineandculturefest.com
- [Major League Baseball All- Star Game](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/major-league-baseball-all-star-game/) - July 14 Major League Baseball All- Star Game comes to the Bank. mlb.com/phillies/fans/all-star-game
- [50th Birthday Celebration at Valley Forge National Historical Park](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/50th-birthday-celebration-at-valley-forge-national-historical-park/) - July 3–5 50th Birthday Celebration at Valley Forge National Historical Park for local residents to discover history, connect to nature, and recreate surrounded by scenic beauty. Learn more at nps.gov
- [The First Bank of the United States Exhibit Opening](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/the-first-bank-of-the-united-states-exhibit-opening/) - July 1 The First Bank of the United States Exhibit Opening firstbankphilly.com
- [37th annual Manayunk Art Festival](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/37th-annual-manayunk-art-festival/) - June 27–28 The 37th annual Manayunk Art Festival is free to the public and ready to share its art with you! manayunk.com
- [Philadelphia Juneteenth Parade and Festival](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/philadelphia-juneteenth-parade-and-festival/) - June 21 Philadelphia Juneteenth Parade and Festival will celebrate the commemoration of the ending of slavery in the U.S. juneteenthphilly.org
- [Wawa Welcome America](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/wawa-welcome-america/) - June 19–July 4 Wawa Welcome America will celebrate America’s birthday for the two weeks leading up to Independence Day through several neighborhoods. july4thphilly.com
- [FIFA World Cup](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/fifa-world-cup/) - June 14–July 4 FIFA World Cup trades football for futbol at Lincoln Financial Field for six matches. For tickets, visit fifa.com or any established ticketing site.
- [TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding Futures](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/ted-democracy-philadelphia-founding-futures/) - June 13 TED Democracy Philadelphia: Founding Futures at Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts will feature interactive activations, performances, food pop-ups, and more. For tickets, visit ensembleartsphilly.org.
- [Philly Pride Week](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/philly-pride-week/) - May 29–June 7 Philly Pride Week. Find details at phillypride365.org.
- [The Honor Project at Doylestown Cemetery](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/the-honor-project-at-doylestown-cemetery/) - May 24 The Honor Project at Doylestown Cemetery. Part of America250.org.
- [South 9th Street Italian Market Festival](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/south-9th-street-italian-market-festival/) - May 16–17 South 9th Street Italian Market Festival will take place all weekend with plenty of time to eat, drink, and climb greased poles! italianmarketphilly.org
- [PGA Championship](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/pga-championship/) - May 11–17 PGA Championship is returning to Aronimink Golf Club after 63 years! To find out when the players tee off, visit pgachampionship.com.
- [Liberties Spring Festival](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/liberties-spring-festival/) - May 9 Northern Liberties Spring Festival on Third Street from Brown to Wildey: To stay updated on this event, follow the neighborhood’s socials @northliberties.
- [LUZIA by Cirque du Soleil](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/luzia-by-cirque-du-soleil/) - May 7–June 7 LUZIA by Cirque du Soleil will take over the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks, PA. Get tickets and check out show details at cirquedusoleil.com.
- [Strawberry Fest at Peddler’s Village](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/strawberry-fest-at-peddlers-village/) - May 2–3 Strawberry Fest at Peddler’s Village from 11am–6pm: To learn more about this berry sweet weekend, check out peddlersvillage.com.
