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• Become the dining room manager at the White Dog Cafe.
• What's a "sandwich artist"? We don't know. But Gia Pronto Cafe needs one.
• A Main Line country club needs a sous chef.
• Fleming's is hiring servers, hosts and bartenders.
• Devil's Alley needs a busser.
• Child-friendly dining in Philly. [Foobooz]
• Eating on the Ocean City, MD boardwalk. [foodzings]
• Taste testing Franklin Fountain's ice cream. [La vie a Philadelphie...]
• Checking out the Headhouse Square Farmers Market. [Metroblogging Philadelphia]
• A sneak peak at Philadelphia magazine's Best of 2007. [PhilaFoodie]
Cook at Pod and you can get your own TV show. Former Pod chef Michael Schulson is now hosting his own Style Network series: Pantry Raid. Schulson, who left Pod to become the exec chef of the New York Buddakan, is now hosting the show f/t. Congrats. According to the Hollywood Reporter:
"The show, set to debut at 9 p.m. Aug. 29, is intended to "help the cooking-challenged mix-and-match the unlikeliest of foods to fill up their dinner tables and their lives." It will be hosted by chef and television personality Michael Schulson, who in each episode will make surprise visits to people's homes, where he will be challenged to make a meal using only the items he finds in their pantry, cabinets and refrigerator."
Ex-Pod chef cooks up TV gig [Inquirer]
Style goes on 'Pantry Raid' [Hollywood Reporter]
When you make your living writing about Philadelphia food, something like Rick's Steaks battle with the Reading Terminal Market can basically keep you in business.
That's why we were elated to find out that Rick's Steaks is suing the market. They want a temporary restraining order on their ouster and damages in excess of $75,000.
To recap the whole story, RTM decided not to renew Rick's lease due to lingering bad blood between owner Rick Oliveri (the head of the RTM Merchants Association) and RTM management. Management wants to bring in a branch of Tony Luke's to replace them. Tony Luke's is caught uncomfortably in the middle. RTM management is widely resented by the tenants due to various legal clashes over the year.
Just to give this all a touch of the surreal, the Terminal's Amish merchants have formally decided to cancel this year's Dutch Festival. Merchant David Esh says "Dutch Fest is a celebration and, quite honestly, we are not in a mood to celebrate."
Christopher Walken is a good actor, a great dancer (ever see that Fatboy Slim video?) and a damn good cook. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you Christopher Walken's roast chicken with pears.
Watch actor Christopher Walken roast a chicken [Im Cooked]
• MP: Boston knows where to go for first dates in Boston and pays tribute to ice cream.
• MP: Chicago is excited about the new season of No Reservations with Anthony Bourdain and talks skyscraper restaurants.
• MP: San Francisco mourns the death of a restaurant and takes us on a trip to Africa.
In 1996, Joe Cahn left his job operating a cooking school in New Orleans to become America's top tailgater. The self-proclaimed "Commissioner of Tailgating" visits between 40 and 50 college and pro football stadiums a year, including Eagles games. In an interview with Chow, he talked about the most unusual tailgates he had even seen:
"Anywhere from bear or even leg of lion that I’ve had when Minnesota was playing the Detroit Lions. Of course, it wasn’t a hunted lion (which would be illegal), it was an old lion that had died on a wildlife preserve. It wasn’t great, but it wasn’t awful. You run across basically everything, whether it’s different types of soups or different baked goods, or whole pigs or Cuban pigs down in Miami. I’ve seen fresh, whole king salmon on the grill in Seattle. In Miami I ran into an Orthodox rabbi who does kosher tailgating."
Cohn likes tailgate parties because "in the parking lot, we talk to everybody... The only stranger in the parking lot is that person we haven't said hello to yet." Good philosophy.
Preparty Hardy: Making friends with the "Commissioner of Tailgating" [Chow]
Tailgating America [Official Site]
Local semi-celebs getting into the food business? Totally. Phillies ex-pitcher and broadcaster Mitch Williams has a new salsa for sale. At the Egg Harbor Township branch of Chickie's & Pete's Cafe, he announced the new "Wild Thing Southpaw Salsa":
"Williams, 42, a self-described "really good cook," uses a blender because "I can't stand chunky salsa." He had been making it quietly in his kitchen, but word spread when he was approached to do a cooking show. Then promoters/marketers Ellen Barkann and Scott Soffen got involved. This month, after a tasting on Angelo Cataldi's show on WIP (610), Soffen arranged a broker to get the salsa into stores. A plant in Lancaster will make it to Williams' specs and pack it in gallons for restaurants and in jars for supermarkets. A rollout date has not been set."
