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English Cooking Terms, Defined By the Aikens Brothers at the James Beard House

The Aikens twins, Tom (who has his own restaurants in London) and Robert (The Dandelion, right here in Philly), are cooking a special one-night-only collaboration […]

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Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Best New Restaurants, Beer Week, Beard Awards and Alcoholic Paper Airplanes

First things first: The voting for Best New Restaurant ends soon, so if you’ve got an opinion (and if you’re reading this blog, I know […]

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Solomonov Wins Beard

Last night Michael Solomonov won the James Beard Award for Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic. Solomonov who is the chef and owner at Zahav and also owns […]

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Vetri, Solomonov, Calagione are James Beard Finalists

Congratulations are in order to Marc Vetri, Michael Solomonov and Sam Calagione who were announced  today as finalists for James Beard Awards. Vetri, the restaurant […]

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James Beard Finalists Being Announced

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James Beard Award Semifinalists for 2011 Announced

The semifinalists for the annual James Beard Foundation Awards were revealed this morning. Here are the Philly nominees…

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Garces and Company Cook at James Beard

Jose Garces and all his chefs de cuisine will be cooking dinner at the James Beard House in New York this evening. Dave Conn (JG […]

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Rum, Fish and Newcomers

This week in Philadelphia Magazine’s Restaurant Club Newsletter. Rum: On the River and in Restaurants Celebrate National Rum Day all week long. What’s New for Restaurant […]

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Quick Bites

Memphis Taproom is adding a beer garden along Cumberland Street that will feature picnic table seating and be decorated with party lights and beer flags. […]

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James Beard Semifinalists Announced

Today the James Beard Foundation announced semifinalists for its 2010 awards. The Oscars of the restaurant industry are a big deal and Philadelphia is well […]

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Horizons’ James Beard Menu

Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby are boing to become the first vegan chefs to prepare a dinner at the James Beard House when they prepare […]

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In The Restaurant Club

This week in Philadelphia Magazine’s Restaurant Club newsletter. Philly’s Best Lunch Deals Burgers, Burgers, Everywhere! The Beard Awards Backlash Restaurant Club Newsletter [Philadelphia Magazine]

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James Beard Finalists Announced

The James Beard semifinalists were announced last month and now come the finalists. Below is the list of Philadelphia area nominees: Newspaper feature without recipes: Craig […]

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James Beard Semifinalists Announced

The prestigious James Beard Foundation has announced its Semifinalists for the 2009 James Beard Awards and there are lots of Philadelphia area nominees out there. […]

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Celebrity Chef Dinner At Amada

Amada’s Jose Garces and Christopher Lee of Manhattan’s Gilt are teaming up for a special dinner at Amada on November 15th. The dinner is part […]