- [Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/independence-blue-cross-broad-street-run/) - May 3 Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run once again takes over Broad Street: Run to their website and plan your fit: broadstreetrun.com
- [April Slow Food Convivium with Northeast Cuisine](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/april-slow-food-convivium-with-northeast-cuisine/) - Time is running out to register for our upcoming Earth Day Convivium. If you are fond of feasting (on good, clean, and fair food), drinking, and good company, you don't want to miss this event. Colin Fontaine (Slow Food Philly workshop coordinator and owner of Northeastern Cuisine) will be preparing the above menu. This event is
- [First Milk Fest](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/first-milk-fest/) - A celebration of spring, the new born calves, kids and lambs, and the return of fresh dairy. Cherry Grove Farm’s inaugural First Milk Fest will showcase the exceptional quality and diversity of New Jersey artisan cheeses and dairy products. We will be selling and offering samples of the NJ Dairy and Cheese Guild's milk products
- [Summer Holiday Bazaar](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/summer-holiday-bazaar/) - Join us for a fun in the sun afternoon of summer shopping & tasting at The Highlands, where Central Stem and Edible Philly are hosting a Summer Holiday Bazaar celebrating local artisans, makers, and small businesses. Discover beautifully crafted, sustainable, and delicious finds—perfect for the season! General admission is free and open to the public. Interested in participating? Sponsors: Partner
- [R&Diva's](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/rdivas/) - R&Divas is a burlesque and drag show hosted by Iris Spectre and Bear Trap at R&D Cocktail Bar in Philadelphia. Since its inception in 2021, the event has showcased some of the city's finest talent. Attendees can enjoy entertaining performances, delicious cocktails and burgers in a lively atmosphere.
- [Center City District Open Streets](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/center-city-district-open-streets/) - Center City District (CCD) is pleased to announce the return of Open Streets: West Walnut this spring season. CCD, with support from Rittenhouse Row and the City of Philadelphia, transforms one of Philadelphia’s most popular shopping and dining destinations, 18th Street from Locust to Chestnut and Walnut Street from Broad to 19th, by temporarily closing streets to
- [PHILLY-STYLE HIGH TEA FEATURING THE GILDED AGE COOKBOOK](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/philly-style-high-tea-featuring-the-gilded-age-cookbook/) - You’ve never been to a high tea like this jawn! Enjoy a pot of tea and snack on Philly-style sweet and savory bites from our kitchen. Your ticket includes all the tea you can drink, an appetizer soup, a tiered tray filled with goodies, a signed copy of your choice of either The Gilded Age
- [Bloomsday Wine 101 for Everyone (3 Week Intensive Class)](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/bloomsday-wine-101-for-everyone-3-week-intensive-class/) - Want to learn more about wine without memorizing from a textbook or sweating over the perfect tasting note? Same! As we see it, the best way to learn is to taste different wines and talk about them with people around you. Over three weeks, we're here to help make wine make sense - by tasting,
- [Sprung! A Block Party by Evil Genius](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/sprung-a-block-party-by-evil-genius/) - Join us for our first block party of the year as we kick off Spring in style! This event is free and family friendly. We will have a DJ, vendors on the street, a glitter bar, a food truck, and more!
- [Evil Genius Beer Company PRIDE Block Party](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/evil-genius-beer-company-pride-block-party/) - Join us for our annual Pride Block Party! This event is free and family friendly. Stay tuned for details on their website.
- [Northern Liberties "In Bloom" Spring Block Party](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/northern-liberties-in-bloom-spring-block-party/) - You are invited to the Piazza Alta “In Bloom” Spring Block Party to kick-off Northern Liberties Farmers’ Market season! On April 18th from 10-3pm, join us in the Piazza Alta Courtyard for a spring block party designed for the whole community — from little ones to grown-ups. Spend the day exploring local vendors, curated sips,
- [Dining Out for Life](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/dining-out-for-life/) - Join us on April 23, 2026 Action Wellness is proud to announce that Dining Out For Life® is returning for the 36th time on Thursday, April 23, 2026! Dining Out For Life® was created in 1991 by the organization which at the time was called Action AIDS. The event now takes place nationally but continues to serve the same purpose of