Noted.
NoLibs Indian standard bearer Tiffin Store just got reviewed by Craig LaBan. Now, Craig spends the first five grafs of the article describing an Indian restaurant he misses that closed... And then goes on to say that Tiffin is even better. But, c'mon, Minar Palace is gone. We just have to accept that. Besides, Tiffin knows their stuff:
"The restaurant's many excellent vegetarian selections were also bolstered with a well-rounded tingle, though the chickpeas of chana masala were brightened with pomegranate seeds. And my favorites - the malai kofta vegetarian fritters in cashew cream, and the slow-cooked black lentil daal makhni - were memorable for their luxurious savor.Such hearty stews are the reason Indian cuisine translates so well in delivery. But some things are still better served fresh in the restaurant dining room. Like the onion bhaji fritters, which are still crisp and lacy inside their delicate chickpea flour crusts. Or the refreshingly crunchy aloo papri chaat salad that layers lentil wafers and snappy chickpeas beneath cool streaks of sour white yogurt, herby mint chutney, and tangy sweet tamarind sauce."
Besides, they deliver to Center City (and the Main Line) too. Next up: Tiffin owner Munish Narula plans to open a downstairs chai salon/Indian grocery and video store. Awesome.
Tiffin [Inquirer]
Tiffin Store [MenuPages]
Tiffin Store [Official Site]
It's official: Rick's Steaks are outta here. Last minute negotiations between owner Rick Olivieri (accompanied by reps from the market's Amish contingent) and Reading Terminal Market management fell through on Friday. There's still no word on, as threatened, whether the annual Amish festival will be cancelled in solidarity with Olivieri or not. The last day of business for Rick's will be Wednesday; a branch of Tony Luke's will replace them.
Rick's gets final order to go from Terminal [Inquirer]
Rick's Steaks [MenuPages]
Rick's Steaks [Official Site]
Tony Luke's [MenuPages]
Tony Luke's [Official Site]
If you stopped by Finnigan's Wake yesterday, you might have had the chance to see Cardinal Justin Rigali. The Cardinal appeared thanks to "Theology on Tap" — a program that brings Catholic speakers to bars and pubs nationwide:
"His topic was neither sin nor salvation, but rather his three decades as a priest and bishop in Rome, working for the three popes he came to know well as their English-language translator. [...] Jim Masiak, Finnigan's Wake manager, used the opportunity to present His Eminence with a green T-shirt bearing the bar's logo, but instead of reading "staff," it read "rod and staff."
Rigali speaks at a city pub [Inquirer]
Finnigan's Wake [MenuPages]
Finnigan's Wake [Official Site]
[Photo via Inquirer]
It's time for University City Dining Days. Until August 2nd, participating restaurants are offering prix fie menus for $15, $25 and $30 — plenty of budgetary room for the college students there. Participating restaurants include Dahlak, Vientiane Cafe, Abbraccio, Penne, Rx, Zocalo, Marigold Kitchen, Pod and Rae. A list of prix fie menus from Dining Days restaurants is also available. But Rae — offering roast chicken as your Dining Days special? C'mon now. You can do better.
University City Dining Days [Official Site]
The first sign of a slow news week is the Inquirer doing a story on late nights at highway rest stops. No, there's nothing about lot lizards or trucker meth here; everything is strictly family friendly. Instead there's a look at the perils of working at Burger King at 2am, retired couples traveling cross country in trailers and walking their dogs at 4am and the fact that international exchange students are recruited to work at Starbucks:
"The other third is Tanya Krekmanova, of Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, who talks with Allen when it's slow. Her English is great.A university student in Sofia, she's here for four months with the State Department's Summer Work and Travel Program to work at the rest stop - one of 24 international students working there. (She's a barista at the Starbucks.) The others come from Russia, Turkey and Ukraine."
Welcome to America, Tanya. We're sorry you got introduced to the country via the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Really.
