Food, cooking, and travel
I belong to a Facebook group called South Philadelphia CommUNITY Foodies (link) and a couple of weeks ago, some asked “What is one thing you REFUSE to eat.” The responses seemed to fall into two pretty clear categories – offal and vegetables. Now I have …
A few days ago, in honor of the Super Bowl, I spent some time comparing the iconic foods of Philadelphia and Boston. One of the classics I mentioned briefly was the Philadelphia cheesesteak. If any food has come to represent a city, it is Philadelphia …
In the runup to last week’s Super Bowl (American football championship game) between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New England Patriots, partisans from both areas engaged in a higher than usual level of trash talk. Topics ranged from the two football teams, the cities, their …
So I went on a rant the other day with the trigger for said rant being a video where a professional chef demonstrated a recipe for braised carrots that takes well over an hour. I have no doubt whatsoever that the carrots are stunningly delicious …