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Mary Jones Sweet Pepper Relish

I wrote earlier about how adding some pepper relish to meals like tuna salad can liven it up. Well, here's a recipe for that relish: 7½ C diced sweet red peppers 6½ C diced green peppers 6 C diced white onions 2 qt boiling water 3 C cider vinegar 2½ C sugar 1 tbs canning salt 2 tsp mustard seed 1 tsp celery seed You will also need: 1 pressure cooker 8 or 9 pint-sized canning jars and lids To dice the peppers and onions, it'… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on October 4, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Mary Jones Big Mistakes in Food #1--Taco Bell

I was down in University City today, and come lunchtime, I walked over to the food court across from Van Pelt Library on Walnut Street. Look, I admit what I did was stupid. I admit I should have gone for any number of other foods, from the vegetarian roach coach to even the Quiznos at said food court. But I just recently ate at a Quiznos, I didn't feel like burger or a pizza, and I didn't see any sushi around. It's no excuse, but it's an attempt at an explanation. I saw the Taco Bell, and said… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on September 15, 2009 at 9:48pm — No Comments

Mary Jones The Lansdale Farmers' Market

Earlier this summer, Lansdale (where I live) started a farmers' market. Why they hadn't had one before is a little beyond me, since we're surrounded by farmland up here, both large agribusiness (i.e. Hatfield Meats, Rosenberger Dairy) and smaller, family farms. For all its faults, Pennsylvania does have a lot of good farmland. Well, someone apparently thought as I did, and actually did something about it. I love farmers' markets. When I was a… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on August 25, 2009 at 11:11pm — No Comments

Mary Jones Spätzle

Spätzle* is a type of German boiled noodles which is much better than it sounds. It's a great side dish for German/Austrian meals, especially Wienerschnitzel, but it's also great with scrambled eggs. Ingredients: 2 C flour 1 C milk 2 eggs 1 tbs. Nutmeg 1 tsp. Salt Mix ingredients and boil water. When water is boiling take the spätzle maker (if you have one) and squeeze the mixture into the water. Boil for 10 minutes or until the noodles float. Remove them from the water, draining the ex… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on August 3, 2009 at 10:23pm — 1 Comment

Mary Jones Tuna Sandwich

Sounds simple, no? The tuna fish sandwich, pb&j's nerdy bookworm sister, the staple of Lent in my Catholic high school, causer of bad breath. Why write about something so obvious, so simple? Well, naturally there are plenty of ways to dress it up beyond mayo and onion, and this is one of my favorites: 1 can tuna 1 (large) tbs mayo 1 half white onion, diced 1 stalk celery, diced 1 tbs pepper relish 5 large green olives with pimento, diced salt & pepper to taste Naturally, how much mayo… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on August 3, 2009 at 10:07pm — No Comments

Yana Food Vendors Wanted

2 Food Vendors are wanted for our Hair and Fashion Trade to sell their wonderful. If you are interested please feel to contact the poster asap or you can call me 215-747-1775 or visit http://www.fabulicioustothetouch.com/diamondsndenimshow2009.htm. Thank you, Ayana Vendor Coordinator Continue

Added by Yana on March 17, 2009 at 10:29am — No Comments

Mary Jones Beef Stroganoff

This is a very simple recipe for beef stroganoff that I got from my mother. Beef Ingredients: 1½ lbs of beef, cubed 4 tbs flour ½ tsp salt ½ tsp pepper ½ tsp paprika 1 beef bouillon cube ½ C boiling water Sauce Ingredients: 1 pint sour cream 2 tbs pureed tomato 1 chopped onion Edit! Mushrooms--equal amount with the meat. Procedure: Coat the beef in the flour, salt, pepper, and paprika. Brown in a Dutch oven, using a tablespoon of butter. Put the bouillon in the… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on February 22, 2009 at 11:00pm — 4 Comments

Mary Jones Crab cakes!