A look at service-plaza nightlife [Inquirer]
[Photo via Philadelphia Inquirer]
• Let's welcome new French restaurant Coquette to town. [Blogalicious]
• Tapas at Bar Ferdinand. [Foodaphilia]
• Thai food, suburban style. [Foodzings]
• The dark chocolate creme brulee is killer at Chick's Cafe & Wine Bar. [Mac & Cheese]
• Baklava, Middle Eastern style at West Philly's Makkah Market. [Uwishunu]
[Image via Metroblogging Philadelphia]
Over at the Citypaper, Bruce Schimmel argues that Reading Terminal Market's management are shooting themselves in the feet by refusing to adjust to the market realities of Philadelphia c. 2007. The heavy-handed management style of Reading's Paul Steinke is criticized for scaring off the the The Food Trust from a possible partnership and for the media fiasco of the Rick's Steaks eviction. Schimmel feels that Steinke has not done enough from saving the Reading Market from an "onslaught of conventioneers." Meanwhile, the new Headhouse Square Farmer's Market is lauded for fresher produce, better prices and vendors who clearly mark where their produce comes from.
If we may editorialize, we think it's unfair to criticize Reading Terminal Market's management for the tourists who patronize it. After all, Reading Terminal Market is one of Philadelphia's best known tourist attractions (and the best market this side of Seattle's Pike Place Market). Reading occupies a cavernous space and there's plenty of room for both sandwich stands and produce stalls and cheesemongers.
Market Forces [Citypaper]
• A look at the Philadelphia area's producers of artisan ice cream and gelato. Balsamic fig ice cream? Totally.
• The story behind South Jersey's PA's legendary Boro tomatoes.
• Too lazy to slice a roll of cookie dough? Then pre-cut frozen cookie dough is just the thing for you.
• The sobering and delicious truth behind low alcohol wine.
• An ode to fresh mozzarella.
• New Samosa's got some problems at the buffet: "just about everything is overcooked until it's a homogenous slurry."
• Obscure Old City sushi spot Uzu: A soundtrack from "Cat Power to Cyndi Lauper" and some "good maki."
• East Falls' The Set Table is a neighborhood cafe that's at war with Sunoco coffee.
• City Grange, a new restaurant dedicated to serving local products from the Philadelphia area, is scheduled for an August opening.
• Philly's top five summer cocktails.
• Tinto's San Sebastian-style baked crab is awesome.
• Philly's got hookah bars, too.
Note: This feature is delayed due to the Craigslist outage yesterday. So it goes.
Service Tuesday is a new weekly feature where the MenuPages Blog scours the classifieds for industry jobs of note in the Philadelphia area. Without further ado, here's the goods...
• The Old Guardhouse Inn needs a weekend hostess.
• Wanna work as a cook for a Penn frat? Now you can.
• Get colonial as a server, bus staff or host(ess) at City Tavern.
Cheap *ss Food [Official Site]
• Ortlieb's Jazzhaus: "less a restaurant and more a wicked cool transport portal to New Orleans."
• It's almost time for University City Dining Days.
Because we know our readership has lots of boozehounds and (damn right) cares about their beer, we wanted to offer an update to yesterday's post about the team behind Yards Brewery going their seperate ways. We recently got a press release from Tom Kehoe, the founder of Yards that gives a lot more additional information. Besides, the release boils down to the fact that everything's gonna be alright for Philly microbreweries.
The goods after the jump.
Tom Kehoe, founder of Yards Brewing Company, one of the region’s premier craft breweries, will move his brewing operations to a new location this Fall. Kehoe, who is parting ways with partners Bill and Nancy Barton, maintains that Yards’ ever-popular and award-winning beers will remain the same as he moves production to a new facility.
“We’re currently considering a couple of different locations for the new brewery,” says Kehoe, who founded Yards Brewing Company in 1994. “Yards lovers can rest assured that our beer will maintain the same quality and taste that they’ve come to love over the years.”
Kehoe began brewing beer when he was a student at Western Maryland University, in Westminster, MD, in the ’80s. His knack for creating delicious British-style ales led to an apprenticeship at a microbrewery in nearby Linthicum. Within a few years he was ready to launch his own enterprise. With a meager $20,000, much of which he borrowed from family and friends, Kehoe launched Yards Brewing Company in the city’s Manayunk neighborhood. Dubbed the “little brewery that could,” for its shoestring budget and modest 900 square foot space, Yards fast became the pride of the city with its extraordinary flagship product Extra Special Ale, which debuted at the Philadelphia Craft Brewers Festival in 1995. Word spread quickly about the fantastic locally made brew, and tavern owners throughout the city were literally lining up outside the brewery to get their hands on the beer.
When Kehoe began brewing operations at Yards in 1995, it was the city’s only brewery and the first to open since Schmidt’s demise in 1987. In his first years in business Kehoe is credited with re-introducing the concept of cask conditioned ales along with the hand-drawn beer engine to the region.
