Food & Drink
Profs and Pints brings lectures to thirsty students, revenue to academics
Profs and Pints brings lectures out of the halls of academia and into the mainstream for casual students to share a beer and share in knowledge.
5 years ago
Listen 2:18Ugly fruits and veggies delivered to your door — stoop thieves be damned
Watch out, Philly. More ugly fruits and veggies are coming to town.
5 years ago
Sweetened-beverage sales drop as a result of soda tax, Penn study finds
Penn researchers found sweetened-beverage sales at groceries, pharmacies and mass retailers fell in the year after the controversial soda tax took effect.
5 years ago
Philadelphia mayoral incumbent Jim Kenney; Michael Solomonov on winning the Beard award for best restaurant in America; the closure of Three Mile Island.
Air Date: May 13, 2019 10:00 am
Listen 49:00Philly’s first oat milk ‘creamery’ is opening on Headhouse Square
Kitchen’s Lane Creamery is a new herbivore/omnivore cafe specializing in oat milk. It will officially take over the Bodhi Coffee spot on Headhouse Square in late May.
5 years ago
Will gene-edited food be government regulated?
If you just take a snippet out of a gene without inserting anything new, the product falls into a gray area.
5 years ago
How Philly fave Dogfish Head sold itself to the Boston beer giant behind Sam Adams
In one of the most momentous business deals ever in American craft brewing, Dogfish Head and Boston Beer on Thursday announced a merger valued at $300 million.
5 years ago
10 things to know about Zahav, named best restaurant in America
You can now sing it loud and proud, Philadelphia: Zahav is the best restaurant in the entire country.
5 years ago
New Philabundance kitchen in North Philly a ‘dream come true’
The Philabundance Community Kitchen has outgrown its current space. It’ll move into a much larger space in North Philly next year.
5 years ago
Seafood without the sea: Will lab-grown fish hook consumers?
The seafood industry has some well-publicized problems. Now, a handful of startups aim to offer a "clean" alternative grown from cells.
5 years ago
Tapping support of Pink Boots Society, the Bold Women and Beer festival set for Saturday
The Pink Boots Society helps support women craft brewers. On Saturday in Philadelphia, that support takes the form of the Bold Women and Beer festival.
5 years ago
Listen 1:58Is kelp the new kale? It was supposed to be
Seaweed farming is still a promising idea that benefits the environment, but doing it at scale requires more work.
5 years ago
Listen 07:03Turmoil as Temple food trucks forced to vacate overnight
It’s a policy that’s been in place at least three years — but rarely enforced.
5 years ago
Meal kits have a smaller carbon footprint than grocery shopping, study says
Store meals produce 33% more greenhouse gas emissions than their equivalents from Blue Apron. Much of the reduced emissions stems from less food waste.
5 years ago
Investigating 200-year-old plant remains found in a Bartram’s Garden attic
The well-preserved collection of seeds, nutshells and other plant plants offer a glimpse of the daily meals of Philly’s founding botanists.
5 years ago
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