You visit or move to Philadelphia. You love food, people and history. But where do you begin? South Philly? The Italian Market? University City? Old City? Farmers’ markets? The food trucks scattered all around town? Meet …
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Eating/Reading‘s Mary Rizzo: It’s astoundingly easy to romanticize the intersection between food and family, to forget that in a traditional family like mine, cooking is labor fraught with anxiety. When we say that food is love, we …
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Eating/Reading‘s Mary Rizzo: When I moved to Philadelphia, I wanted to buy a place big enough that I could have a couple housemates. Most of my life I’ve lived with other people, and, while that has …
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Artists often times paint apples, oranges and bananas when working on their composition skills. However, painter Mike Geno has taken food composition to a whole other level. In graduate school, Mike’s attention was focused on …
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Painter Mike Geno: My mom’s twice baked mashed potatoes are like potato crack. I was raised with them being a staple at Thanksgiving. My siblings, folks and I would elbow each other out of the way, …
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Pizza and pasta have become staples of our American food culture. Yet those original Italian recipes originated a long time ago in places nowhere near your local strip mall in Jersey. Have you ever felt …
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Stir & Sip‘s Stacia: Pesto was typically a weekend treat at my house growing up. To this day, the smell of fresh basil brings back memories of home. My family always made their own sauces. My nonno had …
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Some say that great chefs are artists who use food as their medium. Undoubtedly, there is great beauty in the foods we eat, often in their natural ways. What happens when an artist has an …
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Real Fruit Jewelry‘s Zoe Joy Einbinder: This is a recipe for my mom Linda’s yummy Pear and Butternut Squash Soup. It’s perfect for the cold winter seasons and always warms me up, which is what moms …
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We often take for granted what we enjoy eating. What if we were allergic to many of the wonderful foods out there? In the past, if you were allergic to certain foods, your foodie options …
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Food For All Market manager Rachel Borofsky: Growing up, I loved Italian food. My mom would make bucatini with prosciutto or pancetta, and, while I can’t really eat this anymore, this website is all about …
Pastry chef Justin Relkin is a magician, with and without food. Sure, when you first meet Justin, he might wow you with some brilliant card tricks. Time and time again, he knows exactly what card …
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Pastry Chef Justin Relkin: Instead of sharing an old family recipe (my family was prone to “dash of this; sprinkle of that” cooking), since CCM focuses on childhood food memories, I thought I’d share a …
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When we began this CCM site, we knew right away who we wanted to interview first: This Little Piglet‘s Lia. I have been friends with Lia and her husband, Daniel, since we were all goofy, …
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