With rave reviews pouring in from local media and an overwhelming demand for their extraordinary beer, Kehoe and his staff quickly outgrew their cozy confines and began work on a bigger brewery in nearby Roxborough. The new facility was capable of producing 3,500 barrels of beer per year. With its increased output, Yards was also able to expand its product line to include popular beers Philadelphia Pale Ale, IPA, a Belgian abbey-style Saison, and the seasonal Love Stout, which is brewed with whole oysters. In addition to these highly regarded handcrafted beers, Kehoe was commissioned by Philadelphia’s City Tavern to brew the private label “Ales of the Revolution,” a porter and ale based on original recipes developed for America’s founding fathers George Washington and Thomas Jefferson during the turbulent revolutionary era. Due to their popularity, he partnered with the historic landmark in 2003 to brew and bottle the ales for retail sale everywhere.
The response to Yards beers was overwhelming and within a few short years Yards once again had outgrown its home. In 2002 Kehoe moved the company to a 35,000 square foot former brewery in the city’s Kensington neighborhood that had been shuttered since 1939.
Recognized as a driving force behind the region’s thriving craft brewing movement, Kehoe and Yards have received numerous awards and accolades for their world class beers. On two separate occasions Philadelphia Magazine named Yards “Best Local Beer” in its annual Best of Philly issue (1998 and 2001). Other awards include two bronze medals from Chicago’s Real Ale Festival, and the distinction of “One of The Top Five Pale Ales in the United States,” according to the New York Times. Yards’ Saison was featured in Gourmet magazine.
Via Chowhound, the best things to order at Center City vegetarian/vegan spot Horizons. The seitan 'wings' are recommended, as is the chilled cucumber-avocado soup (pumped up "with cumin oil toasted pumpkin seeds and mint"), the paella, the vegan cheesesteak and a chocolate mousse with sour cherries.
Horizons (Philly) [Chowhound]
Horizons [MenuPages]
Horizons [Official Site]
Favorite Restaurants in Wash West [PhillyBlog]
Via Chow, a list of the top ten signs you're going to have a bad meal. Our favorite:
"4. The waitstaff immediately perks up because you’re the first customer to come in all week (or you’re the only person there on a Saturday night at 8:30)."
Also, the Swedish Chef has a Wikipedia page. Who knew?
Mmm. Bacon. Wonderful bacon. Wendy's just introduced a new burger called the baconator. Two patties, two slices of cheese... and six slices of bacon. Kind of amazing in a heart attack-inducing kind of way. A Hamburger Today also reminded us about the bacon cheeseburger, a burger whose patty is made entirely from ground bacon. We live in a golden age for morbid obesity, kids.
The Baconator [Wendy's]
Wendy's Baconator: Six Strips of Bacon [A Hamburger Today]
The team behind Yards Brewing are breaking up. The brewery's assets will be split; founder Tom Kehoe is keeping the Yards trademark and co-owners Bill and Nancy Barton will keep Yards' Kensington brewing facility (which will produce beers under a new name). Under the terms of a proposed agreement,Yards will be brewed in Kensington until the end of 2007 and will move to a new facility after. Their brewery produces around 10,000 barrels annually and is a popular offering around town.
Yards Brewing [Official Site]
Breaking up is Yards to do [Daily News]
Here's 30 seconds of YouTube zen in a panoramic shot of the Suburban Station Church's Chicken.
Chuch's Fried Chicken [YouTube]
Via our Chicago sibling, sad news about legendary chef Grant Achatz of Alinea:
“I wanted to personally report that I have been very recently diagnosed with an advanced stage of squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth. I have consulted several prominent physicians and will likely begin aggressive treatment within the next few weeks. I remain, and will remain, actively and optimistically engaged in operations at Alinea to the largest extent possible. Alinea will continue to perform at the level people have come to expect from us — I insist on that. I have received amazing support from friends, family, and everyone who has thus far been told of the disease, and I look forward to a full, cancer-free, recovery.”
A Chef's Toughest Challenge [NY Times]
The Headhouse Farmer's Market is back and the Daily News has the scoop:
"Business is booming for farmers who hail from around Pennsylvania, New Jersey and one as far away as Virginia. They've been selling produce from doughnut peaches to okra and homemade soap and bread since the market started earlier this month. Organized by the Food Trust, it arrives every year around this time and runs Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Thanksgiving. The market is the largest in the city and the oldest in the country, said market manager Nicky Uy."
