See our other Gift Guides: Bike commuter | Philly proud | Explorer | Do-gooder Jeff Michaud’s Eating Italy | Exercise caution when gifting cookbooks: Most are, frankly, the literary equivalent of the gadgets crammed in the back of the utensil drawer…

Neal Santos LA FINQUITA FARMERS: Natania Schaumburg and Cliff Brown. Flexibility is a key quality to cultivate if you want to get into serious eating. You may intend to hunt down one food, but the landscape is strewn with more…

via flickr/Steve Snodgrass If you’re anything like me (god help you), you’ve had a bunch of conversations over the years as to what “mystery flavor” Dum Dums are all about. I’ve always assumed that they just wrapped a certain number…

Jessica Kourkounis INTENSE FLAVOR: The seared diver scallop with mustard soup underneath and lumpfish roe on top is a memorable starter. “I think people thought it was going to be weirder.” I’m asking Joncarl Lachman, Noord’s chef/owner, about early perceptions of…

via flickr/Bodie Strain More relatable bird picnic. via flickr/Tadson Bussey More relatable chicken royalty. via flickr/Dan Paluska More relatable chicken royalty. Like clockwork, rich-people self-parody hits its pinnacle each year with the release of the Neiman Marcus holiday catalog. Last…

National Gallery of Art Antoine Vollon, Mound of Butter Modern Farmer does a lot of things really well, and that includes writing incredible corrections. To wit: “Correction: A previous headline on this story stated that Butterworld was the world’s first…

via flickr/emilylaurel The title of this work is PICKLE CHIP SNACK. Is there anything better than reading people’s accounts of weird food combos they grew up eating? Until today, I would’ve said “No, no way is there anything better than…

I’m having a hard time believing it, but our national love-hate relationship with the Food Network turns twenty years old next month, per this AP article that’s way more entertaining than it seems at first glance. A lot of it…

The taco plateau of our dreams at Taqueria Feliz, now open in Manayunk. Taqueria Feliz’s hard-to-miss facade. Private-label coffee by Counter Culture, available at the new DiBruno Bros. Private-label olive oil, available at the new DiBruno Bros. via flickr/John Blyberg…