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This Evening: Country Honk At Pub & Kitchen

Are all of these incoming Thanksgiving vibes somehow still not down-home enough for you? Then maybe Pub & Kitchen’s 1st Annual Country Delight will hit the spot. Canned beer specials, fried chicken, stop us when you stop worrying about Obamunism. Pub & Kitchen, 1946 Lombard St. (215) 545-0350

Late Help for Thanksgiving

Trained cooking aides, hotline recordings, and online information are available, in some cases around the clock, to answer queries and help resolve problems that arise during holiday meal preparations. For detailed instructions or help, check out these toll-free help lines and Web sites:

Rush Hour Gourmet

Here's a dish that falls into the quick-and-easy category, and which will accommodate unexpected vegan guests or serve as a fast weeknight meal. From Giuliano Hazan's new book Thirty Minute Pasta, it's made up of ingredients probably already in your pantry.

Gratin of Goodness

Makes 10 one-cup servings 2 medium sweet potatoes,    peeled 2 turnips, peeled 2 medium rutabagas, peeled 2-3 butternut squash necks,

Keep on gobbling turkey

If you are roasting a turkey for today's feast, then you have one more thing to be thankful for: You are more than halfway to several other easy meals over the next few days.

Food Calendar

Tuesday, Dec. 1 Cakebread wine dinner, featuring a five-course menu that includes a fresh oyster trio, butter-poached lobster, pheasant coq au vin, lamb Wellington, and fig and raisin bread pudding, all paired with wines from Cakebread Cellars. $115 plus tax and gratuity. 6:30 p.m. at Caffe Aldo Lamberti, 2011 Marlton Pike (Route 70) West, www.caffelamberti.com. For reservations, call 856-663-1747.

Show Us Your Thanksgiving Leftover Sandwiches!

Quite possibly our favorite holiday of the year, tomorrow is one for family, friends, and stuffing your face. For some reason, turkey, stuffing, and cranberry sauce are ingrained in our beings as the ultimate comfort food. The only thing nearly as good as the Thanksgiving meal? The leftovers! Whether you use sourdough, ciabatta, rye, or white [...]

Sit. Stay. Hot Dogs At White Dog

University City’s White Dog Café has long been known as a leader in sustainable food practices, and new Executive Chef Mark Andelbradt continues that tradition of serving quality organic, local and natural foods.  Having worked at some of the nation’s finest restaurants including Morimoto (Philadelphia and New York,) Daniel, Tru and most recently, Tao in [...]

Unbreaded Salutes Iron Chef Jose Garces

Local superstar chef/restaurateur Jose Garces has now cemented his place on the national level by winning Food Network’s Next Iron Chef.  In honor of our local guy taking home the crown, today we are re-posting our interview with Chef Garces about sandwiches, originally published September 24th, 2009. Unbreaded: What was the last really great sandwich you [...]

Share Ur Sandwiches For A Good Cause

Like us, you’re undoubtedly tired of the sideways looks you get from fellow diners at the restaurant when taking photos of your food with your phone. But now, thanks to ShareUrMeal, every food photo you take can help feed a less fortunate person. Sign up for the site and you’re given a custom e-mail address [...]

Sandwich Bites: Get Smoked Out, Vetri Wit’ It, Gobble Up Turkey, Beer And Burgers

A round up of exciting sandwich news and links from around the web. • The Great American Smokeout 2009 is today and hopes to help people kick their tobacco habit. The American Cancer Society suggests restaurants and work places to offer “cold turkey sandwiches” to remind people it’s time to quit. [American Cancer Society] • The excellent [...]