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Entries from November 30th, 2008

Paesano’s is open!

November 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · NoLibs, Paesanos, burgerbaroness, philly, pork, restaurant

Thanks to a heads up by Foobooz, I found out that one of my favorite restaurants, Modo Mio, was opening a sandwich shop. I don’t know how I missed it because I pass by it daily on my way to and from work. Chris ended up running into the chef Peter McAndrew, of Modo Mio, [...]

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Hoagie of note

November 26th, 2008 · 1 Comment · burgerbaroness, hoagie, philly

Before my thoughts and taste buds turn to all things Thanksgiving, I wanted to give a quick salute to the Chicken Suprimo hoagie from Primo Hoagies. The Suprimo is made up of a chicken cutlet with fresh mozzarella and sweet roasted peppers. I read about this hoagie on blogalicious and I was immediately obsessed with [...]

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The Locals are Delicious pt. 3 – my friends cook delicious things

November 24th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Locals are Delicious, Reading Terminal Market, burgerbaroness, philly, potluck

Please first read here and here. I was thinking of some kind of slogan or jingle for the dishes my friends brought and all I could think of was the Lucky Charms jingle so I came up with “They’re locally delicious!” Not that original but I like jingles so there you go. I will remind [...]

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The Locals are Delicious pt. 2 – 1am freak out!

November 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Locals are Delicious, Reading Terminal Market, burgerbaroness, philly, pork, potluck, recipe

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Table Matters

November 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments · burgerbaroness, food publications, teh internets

I want to direct you all to Table Matters, if you are not already familiar with it. When I read the following from their about page I was immediately smitten: Table Matters is an online publication about the intersection of food, drink, and culture from people who dream about lunch during breakfast, dinner during lunch, [...]

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The Locals are Delicious pt. 1 – lock, stock and local

November 18th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Locals are Delicious, Reading Terminal Market, burgerbaroness, philly, potluck, recipe

This is part 1 of a 3 part series in which I write about a potluck called the Locals are Delicious. My friend Shasta came up with the idea and very generously hosted it. It was an excellent opportunity for me to learn more about supporting local foodstuffs. I think that was part of her [...]

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breaking: bobby flay to open burger joint at UPenn?

November 14th, 2008 · 1 Comment · burger, food network, jaimeshake, philly, restaurant

university of pennsylvania’s student-run newspaper, the daily pennsylvanian, broke the news earlier this morning that the management team behind superstar chef and food network personality, bobby flay, is interested in possibly opening a burger joint in the radian here on campus.  the radian is a fairly new 475 bed, mixed-use student apartment building between 39th [...]

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kitchen aids: crap that i want

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments · jaimeshake, kitchen aids, sweets

i’ve decided that it’s the appropriate time in my life to purchase two very important kitchen items: a candy thermometer and a french rolling pin. i like candy.  candy is nice and sweet and sometimes sticky and usually an old-fashioned good time to eat.  i would like to make some old-fashioned fun for myself.  that [...]

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food network obsession: healthy mac n’ cheese

November 12th, 2008 · No Comments · food network, jaimeshake, pasta, recipe

i have a passion for the food network.  i’m not proud of it, and watching often makes me “hungry” even when i know i’m not, but there’s a soft spot for it.  i guess it’s because the channel is really what got me into baking and cooking and food in general.  in college, pizza rolls [...]

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Welcome to FWTS!

November 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment · burgerbaroness, jaimeshake

We feel like a little hello and welcome is in order seeing as Foobooz was so kind to link to us and most of you might be stopping by here for the first time. There are a plenitude of awesome Philly food blogs out there and we’re glad to be a part of the local [...]

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