- [The Philadelphia Wedding Walk](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/the-philadelphia-wedding-walk/) - Tour 10 Iconic Philadelphia Wedding Venues in One Afternoon The Philadelphia Wedding Walk is a self-guided wedding planning event happening across Philly featuring 150 top vendors, styled spaces, food, drinks, entertainment and seamless shuttle transportation on Sunday, March 22. This is not a bridal expo. It’s not an open house. It’s a fully immersive wedding
- [Ice Cakes, Not People Bake Sale to benefit Juntos](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/ice-cakes-not-people-bake-sale-to-benefit-juntos/) - @ediblephilly and @cakelifebakeshop are excited to co-host a Community Bake Sale to support the fight for immigrant rights in Philadelphia. Amateur and professional bakers alike are welcome to provide baked goods and treats for sale. 🍪 Thurs 3/26 • 3pm-7pm 🍰 Cake Life, 1306 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia Bakers and small businesses are activating across the country in a
- [Galentine's Cocktail Class](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/galentines-cocktail-class/) - Valentine’s is for lovers, but Galentine’s is for the girls—and we’re keeping it Non-Alcoholic. Join us for a hands-on workshop where we trade the booze for botanicals and bitters. In this workshop you will: Craft Three Signature Non-Alcoholic Cocktails designed to surprise and delight you. Learn essential mixology techniques from shaking to garnishing. Discover the best zero-proof
- [Philly Chef Conference Presents Drew Nieporent Book Signing](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/philly-chef-conference-presents-drew-nieporent-book-signing/) - The Philly Chef Conference series presents a discussion and book signing with Drew Nieporent. What goes into owning a restaurant? Multiple restaurants? Succeeding in major cities around the globe? Drew Nieporent, founder and owner of the highly acclaimed, Michelin-Star winning Myriad Restaurant Group (Nobu, Tribeca Grill and Montrachet to name a few) will join us in
- [Gnocchi Night: A Workshop Dinner](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/gnocchi-night-a-workshop-dinner/) - Date: March 19, 2026 Time: 6-9pm Place: Queen Village Cost: $30 ($5 goes to Slow Food Philadelphia) Come spend an evening creating a local menu in Philly! We will team up to make the following from scratch: buttermilk gnocchi, sausage/sauerkraut, mashed celery root, baked beans, coleslaw, and popcorn balls as a part of a workshop
- [Natural Wine Tasting](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/natural-wine-tasting/) - Date: April 12, 2026 Time: 2-4 pm Place: Nature's Vin (Wayne, PA) Cost: $45 ($5 goals to Slow Food Philadelphia) Enjoy a guided natural wine tasting with Sommelier Elyse Lovenworth. Nature's Vin is easily accessible by Septa regional rail. The wine will be accompanied by local cheeses and other accompaniments. There will also be a discussion about what
- [Detox Dinner at Wallace Dry Goods](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/detox-dinner-at-wallace-dry-goods/) - Join us for a 5 course family style plant based menu created by @mrspleasant and non-alcoholic cocktails by Wallace Dry Goods. This will be hosted @pinwheelprovisions and sure to be a great evening of connection over great food and drink. For more details follow link here to ticket page.
- [Northern Liberties Restaurant Week 2026](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/northern-liberties-restaurant-week-2026/) - Northern Liberties Restaurant Week returns for its sixth year bigger than ever before! Save the dates for January 26 to February 8, 2026 at two dozen restaurants, bars and eateries. Each participating business will offer special prix fixe menus. Look for two course (or more) lunches for $10, $15 and/or $20 and three course (or
- [Ice Cream for Breakfast Day in Philadelphia](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/ice-cream-for-breakfast-day-in-philadelphia/) - Move over, pancakes and bagels — this weekend, breakfast will get a frosty makeover as ice cream lovers everywhere celebrate the whimsical holiday known as Ice Cream for Breakfast Day on Feb. 7. The holiday began as an informal tradition in the 1960s by Florence Rappaport, a mother of six in Rochester, New York. The indulgent day
- [Philly Chef Conference: Cheese Workshop 101](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/philly-chef-conference-cheese-workshop-101/) - Workshop with Mondial du Fromage Gold Medal Cheesemonger Emilia D'Albero, Ann Karlen of Third Wheel Cheese Co & Jasper Hill Farms Join us on Monday Feburary 16th from 5:30 - 7:30 as our Philly Chef Conference series presents a Cheese Workshop with Mondial du Fromage Gold Medal Cheesemonger Emilia D'Albero and Ann Karlen of Third
- [A Night with Kiki and Drew](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/a-night-with-kiki-and-drew/) - Drew Nieporent, author of "I'm Not Trying To Be Difficult: Stories from the Restaurant Trenches" in conversation with Liki Aranita, Philadelphia Inquirer.
