Earth Day Dinner at Square 1682

In our house, between the two of us, we have semi-constant food "battles." While we are twins and agree on almost everything, there are some things that we are continuously trying to convince the other. For J, it's vegetables. Yes, it may sound strange, but as I am the weekly meal planner and grocery shopping list-maker, she is always reminding me to incorporate vegetables into our meals and to add them to my grocery list (our produce bills are...

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Iron Chef Does Burgers: Take 2

After postponing our trip to check out Bobby Flay's new Philly establishment, A & I decided to meet midweek after work- on Penn's campus, it was a bit of a hike for me, but I guess A makes the trip every day... We'd heard from several friends that the line can be quite long, so we figured it might be a bit quieter during the last week of undergrad classes. Fortunately, when we arrived at the neon-lit mecca that is Bobby's Burger Palace, the...

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Spinal Tapas: Peruvian Edition

After the mega BBQ indulgence of the last event hosted by Spinal Tapas (some background info found here), A & I kept our eyes peeled (what a disturbing expression) for their next event. About a month ago, they announced the date and we promptly bought tickets ($50 this time, up from $40 for the last event) for the 8 PM seating, which was apparently sold out within 24 hours. This time, the Spinal Tapas crew teamed up with another couple - Brad...

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Food Reincarnation at Ladder 15

If you are anything like we are, you have fond memories of many a dish from dozens of breakfasts, lunches, and dinners past. These meals dance in your mind when the memory is sparked, your mouth begins to water, and you contemplate heading to whichever restaurant served that dish as soon as possible (or gathering the ingredients to make it, if it was one of your own). And sometimes, these dishes highly influence your decisions on what to order...

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"And remember, a good meal is never more than 30 minutes away!"

Even though it seems like we eat at restaurants quite a bit (and we do- at least once a week!), we also do our fair share of cooking in our own kitchen. As you know, we preplan our dinners for the week before we go on our weekly shopping expedition. This helps immensely as a time saver when cooking every night. With our respective preliminary/comprehensive exams coming up (we're almost official PhD candidates!) things have been getting even busier,...

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Iron Chef Does Burgers: Take 1

With J out of town visiting her boyfriend, I spent the weekend enjoying some QT with my own. After a trip to Franklin Institute to see the Body Worlds exhibit (I've never seen it before-- I definitely recommend it! We were particularly interested in the blood vessel systems), we decided to give Village Whiskey a try for dinner. I've been there myself and had thoroughly enjoyed the burger, and knowing my dining companion's limited palate, knew...

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Daaaahvio's

The parental units are pretty key to our lives for many reasons, some of which involve food. They like to come up to Philly to visit on a fairly frequent basis, and besides the immeasurable joy we get from spending time with them, we also almost always end up with a fair number of tangible goods. Every time we get the email from Southwest announcing when their next trip up will be (sometimes it's a bit of a surprise), it triggers thoughts of all...

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