Spiga + CityEats Giveaway Winner!

Thanks to all of you who entered into the drawing to win a $100 gift certificate to Spiga courtesy of CityEats!  We used a random number generator and a little Excel spreadsheet work to determine our winner, who will be contacted via email.We asked all of you to peruse the Spiga menu and choose items to formulate the meal of your dreams, and our winner had this to say:First the polenta fries, grilled zucchini and anchovies. Then the Tartars....

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Magpie

Earlier this year, several food writers (both local and national) made some predictions about the food trends we would experience in 2012.  One of those focused on specialty desserts: cupcakes were on the way out, and PIE was on the way in.  In my opinion, cupcakes are great, and while you can formulate a million different flavor combinations, at the end of the day, they're still cake.  Pie, on the other hand, seems like much more...

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Spiga

*Have you entered our contest for a $100 gift card to Spiga yet? It ends 10/29!*CityEats was also generous enough to provide us with a little incentive to head over to Spiga to check it out for ourselves! To be honest, it wasn't real high on my list after receiving some rather unfavorable reviews.  However, after getting to taste an awesome burger from the Italian restaurant, I knew I should give it a chance.  Spiga is run by a couple...

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College Inn Ultimate Recipe Challenge

We were recently invited to take part in a recipe contest, hosted by College Inn (you know, the chicken broth company!).  They generously provided some fun cookware and an array of different broths, from basic to complex (the Thai Coconut Curry just might be my new favorite for quick-and-easy Thai soup).  The contest is co-hosted with celebrity chef Amanda Freitag- although she keeps busy with her job as a judge on Chopped, she made time...

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Deep Fried Everything

For our birthday this year, a good friend bought us a deep fryer.  If you're a Penn alum, you'll probably understand my obsession with fried Oreos- I have great memories of eating them on a sunny day in the Quad during Spring Fling.  I also happen to enjoy eating other fried things, but I have an extra-special soft spot in my heart for fried Oreos.Since it's been many months since our birthday, we finally decided to haul the fryer out of...

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Couples Tower Isle: Eight Rivers Restaurant

The Monday after our wedding, my new husband and I set off on our honeymoon for a week in Jamaica.  We flew into Montego Bay and trekked east across the island to Ocho Rios to our final destination: Couples Tower Isle.  It was a perfect resort for us: just the right mix of all-inclusive activities and plenty of rest and relaxation.  One of our favorite things about "CTI" as it's known, was the food.  We never had a less than stellar...

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