- [Frankford Hall Après Ski](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/frankford-hall-apres-ski/) - DJ SWEATER, House Music, Shot Skis & Beverages, Snow Machine, Smores around the fire!
- [Philly Chocolate, Wine & Whiskey Festival 2026](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/philly-chocolate-wine-whiskey-festival-2026/) - Enjoy Chocolate in a multitude of decadent presentations – from sweet hand-rolled truffles to oooey goooey melted chocolate fondue and an amazing selection of bean-to-bar artisan chocolates – Quench your thirst with Champagne, Prosecco and premium wines and a sip of fine whiskies! Cupcakes, cookies, cakes, candies, Macarons, cake pops, bean-to-bar chocolates, popcorn, donuts and
- [ShakeSpirits, or Don't Go Killing my Bard (an Interactive Murder Mystery!)](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/shakespirits-or-dont-go-killing-my-bard-an-interactive-murder-mystery/) - There's been a murder at Binding Agents, and it's up to you to solve the case! When Shakespeare invites some of Europe's most important figures to dinner, chaos ensues! Murder is whisky business, so you batter watch your back, and donut trust anyone! Tickets include a cocktail (or mocktail) inspired by the Bard, as well
- [CHEESE TREKKING with Trevor Warmedahl](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/cheese-trekking-with-trevor-warmedahl/) - In Cheese Trekking, nomadic cheesemaker, fermentation educator, and popular Substack writer Trevor Warmedahl recounts his experiences visiting pastoral communities and cheesemakers in overlooked border regions around the world, traveling on a shoestring budget with little more than a rucksack and sleeping bag. Join us for a talk Binding Agents to hear from the adventurer himself! Trevor will be
- [Recipe Development from Coast to Coast with Melissa Knific](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/recipe-development-from-coast-to-coast-with-melissa-knific/) - Melissa Knific is an editor and recipe developer with a deep understanding of the home cook. She’s contributed to The New York Times, TODAY Show, Allrecipes, Delish, Simply Recipes, and National Geographic, among other outlets and brands. Formerly the Food Director of Rachael Ray In Season, Food Editor at Family Circle, and a key member
- [CHESNOK with Polina Chesnakova & Snacks by Saami Somi](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/chesnok-with-polina-chesnakova-snacks-by-saami-somi-2/) - Born in Ukraine to Russian and Armenian parents from Georgia, Polina Chesnakova grew up cooking and eating at the hip of her mother and aunts. Her latest book, Chesnok, paints a warm portrait of the Soviet diaspora through food. Join us to hear about the people, places, and foods that shaped Polina's life and family, her
- [THE DIASPORA SPICE CO. COOKBOOK with Sana Javeri Kadri & Asha Loupy](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/the-diaspora-spice-co-cookbook-with-sana-javeri-kadri-asha-loupy/) - Founded in 2017, Diaspora Spice Co. is the queer and woman-of-color-owned company reshaping the global spice trade through direct partnerships with over 150 regenerative farms. Founder and CEO Sana Javery Kadri and co-author Asha Loupy brought that same mission to the Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook, blending personal storytelling, cultural history, and accessible, California-inspired cooking. Join Sana and
- [Penns Woods Winery: Wine & Cheese Pairing](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/penns-woods-winery-wine-cheese-pairing/) - A signature Wine & Cheese Pairing experience featuring a gourmet line up of local cheeses perfectly paired with local honeys & jam to complement an outstanding selection of wines! Wine & Cheese Pairing Details:– Includes four local cheeses with a complementary local accoutrement (honey or jam) & a tasting flight of four Penns Woods wines.–
- [Winter at Dilworth Park](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/winter-at-dilworth-park/) - Dilworth Park’s popular winter attractions are returning for the season, beginning November 14. The Rothman Orthopaedics Ice Rink is offering skating seven days a week and the Rothman Orthopaedics Cabin provides a place to warm up and enjoy refreshments between activities. The Greenfield Lawn hosts the festive Wintergarden through March.
