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Two Bucks County Cafes Collaborate to Offer Their Food and Coffee at Both Locations
Two cafes in the Bucks County area are working together to help one another, and to offer amazing food and drink as at both locations. Calm Waters Coffee Roasters, which has locations in Newtown and Bristol, has teamed up with Meadowlark Bakery and Cafe, located in Warminster, in order for both businesses to benefit from…
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Water Ice Is a Philadelphia Staple That Needs to Be Enjoyed at Least Once to Make Season Complete
Water ice is a summer staple in Philadelphia that is truly ubiquitous in every neighborhood and suburb and has to be enjoyed at least once to round out the season, writes Emily Kovach for PA Eats. Water ice came to Philadelphia with Italians, many of whom arrived in the city in the late 1800s and…
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Colorado-Based Franchise Known for Its Healthy ‘Meals-in-a-Bowl’ Rushes to Phoenixville
Rush Bowls, a Colorado-based franchise that offers healthy and fresh meals-in-a-bowl, is ready to expand to Pennsylvania with its new location in Phoenixville, writes Allie Forge for PhillyBite Magazine. The new eatery will feature Rush Bowls’ signature smoothies, a wide range of customizable bowls, blended fruit/veggie salads, and grab-and-go protein bites for dogs. The menu…
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Hatfield Mother and Son Find Sweet Success in Baklava Bakery, Using Recipe from ‘Yia Yia’ (Grandmom)
A family business, far from a flaky idea, has a Montgomery County mother and son launching a Hatfield venture. Yia Yia’s Baklava celebrates the tradition of Greek culture and honors Christine and Dimitri Samaras’ ancestry. Yia Yia is a Greek term of endearment for grandmother, someone who Christine credits for the scrumptious baklava. The dessert’s…
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The MacSwiney Club in Jenkintown Keeps Alive the Memory of an Irish Patriot
The MacSwiney Club in Jenkintown is a 100-year-old institution where Irish culture and history are treasured, preserved, and cultivated. Fionnuala Boyle covered it for the Irish Star. The club — named after an Irish patriot, statesman, and martyr Terence MacSwiney — is also committed to playing a role in the future of Ireland. Its operation…
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Spring Chill Ebbs; Rain Recedes: It’s Time to Eat Outside in Montgomery County
Beautiful weather is upon us, and there is no better way to enjoy it than with an outdoor dining trip to some of the best eateries in the region, reported Ed Williams in Main Line Today. Within Montgomery County, six restaurants placed among the loveliest restaurants for outdoor dining around the Main Line. The Landing…
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WCU Cooking Program Expands to Help Young Adults with Intellectual, Developmental Disabilities
Powered by a mighty nutrition professor who came up with a delicious way to help young adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities (IDD) in the community gain cooking independence and self-confidence, the Ram Chef Program provides culinary instruction, nutrition education and food safety skills to eager young adults with IDD during the academic year in a new…
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Local Bakeries Succeed in Crafting Delicious Gluten-Free Desserts
The Main Line Today editorial staff members embarked on a recent quest involving area bakeries. They were in search of an answer to the question: Do gluten-free sweets like cookies and cakes sacrifice taste in their use of flour-free recipes? And the answer came back a resounding No. The publication gathered a local list of…
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Locally Sourced Beef Enables Wyncote Cheesesteak Pro to Turn Out-of-Town Neophytes into Connoisseurs
Shaved beef from Joe’s Meat Market in Glenside has enabled Wyncote resident John Raisch to elevate the cheesesteak palates of his Maryland in-laws. Stephanie Farr reported how in The Philadelphia Inquirer. Raisch was already steeped in the regional lore of cheesesteaks, having both enjoyed and cooked them: He spent his high-school and college years cranking…
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Five Saints Distilling Authorized to Sell Well Beyond Its Norristown Borders
Five Saints Distilling, Norristown, has gotten Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) authorization to expand its sales and distribution efforts to 42 states and Washington D.C. The border-widening move expands the brand’s transactional opportunities well beyond the PLCB array of Fine Wine and Good Spirits stores in the state. “We are super excited about our expansion…
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New Bakery in Neighboring Bucks County to Host Soft Opening This Weekend. Read to Learn When and Where
A new bakery in Bucks County is gearing up to fully open their doors with two events this weekend, giving locals a taste of their confections. Baked by Michela, located at 777 Second Street Pike in the Hampton Center shopping center in Southampton, will be hosting a soft opening on May 7 from 9 AM –…
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SJU Dessert Fan Earns Unofficial On-Campus Title: Cheesecake Lady Ambassador
Saint Joseph’s University senior Asia Whittenberger is such a fan of the Cheesecake Lady’s Elkins Park bakery that she’s not above shanghaiing novices to go to the shop for an inaugural taste. Based on that endorsement, Gabby Smalls — reporter for the campus newspaper The Hawk — agreed to join a Whittenberger excursion. “Going to…
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Of 30+ Philly Mag Outdoor Dining Recommendations, One and Only One Is Suburban, and Montco’s Got It
With the outdoor dining season gearing up, it is good for locals to know where to go to get the best al fresco meals, in terms of not only menu but also surroundings. Maddy Sweitzer-Lammé and Hannah Albertine gathered a number of suggestions in Philadelphia Magazine, including one in Montgomery County. In Philadelphia itself, site…
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Philadelphia Tops List of Cities Where Inflation Is Rising Most
Philadelphia came out on the top among the nation’s 22 largest metropolitan areas based on where inflation is rising the most, according to a recently released report by WalletHub. To determine in which cities inflation is rising more quickly than others, WalletHub compared the 22 metropolitan areas across two key metrics related to the Consumer…
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Mother’s Day at Normandy Farm Includes All-You-Can-Eat Brunch and Fine-Dining Experience
Normandy Farm has the perfect gift for the hardworking mom this Mother’s Day. Guests can treat their mothers to a feast on Sunday, May 14. The Normandy Brunch Buffet will take place in the Grand Ballroom from 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM. The robust brunch buffet features house-made pastries and made-to-order pancakes and waffles. For…
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Norristown Restaurateur’s Cosmic Café Is Doing Out-of-This-World Things for Disabled Individuals
Chef Peg Botto, who grew up in Norristown, runs Cosmic Café, the only eatery on Boathouse Row in Philadelphia, with her husband, Jerome, writes Kevin Riordan for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The café is an extension of their catering business, Cosmic Catering, which opened in 2000. It serves healthy food and helps sustain local farmers and…
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As the Tupperware Brand Recedes, Ardmore Resident Snappily Defends Its Virtues
Tupperware — famous for durable products that have been lauded as icons of modernism and, as such, have been included in the collections of both the Museum of Modern Art and the Smithsonian Institution — may be facing its final days, writes Alfred Lubrano for The Philadelphia Inquirer. According to financial experts, the company has…
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Some of Best Chicken Parm in Philadelphia Region Is Close to Home
Chicken parm is a favorite for many people, but finding one that has the perfect amounts crispy while still being delicious, succulent, and juicy can sometimes be a challenge, write Maddy Sweitzer-Lammé and Alexandra Jones for Philadelphia Magazine. Luckily for Montco aficionados of this Italian delicacy, there are several places not far from home that…
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