Peanut Butter Jelly Time

Now that I hope you have that annoyingly funny song stuck in your head, we can move on to the real focus for today: Peanut Butter and Jelly Bars. As "gourmet" as I like to eat, simply put, there really is nothing like a good peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Classic, unpretentious, just two pieces of soft white bread filled with creamy (our preference over crunchy) peanut butter and sweet, sticky jelly. Really, anything with peanut butter is good...

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Oven Baked Ribs

The joys of city living are many: quick access to great shops and restaurants, being able to live car-free, being 15 minutes away from a major airport, and having a cute and cozy condo within a recently remodeled brownstone. But truth be told, we sometimes long for those things that only life in suburbia can offer: big box stores, malls, running and biking trails, and fresh air. Our kitchen set-up also reflects this city/country divide. We have...

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Muntin

Replacing the standard-but-not-special sushi restarant Misso, Muntin is a promising Pan-Asian fusion-esque restaurant just a hop, skip and a jump down Spruce Street from where we live. Recently reviewed by Philly Weekly and with 4.5 stars on Yelp, Muntin seemed like a tasty new addition to the neighborhood. Written a mere two weeks ago, the PW review promised me a delicious meal of scallion pancakes and crispy red snapper. Looking for a casual...

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Mango Moon

The recent creation of websites such as Groupon and Living Social is (in my opinion) a true stroke of genius. If you aren't familiar with these sites, you should be. The basic premise is that the managers of each site partner with various companies throughout each host city in order to provide customers with deep discounts while guaranteeing the businesses more customers. Each day, I receive an email from both of these sites (although there are...

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Three Eat Jake's: The 5-Pound Philly Challenge

Jake's Sandwich Board has already made an appearance on our blog, providing a fix for our sandwich cravings in the past. Though not our favorite sandwich place in the city, Jake's recently unveiled a new item on the menu that intrigued us: the 5-pound Philly Challenge. Five whole pounds of classic Philly food for $34.95, or free if you can manage to conquer it in 45 minutes or less, by yourself. Of course I know the capacity of my own stomach...

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Vacation Recap

Every summer calls for a vacation, and I recently got to spend a week traveling around New York and Massachusetts with my boyfriend. Since we both like to eat, food was definitely a highlight of our time together. Of course, traveling sometimes calls for some on-the-go meals, but for the most part we ate lots of fresh home-cooked food complimented by a few delicious restaurant dinners. A view off the Appalachian TrailWe took advantage of not having...

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Peaches

Somehow, growing up in the midst of North Central Florida's abundant farmland, we never took the opportunity to go to a "U-Pick-'Em"-- basically, a farm where instead of migrant workers doing all the work, YOU do all the work. We became minorly obsessed with this phenomena in college when we were introduced by a friend to apple picking near his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island during a fall break. Crisp weather, beautiful colors, the fun of...

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Tinto

This past week I was on a dining quest: find a reasonably priced brunch at a nearby, quiet, "romantic" restaurant. My boyfriend and I were celebrating three years together this weekend, and since he was taking me to dinner (we experienced some "melting pots" together), I decided to extend the celebration as an excuse for another decadent meal. After some trolling around online (thanks, Philadelphia Mag!) I decided on Tinto. I think it's fairly...

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