Food & Drink
Eat Philly’s best BBQ with impressive young first responders — and no lines
The impressive group of first responders we showcased in the latest edition of Who’s Next.
7 years ago
Organic farming has a plastic problem. One solution is controversial
Many organic farmers would love to find an alternative to plastic, but they say there isn't one at the moment.
7 years ago
The Rooster is closing for good: Why CookNSolo is shutting down the charitable diner
After two and a half years, the restaurant was *costing* money instead of making it.
7 years ago
Kelp has been touted as the new kale, but it has been slow to catch on
While seaweed has a lot of things going for it in terms of nutrition, the lack of infrastructure to process it and people's tastes have not been quick to adopt it.
7 years ago
Generations of Yuengling employees say they stay for more than a love of lager
The Yuengling family has run the company for six generations and says 10% of the 150 employees at its Pennsylvania breweries go back at least two generations.
7 years ago
Listen 4:03What happens to business when restaurants close for Ramadan?
Proprietors say cooking while you’re thirsty is worth it for faith. And relatively speaking, the monetary hardships don’t weigh heavily on many Muslim restaurateurs.
7 years ago
At new Philly restaurant, Thai chef serves flavors of her Bangkok roots
Offering salty, sweet, and spicy tastes — "a whole spectrum of everything that you can imagine in one bowl" — pork shank is a specialty at Philly’s newest Thai restaurant.
7 years ago
Listen 6:08Cooking for the culture: Philly’s 2nd annual Black Restaurant Week
Chefs mix African and Caribbean cultural influences, traditional American cuisine, and a taste of CBD oil as preparations for Black Restaurant Week get underway.
7 years ago
Calories, carbs, fat, fiber: Unraveling the links between breast cancer and diet
During the study, some women in both groups were diagnosed with breast cancer, but those who'd changed their diets had a 21 percent lower risk of dying from the disease.
7 years ago
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.
7 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.
7 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.
7 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.
7 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.
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