Tag: Pennsylvania

Photo of the Day: June 5, 2018

Walking around New Hope’s historic canal is always fun and interesting…but even more so when you are mildly buzzed.

Restaurant Review: Fran’s Pub (New Hope, PA)

This was the first dining experience I deemed so terrible that I would not even put the pics of what my friend and I ate on my food-based Instagram. I didn’t want anyone to know that in a town full of decent and exciting restaurants, we happened upon the resounding dud known as Fran’s Pub. If…

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Photo of the Day: April 8, 2018

I often talk about my friend Walter and the restaurant in New Hope, PA he used to manage. Well here is the menu. He showed it to me over brunch a few weeks ago. Right there in front is the special apple martini he would make customers.

“Liver…AND ONIONS!” (Part 1)

America is a funny place. All summer long, we will scarf down a mechanically separated pink colored slime in tube-form consisting of fat, cartilage, and “trimmings” affectionately known as the “hot dog”, but will shiver in horror when it comes to liver. It was ingrained into my head as a child, the nastiness of liver…

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Photo of the Day: December 31, 2017

What’s this giant mushroom and why are you posting it on New Year’s Eve, you may be wondering? Well read on. The snippet below is from last year’s December trip to Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. And of course, what would a stay at this place on New Year’s Eve be without sticking around to see the…

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Photo of the Day: December 19, 2017

Our dinner at the California Pizza Kitchen this past winter in Plymouth Meeting, PA was lackluster… except for this Buffalo Cauliflower. It was so good that we ordered seconds. I don’t think I’ve ever done that with an appetizer. It’s not that it was close to being a vegetarian mock-up of Buffalo chicken—it was just…

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Photo of the Day: December 15, 2017

A delicious trio of spring rolls at Lily in Kennett Square, PA. But the star of this dish was actually the spicy mayo on the side. To this date, it’s the best I’ve ever had. December 2016.

Photo of the Day: December 7, 2017

I could go for this scene right now. A slice of Hummingbird Cake (kind of like carrot cake, but with banana instead and more nutty) and coffee, from Nancy’s Village Cafe in Lahaska, Pennsylvania.