
This past Sunday was Fair Food‘s 13th annual Brewer’s Plate, an evening full of fine local foods and craft beers. Returning to the gorgeous Kimmel Center for the fourth year in a row, the evening featured more than 1000 food and craft beer enthusiasts — eating, drinking, mingling and dancing on three floors.
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Next Sunday, March 13th is Fair Food‘s 12th annual Brewer’s Plate, an evening full of fine local foods and craft beers. Returning to the gorgeous Kimmel Center for the third year in a row, the evening will feature more than 1000 food and craft beer enthusiasts — eating, drinking, mingling and dancing into the evening.
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Some say that dining out is all about the experience. Well, not many eateries can offer you the experience of a famous museum. Welcome to Pizza Brain. On the Fishtown-Kensington border of Philadelphia, Pizza Brain is the world’s first pizza museum — with an artisan pizzeria attached — and is home to the world’s largest collection […]

You order seitan at restaurants now and then, but have you ever cooked with seitan at home? Meet Michael Casady, owner/founder and self-described “Seitan Legend” of Michael’s Savory Seitan, which can be purchased throughout the Delaware Valley and Maryland. Michael, who grew up and — after stints aways — now currently resides in Northeast […]

Does it seem like many brewers these days are busy with their own reality TV shows instead of brewing beer? Meet Dave Wood, the head brewer of Barren Hill Tavern & Brewery, the very-welcoming pub and brewery in Lafayette Hill, just outside of Philadelphia. When Dave found his calling for brewing, he quickly realized that he […]

What would you do if you met the owners of a renown caffe in Italy that was destroyed by a major earthquake? Meet Riccardo Longo, founding partner of Gran Caffe L’Aquila, the Italian restaurant, caffe and wine bar just off of Rittenhouse Square in Center City Philadelphia. When Longo was touring Abruzzo, while […]

Accolades, TV shows and publishing deals can never replace the simple reward of cooking – and talking – fresh ingredients in the kitchen. Meet Chefs Ian Knauer and Shelley Wiseman of The Farm Cooking School at Tullamore Farms – a working farm in Stockton, New Jersey. Chefs Knauer and Wiseman met while both […]

Do you want to enjoy the sunshine on the deck in the summertime? Warm up by an outdoor fire pit on a cool fall night? Watch a big game on one of many high-def TV’s, all while drinking from one of the largest and best craft beer draft lists in town? Meet Chad Vetter, executive chef at

You love eating but want to lose weight? At a crossroads, you’re looking for education and inspiration? Meet Chef Ryan Hutmacher, also known as The Centered Chef. Yes, Chef Ryan was recently named “The New Face of Healthy Cooking,” won the nationally televised cooking competition “The Search for the Weight Watchers Chef” on ABC’s The […]

This past Sunday was Fair Food‘s 11th annual Brewer’s Plate, an evening full of fine local foods and craft beers. Returning to the gorgeous Kimmel Center for the second year in a row, the evening featured more than 1000 food and craft beer enthusiasts — eating, drinking, mingling and dancing on three […]

During the late 19th century and early 20th century, there were many breweries located along the Schuylkill River. While that North Philadelphia area, known as Brewerytown, lost its thriving businesses for quite sometime, mostly due to Prohibition, it recently has been going through an impressive rebirth. Meet Aaron Smith, co-owner of

When you think about bagels, do you think about plain, poppy seed and onion? When you think about cream cheese, do you think about regular, whipped and maybe one with scallions and veggies? Think again. Meet Adam Willner, chef/owner of Knead Bagels, just off of Washington Square in Philadelphia. Adam approaches […]

You’ve had one gin, you’ve had them all? Whisky is whisky? And since graduating college, you will never ever drink anything comparable to Jägermeister again, right? Think again. Meet Dean Browne, owner and distiller of Rowhouse Spirits Distillery in East Kensington, Philadelphia. I first met Dean a handful of years ago at […]

When you think of eating at a food court, do you think of being trapped in a fluorescent light semi-circle filled with chain restaurants like Sbarro and Subway? Think again. Meet Bret Goldman, owner of Ellen’s Bagels, Hoagies & More in the Bellevue Eatery in Center City Philadelphia. […]
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