Semiquincentennial Snack
I try to help out lax Philly 250th birthday party planners in this cartoon published by Broad + Liberty.
Jewish Apple Cake
Originally published in Relish magazine September 2010 Philadelphia-style apple cake (aka Jewish apple cake) is a large, moist and hearty coffee cake laced with cinnamon and layered with sliced apples with origins and special popularity with Eastern European Jews and their descendants. Given that, it’s not surprising that almost all recipes for it – including […]
Easter-time Addiction
Forget Cadbury and Russell Stover: Zitner Butter Krak eggs are the taste of Easter Philadelphians crave. This story for the late, great City Paper chronicles my tour of the Zitner’s chocolate factory with then-CEO Christine Murphy. The Philadelphia company continues to churn out this delectable dark chocolate-butter-cream-toasted-coconut holiday treat (i.e. candy crack!) and many other […]
Valentine’s Chocolates You Drink
Originally published in the Philadelphia Inquirer Feb. 2017. Updates: Cafe Y Chocolate is now located at 1532 Snyder Ave. Sazon and SkyLodge are no more. You’ll now have to go to NYC to have Max Brenner’s hot chocolate. For most of history, chocolate was consumed only as a drink. This Valentine’s Day, instead of handing […]
Afternoon Tea in Philly
Originally published in the Philadelphia Inquirer in March 2018. Updates: The Rittenhouse’s tea is now Thursdays through Sundays and the Sofitel’s, on weekends only. The eccentric Frieda in Old City also now offers tea on Sundays by reservation. The high-end tea scene in Philly isn’t what it used to be – it’s better. Is there […]