Den and I went down to the Tuckahoe Inn for Valentine's Day; if you ever go, definitely have the crab cakes. They were fantastic--all lump crab meat, Maryland style. And the clams casino appetizer was great too. Oh, and really, you should have a reservation. Showing up at a restaurant on Valentine's Day and just expecting to walk in is stupid. Continue

Added by Mary Jones on February 21, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Robert Drake Wait Time

In a recent restaurant review on Yelp.com - someone wrote: ...The last time I was here it was an agonizing wait; granted it was a Friday evening but still for arriving at 7:40 and for 3 people to not be seated until 9 is just crazy. Maybe I would have gone elsewhere if they had been honest about the wait time, but they said 20 min... My open question: In that situation, how long would YOU wait? Would you wait at all? I'm curious to read your thoughts - so please click and share your com… Continue

Added by Robert Drake on February 20, 2009 at 5:00pm — 5 Comments

Mary Jones Christmas Pudding

Christmas Plum Pudding is a traditional English dessert for this time of year. There are really no two ways of making it, though most are done a month in advance and stored, with brandy periodically poured on it. Well, I'm too lazy and forgetful for that, so instead I make it the day before and then put a hard sauce on it before serving. For this dish, you will need two steam pots with molds. Dry Ingredients: ¾ C flour 1 tsp salt ¾ tsp baking soda 1 tsp cinnamon ¼ tsp nutmeg ½ tsp mace Fruits… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on December 24, 2008 at 12:34pm — 2 Comments

Mary Jones Chicken Vindaloo

Vindaloo was originally a Portugese dish, introduced to the Indian state of Goa some time during the early modern period. It can be made with any number of meats, but I'm partial to chicken or shrimp. It tends to be very spicy, but I've found, at least with this recipe, that the first day eating it isn't very spicy, but over the next few days, as it sits in the fridge, it gets spicier. Don't know why, but I do like it. Ingredients 2 lbs. chicken thighs OR 3 chicken breasts, diced into 1"… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on November 30, 2008 at 12:15am — No Comments

Robert Drake Knock Philadelphia

No - I'm not demanding that you knock Philly - heaven knows it's been knocked around enough! I finally had the time to check out Knock Restaurant for dinner a couple weeks ago - and thought I'd share my two cents. First some backgroun… Continue

Added by Robert Drake on November 12, 2008 at 8:59am — 3 Comments

Chrissy Cafe Lift: Big Portions--loads of white people

This place is straight out of "Stuff White People Like". Seriously. Let's go down the check list: Brunch? check! Asian Girls? check! Coffee and tea choices besides regular and decaf? check! Bikes parked outside? Check! Stupid Art on the Wall? Check! Overeducated idiots waiting on you? double check! Oh I got tired, but it ticks every box. This place is in a converted warehouse space and that makes it "soooo coool, and grity and like REAL". At le… Continue

Added by Chrissy on November 9, 2008 at 5:00pm — 16 Comments

Mary Jones Jambalaya

This is a pretty loose recipe--so much so that I've never actually written it down. Sauce: 2 cups rice 12 oz. can tomato sauce ½ cup hot sauce (or to taste) 1 tomato, diced 1 green pepper, sliced 2 jalapeños, diced 1 red onion, diced 2 cloves garlic, diced fresh chopped cilantro (to taste) Meat: 1 lb. hot italian sausage (I use Hatfield's rope) 1 lb. chicken thighs 2 ham steaks ½ lb shrimp Boil the rice; add vegetables half-way through. When done, add tomato sauce and hot sauce. Cut the saus… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on October 18, 2008 at 11:13am — 3 Comments

FoodGeek Unbelievable....again!

I need to take a moment and rave about the brunch at Lacroix at the Rittenhouse. My first visit was back in February for a friend's Bday. I was skeptical, only because the entire world was raving about it. I was expecting an over-priced, stuffy, snobby and pretentious place. (You may be wondering why i even went) I told my 2 friends "No Jeans." One friend is a chef in Kennett and the other is an editor who works out of her home. Showering is not a daily thing with them, and they are usually wear… Continue

Added by FoodGeek on October 16, 2008 at 9:39am — 2 Comments

Marilyn Lucky's Chinese on Baltimore Avenue - West Philly

I have asked a few people what, if any, good Chinese is in the Cedar Park-Clark Park area. My roommate said the only one she goes to, that is close by, is Lucky’s because it’s “fairly clean, and you can see what they are doing in the back.” Fair enough. So yesterday, I was nursing a sinus infection. I was hungry, but not ravenous. Without a clue of what I really want or should have, I just figure Chinese food would suffice. I went down, ordered wanton soup, spring roll, and lo mein noodles. The… Continue

Added by Marilyn on October 6, 2008 at 9:54pm — No Comments

Mary Jones Spicy Potato Cakes

This is a great dish to serve with an Indian meal. Ingredients: 1 lb potatoes 1 onion, diced 1 tsp garam masala 1 jalapeño, diced 1 tsp lemon juice 2 tbs cilantro, chopped ½ tsp salt (or to taste) 1. Boil potatoes and mash them; I use a hand-held masher. Do not whip them with a hand mixer. 2. Mix in a separate bowl the onion, jalapeño, juice, and spices. Add the potatoes and mix thoroughly. 3. Form into little round cakes, flat on top and bottom, about 3" in diameter 4. Heat in l… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on September 27, 2008 at 2:07pm — No Comments