Old as dirt and farm fresh: Market is back in town [Daily News]
[Image via Daily News]
Let's get all chain food for a miute and talk about Applebee's Tyler Florence-designed line of dishes. The chain's partnership with the celebrity chef? Well, it's intended to give Applebee's a bit of class or whatever you want to call it. One of the dishes on call is the "Aloha Burger", with grilled pineapple, pineapply salsa, bacon, jack cheese and teriyaki mayo. The Palm Beach Post tried out the burger... and Were not impressed:
"Literally, this burger was a mess. By the time I got to the last third of it, the juice from the grilled pineapple had saturated the bun, which held the burger together about as well as a wet tissue. I do give Tyler much respect for marrying a perfectly ripe, freshly cut pineapple with a succulent Angus patty. I had flashbacks to the first time I ate a pineapple and ham pizza. It's an odd coupling that works. But this didn't."
Is the Aloha Burger the (pine)apple of their eyes? [Palm Beach Post]
Applebee's [MenuPages]
Applebee's [Official Site]
The Rick's Steaks eviction saga really is the gift that keeps on giving. A planned protest rally was cancelled on Saturday (c'mon—this is Philly!—you can't expect someone actually... going through with plans) but the merchants of Reading Terminal Market are still playing hardball with the organization. The latest is that the Amish Festival may be canceled if Rick's is evicted from the market. Junior Esh of the Dutch Eating Place says that the market's 12 Lancaster County businesses are standing in solidarity with Rick's. However, the festival might be back on if the lease is renewed.
Rick's cancels rally, but impasse remains [Inquirer]
[Image via Inquirer]
• MP: Boston understands that Naomi Campbell in a Dunkin Donuts commercial is weird indeed.
• MP: Chicago photographed some damn good meatloaf and reported on military cooking.
• MP: San Francisco celebrates Harry Potter and beer & doughnut ice cream.
This week in Cheap Dates, it's an adventure in Chinatown featuring Vietnam Restaurant.
Cheap Dates :: Chinatown [blip.tv]
Vietnam Restaurant [MenuPages]
Vietnam Restaurant [Official Site]
How good is Philly tap water? According to the Daily News, it's good enough to pass for tap water. An all-star (sorta) tasting panel was assembled: Howard Newukreg, director of the Office of Watersheds (and the guy responsibly for Philly's drinking water), Philadelphia Wine School founder Keith Wallace, Water Works Restaurant co-owner and water somellier Leonids Agorastos and soon-to-be-mayor Michael Nutter. The majority of tasters mistook Philly water for bottled water. However, Nutter got it right.
Nectar of the Gods [Daily News]
Stay classy, Philadelphia. A health inspector stole $1200 from a Chinese restaurant in North Philly. During a routine health inspection, the wife of the owner of the Erie Express restaurant found $1200 missing from a hiding place in the back of the restaurant. Her and her husband confronted health inspector Clarance Morris -- who fled to his city-owned jeep.
Then Morris physically assaulted the restaurant owner's wife and ran over the foot of an onlooker who tried to stop him from fleeing. Aftermath of the event? It turns out Morris was hired as a probationary employee in April and the city of Philadelphia had not bothered to investigate his background. Whoops.
Health inspector charged in theft [Inquirer]
We're having some technical problems this morning. All shall be fixed soon.
Update: Everything's been fixed.
Via the Inky in our never-ending coverage of Ricksgate (TM):
"The Reading Terminal Market Merchants Association has designated Saturday as "Save Rick's, Save The Market Day" in support of steak sandwich vendor Rick Olivieri, whose lease was not renewed.There will be a news conference at 10 a.m. at Rick's Steaks. Speakers will include past and present merchants and members of FORM (Friends of Rick's and the Market), Olivieri said.
On June 28, the market's management told Olivieri that, after 25 years, it would not renew his lease and that he must leave the market by July 31. Market officials said the move was to bring a new face to the market.
Olivieri says his eviction is retaliation for years of lease talks when he served as president of the Merchants Association.
"After 25 years in the building, and having one of the busiest stores in the market, [the eviction] came out of the blue," said Olivieri.
T-shirts, hats and buttons will be sold to raise funds for Olivieri's legal defense.
The Merchants are demanding that a new lease with Rick's Steaks be negotiated, said Olivieri, the self-proclaimed "Prince of Steaks" and grandson of Pat Olivieri, who opened Pat's King of Steaks at Ninth and Passyunk in 1930."