- [Grown Up Book Fair and Swap](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/grown-up-book-fair-and-swap/) - Books and Brews Philly is back at Love City Brewing for another book fair and swap! This time we are teaming up with best selling author Jo Piazza (Everyone is Lying to You, The Sicilian Inheritance) and her pop-up book shop Bookcase Books to bring you the book fair nostalgia of your childhood! Bring a
- [The Gilded Age Christmas Cookbook with Becky Libourel Diamond and Dan Macey](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/the-gilded-age-christmas-cookbook-with-becky-libourel-diamond-and-dan-macey/) - Binding Agents is hosting Becky Diamond to discuss Christmas foods, aesthetic and the Gilded Age. Cookies will be served.
- [Sip & Stroll: A Fishtown Coffee Crawl by Spoke Society](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/sip-stroll-a-fishtown-coffee-crawl-by-spoke-society/) - Discover Fishtown’s best coffee spots — guided by Spoke Society. Sip, stroll, and connect with neighbors.
- [Souper Bowl-A Convivium Dinner](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/souper-bowl-a-convivium-dinner/) - Come spend an evening in Queen Village socializing while learning to make the following gluten-free items from scratch: deviled eggs, buttercup squash yogurt dip, white bean dip, potato cheddar soup, chili sin carne, and juicy crunch tangerine as a part of a workshop and education session on what kinds of great ingredients there are around
- [Koji Workshop](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/koji-workshop/) - Join Succession Fermentory at Agricolo in Philadelphia, where esteemed food preservation and fermentation educator Rich Shih will lead a hands-on deep-dive Koji workshop. With Rich as your guide, you will learn the basics of growing koji (Aspergillus oryzae) on traditional and non-traditional substrates, explore koji’s vast range of culinary applications, and engage all of your
- [Meet the Author: Trevor Warmedahl](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/meet-the-author-trevor-warmedahl/) - Book Title:Cheese Trekking: How Microbes, Landscapes, Livestock, and Human Cultures Shape Terroir Binding Agents welcomes nomadic cheesemaker and fermentation educator Trevor Warmedahl to celebrate Cheese Trekking in which he recounts his experiences visiting pastoral communities and cheesemakers in overlooked regions around the world. Yoav Perry will be serving cheese samples from Perrystead Dairy.
- [Apres Ski Wine Tasting at Mural City Cellars](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/apres-ski-wine-tasting-at-mural-city-cellars/) - Bundle up for a tasting trip through the world’s snow-kissed wine regions. From alpine Swiss whites to cool-climate Canadian gems (and a few surprises from other frosty locales), we’ll be pouring wines built for chilly nights, mountain views, and fireside sipping.
- [Amore, Amaro e Dolci at Mural City Cellars](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/amore-amaro-e-dolci-at-mural-city-cellars/) - This Valentine’s Day, we’re turning up the sweetness and the spice. Join us on the 14th to explore four expressive Amaros—rich, herb-kissed, and beautifully bitter—perfectly paired with dreamy desserts by our very own Katie Legazpi of Feel Goodies Philly.
- [Made by Women at Mural City Cellars](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/made-by-women-at-mural-city-cellars/) - Raise a glass to the women shaping the world of wine. This March, we’re celebrating Women’s History Month with a special class featuring bottles crafted exclusively by female winemakers....including our very own, Leigh Ann! Bring your fave women to sip, learn, and toast to each other.
- [Center City Restaurant Week](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/center-city-restaurant-week/) - Center City District Restaurant Week (CCDRW) returns in the new year to celebrate Philadelphia's world-class dining scene. Beginning Sunday, January 18 through Saturday, January 31, dozens of restaurants across Center City will offer exclusive menu discounts, with three-course, prix-fixe dinners available for just $45 or $60 and two-course lunches for $20.
