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Lifestyle

An up-close photo of a Seder meal.
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Religion
Billy Penn

Philly Passover food guide: Last-minute options to make your Seder delicious

Seeking a stellar plan? Check these spots offering dine-in and take-out options for your holiday meal.

4 years ago

Two photos side-by-side show elaborately designed and painted nails.
Business
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Kensington salon Nu Bella Nails is hot on Instagram, and beloved by customers

The art is next level, but it’s the family-style service that brings people back.

4 years ago

(Left to right) Yazmin Auli, Manuela Guillen, and Fabiola Lara.
Employment
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Cómo tres latinas en Filadelfia están tratando de mantener un equilibrio saludable entre el trabajo y la vida personal

El impulso cultural de trabajar duro, ayudar a su familia y salir adelante a veces entra en conflicto con el cuidado de sí mismo.

4 years ago

(Left to right) Yazmin Auli, Manuela Guillen, and Fabiola Lara.
Employment
Home & Family
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

How three Latinas in Philly are trying to maintain a healthy work-life balance

The cultural drive to work hard, help your family, and get ahead sometimes conflicts with taking care of yourself.

4 years ago

Fresh produce and stocked shelves of the grocery store, Riverwards Produce, are visible.
Food & Drink
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

What you’ll find at the new Riverwards Produce, now open in Old City

More groceries, more snacks, and more pastries, with a focus on local goods.

4 years ago

Chef Peter — he doesn't want his full name used because he wants to keep his restaurant out of the limelight — prepares duck, which will be finished off with his special Lu sauce (with soy sauce, ginger, garlic and a special ingredient donated by his late mother).
NPR
Food & Drink
History
Home & Family

The secrets of China’s ‘secret sauce’

It's called Lu sauce. It dates back 1,500 years (at least) and for chef Peter in Beijing, it's new as the brew of soy sauce, ginger, garlic he cooks up each night.

4 years ago

Honeysuckle's breakfast sandwich with BLACKeyed pea scrapple, cheddar, and egg on BLACKenglish muffin.
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Sustainability
Billy Penn

The chefs behind Honeysuckle Projects are forwarding Black culture — and making Philly’s best new breakfast sandwich

The West Philadelphia cafe is set to open in June, but the farm is up and running — and food boxes are available to order now.

4 years ago

Photos via Penguin Random House/Allen C. Guelzo
Radio Times
History

The Life of Civil War General Robert E. Lee

On today's episode, we revisit our interview with author Allen C. Guelzo on his biography, 'Robert E. Lee: A Life'

Air Date: March 22, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:28
(R to L): Rectified Spirits partners Bob Ritchie and John Logan, and Interstate Drafthouse co-owner Michael McCloskey.
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Cans of ready-to-drink Fishtown Iced Tea are coming soon to a bar near you

4 years ago

A close-up of a red Rita's water ice.
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Free water ice! The Rita’s flavors that have lasted 30 years

The Philly-founded company has been giving away first day of spring freebies for a quarter century.

4 years ago

Wawa mint match shakes and McDonald's Shamrock shakes are shown arranged on a table.
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

St. Patrick’s Day milkshake madness: McDonald’s Shamrock Shake vs. Wawa mint matcha

They’re both green…but very different.

4 years ago

Heather Havrilesky is the author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage, published by Ecco Harper Collins, available February 8, 2022.
Radio Times
Books
Explainers
Sex & Relationships

‘Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage’

A new book, 'Foreverland', has been called an "illuminating, poignant, and savagely funny examination of modern marriage from Ask Polly advice columnist Heather Havrilesky."

Air Date: March 15, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:29
(photo credit, Nina Subin)
Radio Times

How owning our regrets makes us a better person

Author Daniel Pink says having regrets is natural and that confronting them can lead to personal growth, better decisions and relationships, and happier lives.

Air Date: March 10, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:00
The Guild House Hotel on Locust Street
Business
Philadelphia
Travel
Billy Penn

As tourism returns, hotels continue to open: 6 new places for visitors or a staycation in Philly

From high-rise to boutique, the city has welcomed more than 1,500 new hotel rooms over the past couple of years.

4 years ago

We Are Not Like Them is published by Simon & Schuster. (Christine Han/Brittney Valdez)
Radio Times
Black Lives Matter
Books
Policing

Christine Pride and Jo Piazza on ‘We Are Not Like Them’

The novel is written from alternating perspectives and tells the story of two women of different races whose friendship is altered by a tragic police shooting in Philadelphia.

Air Date: February 22, 2022 10:00 am

Listen 49:14
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