Reading Terminal merchants rally behind Rick's [Inquirer]
Rick's Steaks [MenuPages]
Rick's Steaks [Official Site]
"She said: “For dinner the President loves what we call home-made ‘cheeseburger pizzas’ because every ingredient of a cheeseburger is on top of a margherita pizza.“For lunch he loves cinnamon bread with peanut butter and organic honey, with home-made potato chips and pickles.”
She added: “But he’s extremely disciplined and exercises every day. He watches his portion control!"
Bush loves cheeseburger pizza [The Sun]
Fast food time. Chick-fil-A COO Dan T. Cathy visited the Springfield Park Chick-fil-A to celebrate it being the highest regional grossing restaurant in the chain:
“We just elevate the chicken sandwich by giving it good customer service,” Cathy said, adding that any particular environment has a direct influence on product.“The term restaurant means a place of refreshment, an oasis from the tough world out there,” he said, adding that customers are invited to visit the Chick-fil-As for a relaxing atmosphere. “It actually affects the taste of food.”
When surrounded by a serene location, Cathy said serotonin increases and endorphins are released, creating a pleasing sensation."
Well, if you say so.
Chick-fil-A cut above rest with customer service [Delco Times]
Chick-fil-A [Official Site]
• Checking out Fishtown's Bistro Juliana.
• Documentaries. About food. About local food.
• An interview with anti-foie gras activist Nick Cooney.
• 13th Street is getting a new Indian restaurant from the owners of Grocery and Lolita; meanwhile, a Mexican restaurant is opening in the former Copa Too.
• Head to Marigold for the James Beard Dinner.
• The top five Center City Sips bar snacks.
• Checking out the Senegalese music scene at West Philly's Binti's International African Lounge.
• Philly's best late night eats.
• It's blackberry season.
• Rick Nichols liked Ratatouille.
• Ly Michael's is now a Vietnamese restaurant.
• Head out to eh Maine Line for tuna salad, sushi style.
• MP: Boston has the news that a farmer's market has been saved and then gets Hebraic with a guide to matzoh ball sup in Boston.
• MP: Chicago knows Chicago is a beef town and gets down with Chicago steakhouses. Mmm... Harry Caray's.
• MP: San Francisco reports (in video) on barbecue pork buns and hippie vegetarian food.
Blogalicious tipped us off to a new Mexican coffee shop in deep South Philly. It's called Cafe con Chocolate and the (chalkboard) menu includes your usual coffee shop sandwiches alongside specialties like tres leches cakes, empanadas and even tamales. According to Blogalicious, their tamales make for the "best $1.75 lunch ever."
Cafe Con Chocolate [Official Site]
The Best $1.75 Lunch, Ever [Blogalicious]
It's locovore week in Philly, thanks to Buy Fresh, Buy Local Week. Events are going on until this Sunday:
• Southwark is hosting a "Fresh & Local Happy Hour" featuring local food, beers & gin.
• Reading Terminal Market is hosting the Best Chef of Philadelphia Competition on Friday.
• On Saturday, the White Dog Cafe is organizing a bus tour of Philadelphia's urban farms for $54. The cost also includes a 3-course lunch; call 215-386-9224 for reservations.
Buy Fresh, Buy Local Week [Official Site]
Congrats to food blogger Kate Hopkins of Accidental Hedonist. She just signed a book deal with St. Martin's Press for a book about whiskey. The Search for the Perfect Shot is slated for a Spring 2009 release:
"The book, called "The Search for the Perfect Shot" is about whiskey in all of its many forms. I hope to be able to discuss the history and present day status of Scotch, Bourbon, Irish Whiskey, and Canadian Whiskey. My goal is to visit several dozen distilleries, large and small, and interview folks both passionate and "all business".Congrats, Kate.
My Big Announcement [Accidental Hedonist]
• Fishtown's Hot Potato Cafe: Just get the fries.
• The glories of Royal Tavern's spicy burger with long hot peppers, smoked gouda and chili mayo.
• A guide to Center City wine bars.
Service Tuesday is a new weekly feature where the MenuPages Blog scours the classifieds for industry jobs of note in the Philadelphia area. Without further ado, here's the goods...
• Jake's is promising at least $700/month for servers.
• A new West Philly restaurant needs short order cooks.
• Jobs are available at the Bonefish Grill in Newtown Square.
• Are you a chef who wants a "normal life"? Than this corporate dining facility on the Main Line might be for you.
• The Continental is hiring barbacks and front of house.
