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Philly Artists Turn Scrapple Into Sculpted Masterpieces Pennsylvania's iconic mystery meat pâté got gallery-worthy treatment at the Reading Terminal Market today.

Had a really Philly day at the Reading Terminal Market where artists put their carving skills to the test at the Scrapple Sculpting Contest! www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2025...

It's Delco Eats Week over at @phillymag.com where we ponder the question "Is Delco Philly's most overlooked, unsung, underrated dining destination?" Short answer: YES! And here's the proof: www.phillymag.com/tag/delco-ea...

Should You Be Eating Activated Charcoal? The Department of Health in NYC is suddenly enforcing a ban on charcoal in food

‘Tis the season when I remind everyone that spooky foods tinted black with activated charcoal can impact the effectiveness of medications… including birth control!

📝: Amy McCarthy www.eater.com/2017/6/7/157...

A group of Floridians tried to sue Hershey for $5 million because the holiday Reese’s cups don’t look like pumpkins, bats, and ghosts. Everyone knows they look like amorphous blobs and we don’t care. The peanut butter to chocolate ratio is perfection. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Thank you! I’m so honored you enjoy our work at Philly Mag.

The Invasive Fish Reviving a Philly Classic — and the Restaurant Making it Happen A new take on a historic dish is back on the menu, thanks to a sustainable (and unlikely) solution.

Before cheesesteaks, catfish & waffles was Philadelphia’s most iconic dish. Now, a new take on the historic meal is putting it back on the menu, thanks to a sustainable (and unlikely) solution. www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2025...

The Invasive Fish Reviving a Philly Classic — and the Restaurant Making it Happen A new take on a historic dish is back on the menu, thanks to a sustainable (and unlikely) solution.

Fascinating story about Philly culinary history

Philly Mag is a perfect example of what a great magazine does for a city. It makes it infinite.

Sulimay's, Mish Mish, Stargazy - WHYY Three guests try a Fishtown diner, a breezy wine bar, and a British pie shop.

So proud to share that Check, Please! Philly on @whyy has earned a Mid-Atlantic Emmy nomination for our Season 4 episode featuring Sulimay’s, Mish Mish, and Stargazy! Check out the Emmy-nominated episode here! whyy.org/episodes/sul...

Enjoying the climate change sunrise over PHL.

WHAT SIDE OF WWI ARE WE ON, RICHARD SCARRY?!

Not Richard Scarry sneaking the WWI Imperial German Army into my daughter’s storytime with a fox wearing a pickelhaube flying a Fokker Eindecker III.

That’s because Dirty Franks lives up to the dive-bar expectation they establish.

Bars and restaurants need to be real about the expectations they set. Because we all know that the distance between expectations and reality is measured in disappointment.

People think I’m overexaggerating about the honey getting all over my hands and forearms and that I should have just “wipe it off.” Have you ever tried to wipe up honey with a cloth napkin? It just sticks to the cloth. I shouldn’t have to go wash up with soap and water just because I had a cocktail.

Next, to people think I write a bunch of hit pieces; obviously you’ve never read or seen my work. I literally host the friendliest restaurant review show on @whyy.org called Check, Please! Philly. Also, this is the first negative story I’ve ever written in my career.

Further proof that I was excited to check out the Newsroom: I commented on @whyy.org Studio 2 host Cherri Gregg’s IG post about the “speakeasy” that I was excited to go.

So, people think I had it out for this place, but I earnestly went there thinking I’d have a good time. In fact, I invited someone I was meeting in person for the first time to join me because I thought it would be cool, and afterward, I was really embarrassed I recommended the place.

I Endured Philly's Worst New Bar So You Don't Have to A look inside the tragedy that is the Newsroom "speakeasy."

People know that I rarely say anything bad about a bar or restaurant. So when I complain, you KNOW it’s bad. This is the most brutal review I have ever written.

Here’s my play-by-play of the Newsroom, Philly’s worst new bar. www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2025...

I’ve never had a dining experience where EVERYTHING went wrong. I’ll ignore one or two mistakes. But this was so blatantly bad.

I didn’t even get the right receipt at the end of the night so now I gotta take it up with accounting for my expense report.

A passage in which the review describes a harrowing incident with a butane torch: "The churrasco steak was plated on a Chili’s sizzling fajitas-style cast-iron skillet and also required a blowtorch. But when the server tried to squeeze between the tables — which were uncomfortably close to one another — he dropped the butane torch. As it tumbled to the floor, my mind jumped straight to the worst possible conclusion. I always felt like I’d go out with a bang, but not like this. Not in a fiery explosion in the underbelly of the final boss of gentrification. Luckily, there was no explosion. The head of the torch just detached from the butane canister, which still felt precarious as the server reattached it and used it to light our steak on fire."

i'm having a panic attack just reading this new restaurant review from @kaelanisays.bsky.social in@phillymag.com.

this is my nightmare.

www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2025...

The Beef Bandits of Nicetown: Inside the Biggest Cargo Theft Ring in Modern Philadelphia History Philadelphia has experienced an unprecedented surge in cargo theft, one that flooded nightly newscasts and social media accounts. That is, until Philly police and the Department of Justice cracked the...

Snow crab legs. Chicken wings. Thousands of pounds of beef. Since 2022, Philadelphia has experienced an unprecedented surge in cargo theft, one that flooded nightly newscasts and social media accounts. That is, until Philly police and the Department of Justice cracked the case.

La Jefa: Philly's New Guadaladelphian Cafe and Agave Bar Dan Suro on Tequilas's legacy, Philly's changing cocktail scene, and the bold vision behind his dream bar.

Dan Suro on Tequilas's legacy, Philly's changing cocktail scene, and the bold vision behind his dream bar, La Jefa.

This fig tree is not up to her standards 😂

Showed the baby that the stick in our backyard is actually a fig tree. She immediately tried to pull it up…

Potatoes are coming in! I’m afraid I may have planted too many and the bags are too small. We’ll see how it goes.

Cherry tomato bumper crop. I’ll have to ripen these in a paper bag.

Dispatches from my suburban homestead: The hydroponic eggplant is coming in nicely!

Breaking Mayberry Two idiots and their much more intelligent guests take on classic TV (mostly the Andy Griffith Show) to see the weird messages they broadcast into American homes, and assess what holds up and what cau...

It's an episode of Breaking Mayberry All-Stars as we bring out THREE former guests @doctornerdlove.com, @daviddylanthomas.bsky.social and @kaelanisays.bsky.social for a three-episode arc so big that just naming guests used up all of our character limit so go listen okay bye

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Good morning to my first-ever ripe hydroponic tomato ⛅️🍅