Mary Jones Mary's Chicken Tikka Masala

No tikka masala is the same; it's a highly-individualized dish, which is one of its charms. Not having the money to eat out whenever I want, I went scrounging for recipes, and ultimately synthesized my own. Ingredients: 1½ lb chicken thighs Marinade: 1 C plain yogurt 2 tbs lemon juice 2 tsp ground cumin 2 tsp cayanne pepper 2 tsp black pepper 1 tsp cinnamon ½ tsp salt ½ tsp ground ginger 1. Mix together the marinade 2. Dice the chicken and mix it into the marinade 3. Let the chicken-ma… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on September 26, 2008 at 9:12pm — 6 Comments

Infytur What's on at Headhouse farmers market

We are in the waning days of Summer here in the Delaware Valley and early fall produce is appearing while hot weather items still abound. The variety of tomatoes is overwhelming. I picked up a quart of mixed small tomatoes in various sizes and colors. Peppers in every color from pale yellow to deep purple. I chose a red and an orange ones. Pole limas are starting, the zukes are beautiful, and dinosaur kale appeared for th… Continue

Added by Infytur on September 7, 2008 at 4:37pm — 1 Comment

Mary Jones The Hills Are Alive With the Sound of Eating

When I was a kid, my mom would buy these microwaveable breaded veal cutlets; we'd smother them in ketchup, and were happy. And, as I got older, I realized we were eating meat coasters covered in ketchup. And I learned to hate breaded veal cutlets. Until, that is, my mother married a German American with a great wiener schnitzel recipe (which I'll save for another post). Since then, the only place I've found with a comparable and affordable schnitzel in the Philly area, is the Austrian… Continue

Added by Mary Jones on September 5, 2008 at 7:00pm — 8 Comments

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IT HAS to be a foodie's ultimate fantasy: Getting up-close-and-personal with a slew of superstar chefs while sampling some of their dishes.

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Brian Tierney, chief executive officer of Philadelphia Media Holdings, flanked by several boxes overflowing with food, announced yesterday that more than 420,000 pounds of food had been collected for Philabundance and the Food Bank of South Jersey.

Joe Sixpack: Beer cocktails: Could it be?

WHETHER it's the result of genetic imprinting or intelligent design, instinct compels me to avoid - at all costs - the menace known as beer cocktails. I'm inflexible on this: Mixing beer and anything else in a glass is physically risky and probably morally wrong.

Good Taste

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Pots of clay make her day

I don't think I've ever met a clay cooking pot I didn't like . . . or want to own.

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Tina Fey: Ambassador Of Sandwiches

Leave it to a Philly girl to show the world what it really means to love sandwiches. Last week, in the critically acclaimed, utterly hilarious 30 Rock, Tina Fey’s character Liz Lemon rattled off the following raison d’etre: All of humankind has one thing in common: the sandwich. I believe that all anyone really wants in [...]

Kobe Burger And Handcut Fries: A Union You Can Trust

Union Trust is one of the most dramatic restaurant spaces in Philadelphia, and their new $7.17 menu is a dramatic deal for budget-conscious diners.  Featuring a kobe beef burger (in addition to other drink and food specials,) Union Trust is making the classic steakhouse burger more affordable and accessible. Chef de Cuisine Chaz Brown’s 8oz kobe [...]

A Banh Mi For Me At Q.T.

When Annie Tran opened Q.T. Vietnamese Sandwich a year ago, she wanted to offer a banh mi that was closer to the authentic sandwiches than anything she could find in South Philadelphia.  And to ensure that the food was true to the traditional, she brought in her mother, whose recipes come directly from cooking at [...]

Happy Birthday, Dear Earl of Sandwich

Today marks the 291st birthday of John Montagu, the fourth Earl of Sandwich. The story goes that this noble fellow was quite the gambler, so much so that he would go on nonstop benders seated at the card table. As one can wield a meal of meat and cheese between bread in one hand, and [...]

The Sandwich Cost Calculator

In light of the economic downturn, many have turned to the most affordable, satisfying and customizable meal: the sandwich. But how much are you really saving by packing a sandwich to bring to work or school? To answer that very question, Rob Cockerham set out on a mission, which eventually turned into a project for [...]

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