We’d like to extend a big, giant round of applause to our own Afternoon Snacks-Feeding Frenzy-What’s Cooking guru, Carly Szkaradnik! She’s moving on from Meal Ticket and taking over as the Philadelphia editor of Eater. We’ll miss you Carly, but…

Neal Santos EDIBLE EDITORIAL: Joy Manning is heading up the newly released Edible Philly magazine. With reviews from a certain anonymous bell-giver, plenty of blog action and a few free weeklies covering the restaurant scene, Philadelphia is certainly not at…

Neal Santos Neal Santos Before diving into our intercontinental tour of the many-splendored sweet potato, let’s take a minute to get to know Ipomoea batata.  First, we need to get to the bottom of the difference between sweet potatoes and…

Shake Shack Now Expanding Di Bruno Bros. at The Franklin | You might recall The Franklin, an opulent Jeweler’s Row residence from the finale of a little movie called Silver Linings Playbook, or perhaps from a less- than-memorable meal at…

Neal Santos Neal Santos Neal Santos Neal Santos Neal Santos While Zahav sets the bar for imaginative, modern Israeli food, Israeli eats in our city are otherwise relegated to a handful of paltry pita parlors. But head out to Judah…

Neal Santos Neal Santos Neal Santos Neal Santos If your grip on geography isn’t Google Maps caliber, here’s a little primer on the country called Uzbekistan: It borders five countries, including the familiar Afghanistan, the pop-culture-familiar Kazakhstan (which you might…

Neal Santos Neal Santos Neal Santos Neal Santos There’s something decidedly inauthentic about the all-you-can-eat buffets that define the majority of Indian fare served around these parts. It’s the very absence of a steam table and the lack of sequined…

Neal Santos Amid the red brick rowhouses and drab strip malls of Northeast Philly, a number of ethnic restaurants have sprung up, offering tastes of home to those who have emigrated from foreign lands and affording city natives an array…

Neal Santos Neal Santos Neal Santos Neal Santos Neal Santos With white tablecloths and peach napkins folded into country-club dining-room fans, there’s isn’t much about Mediterranean 2000 that brings to mind the coastal climes of Portugal. But when a bowl…