- [VINTAGE BEER MINI FEST](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/vintage-beer-mini-fest/) - VINTAGE BEER MINI FEST 12:00 PM - 3:00 PMMORE DEETS Join us on Saturday, January 24th from 12-3pm for an exclusive tasting of nine different vintage Evil Genius beers! Each of these artisanal brews have been specifically designed to age to perfection and you get to taste them all right at their peak!
- [UNHINGED BEER AND CHEESE PAIRING](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/unhinged-beer-and-cheese-pairing/) - Join us for a four course pairing including artisanal cheeses paired with our hand crafted brews AND a third item that sounds strange but pairs surprisingly well with both! The pairings can be found below. – Mexican Lager, Goat Cheese, and Takis – Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter, Ripe D’Affinois, and Nutella – Festive Saison, Purple Moon
- [Reading Terminal Market Party for the Market 2026](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/reading-terminal-market-party-for-the-market-2026/) - Party for the Market, presented by Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, is an exclusive after-hours event, is truly an unforgettable evening. The gala begins with a complete transformation of the market and adjacent Filbert Street entrance. Prepare to be amazed as you explore the market and savor the many flavors of classic market bites and surprise menu
- [Congealed Communities: Everything But the Oink](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/congealed-communities-everything-but-the-oink/) - A Performative Meal Share by Mike Durkin
- [THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF THE COCKTAIL](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/the-comic-book-history-of-the-cocktail/) - THE COMIC BOOK HISTORY OF THE COCKTAIL with David Wondrich.
- [CHESNOK with Polina Chesnakova & Snacks by Saami Somi](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/chesnok-with-polina-chesnakova-snacks-by-saami-somi/) - Celebrate Polina Chesnakova's latest book, Chesnok, which paints a warm portrait of the Soviet diaspora with food.
- [Thanksgiving Holiday Pie Boutique](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/thanksgiving-holiday-pie-boutique/) - Back by popular demand, Lacroix’s pastry team presents a Holiday Pie Boutique, offering a refined selection of seasonal creations designed for both gifting and gathering. Available for pick-up on November 23 and 24 from 12 pm to 3 pm, this year’s collection includes a fragrant Almond and Fig Tart, a classic Pumpkin Pie, and a
- [Holiday Bazaar curated by Central Stem and Edible Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/holiday-bazaar-curated-by-central-stem-and-edible-philly/) - Central Stem, in collaboration with Edible Philly and The Highlands, is hosting a Holiday Bazaar market on Saturday, December 6, 2025, from 1–5pm in Fort Washington, PA. This curated event will feature a select number of artisans, makers, and food vendors, offering guests a chance to shop distinctive, local and sustainable gifts in a beautiful historic setting. The
- [11th Annual Philly Chef Conference 2025](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/11th-annual-philly-chef-conference-2025/) - "Chef to Shelf: Diversifying Revenue with Packaged Foods for Consumers and Foodservice" Monday, November 17, 2025 • 5:30–7:30 p.m. Panel discussion with chef-entrepreneurs Pichet Ong, Bianca Fernandez, Kiki Aranita, Jezabel Careaga, Rebecca Foxman, Brad Daniels and more. Moderated by Jen Honovic Herczeg, Edible Philly. Presented by Blank Rome and Edible Philly The discussion will be
- [The Heart-Shaped Tin with Bee Wilson](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/the-heart-shaped-tin-with-bee-wilson/) - To celebrate Bee Wilson's new book, Binding Agents will be hosting an evening with Bee discussing how kitchen items become powerful memorable objects.
- [Wine Pairing at Home - A Workshop by Santé](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/wine-pairing-at-home-a-workshop-by-sante/) - To learn more about this event and future Binding Agent events, visit their website.
- [Heartland Masala with Jyoti and Auyon Mukharji](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/heartland-masala-with-jyoti-and-auyon-mukharji/) - To learn more about this event and other Binding Agents events, visit their website.
- [Michelin: Making Its Way to Philly](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/michelin-making-its-way-to-philly/)
- [Airy Kitchens Artisans: Winner Chicken Dinner](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/airy-kitchens-artisans-winner-chicken-dinner/)
- [Leveraging USDA Funding for Urban Farm Infrastructures](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/leveraging-usda-funding-for-urban-farm-infrastructures/)
- [Good Food Fest](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/good-food-fest/) - Good Food Fest (GFF) is the ultimate celebration of local food & agriculture in the greater Philadelphia area - an epic farmers market and event that brings farmers, food makers, and the local community together in one place. GFF is hosted by Growing Roots Partners and made possible by premier sponsor Kimberton Whole Foods. Tickets:
- [Terra Madre Americas](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/terra-madre-americas/) - Terra Madre Americas is making its delicious debut in Sacramento! This FREE, first-of-its-kind weekend celebration features food and drink tastings, live music, celebrity chef demonstrations, educational panels, artisan vendors, and more, bringing the flavors and traditions of Sacramento, California, and the world together into one unforgettable experience.
- [Les Dames d'Escoffier Philadelphia Heritage Dinner 2025](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/les-dames-descoffier-philadelphia-heritage-dinner-2025/) - It is with great pleasure that Les Dames d'Escoffier Philadelphia announces their Outstanding In Her Field award winners: Lisa Calvo, Valerie Erwin, and Melissa McGrath, who will be fêted at the Les Dames d’Escoffier Heritage Dinner 2025. The event will be held at Bartram’s Garden on Sunday, September 28th, 2025. Every ticket sale contributes to
- [Organic Seasonal Dinner at Rodale Institute](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/organic-seasonal-dinner-at-rodale-institute/) - Join us for a magical farm-to-table meal on a bucolic 40-acre homestead in Allentown, Pennsylvania where we will celebrate the bounty of the season.
- [Sunflower Festival at Lundale Farm](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/sunflower-festival-at-lundale-farm/) - Lundale Farm’s Annual Sunflower Festival is their biggest fundraiser of the year and one of the best days on the farm! They open their gates to welcome families, friends, and neighbors to enjoy a day full of fun, sunflowers, and community spirit—all while supporting a great cause. 30 local artisans and makers will be set
- [The Farm Bill: Food Policy and Its Impacts on Our Lives and Communities](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/the-farm-bill-food-policy-and-its-impacts-on-our-lives-and-communities/) - We all need to understand the implications of food policy. What would it take to create a healthier, more sustainable food system? What’s the impact of crop insurance on crop production and farmers' livelihoods? How does SNAP actually work? These are questions that affect not only farmers, but everyone who eats—and while they seem to
- [Summer Music Series at the Dickinson College Farm](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/summer-music-series-at-the-dickinson-college-farm/) - Join us for a Friday evening on the farm with live music and our famous wood-fired farm pizza! Featuring The Great Long and Meadow Fire.
- [Irish American Festival](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/irish-american-festival/) - On September 6 at Courthouse Square, celebrate Irish American Heritage with music, food, drink, dance, and fun. 11:30am to 8pm.
- [Artisans on Ann](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/artisans-on-ann/) - On August 30, 70+ artisans and vendors gather on Ann Street in American Ribbon’s parking lot. The event coincides with Stroud Fest. 9am to 4pm.
- [Stroud Fest](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/stroud-fest/) - On August 31, the downtown turns into a large festival with a vendors’ row on Main Street, multiple stages for live music, and a food court at Courthouse Square. 11am to 6pm.
- [Concerts in the Square](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/concerts-in-the-square/) - On Thursdays, from June 6 through August 21, local musicians play at Courthouse Square in Stroudsburg while kids are entertained by family-friendly activities. 6pm to 8pm.
- [Downtown Stroudsburg First Saturday Art Walk](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/downtown-stroudsburg-first-saturday-art-walk/) - From April through October, on the first Saturday of each month, all the downtown Stroudsburg galleries open their doors to display new works and feature artists. 6pm to 8pm.
- [Organic Seasonal Dinner at Rodale Institute](https://ediblephilly.ediblecommunities.com/events/organic-seasonal-dinner-at-rodale-institute-2/) - Join us for a magical farm-to-table meal on a bucolic 40-acre homestead in Allentown, Pennsylvania where we will celebrate the bounty of the season.

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