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Maharaja's Hot Mango Pickle
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Ciao, La Cucina
After nearly four years of running their down-to-earth Italian joint on Water Street, Franky and Meridith Benincasa are moving on. La Cucina will be closed by the time you read this. Why? Two reasons. One, the Benincasas have a good incentive to leave: the chance to sell their restaurant to Bill Atwood, whose nine-story Waterhouse […]
Pain by numbers
It’s not that math in and of itself causes Sweet Cakes’ nerves to palpate with anxiety. Math—what is it? A bunch of dress sizes and inseam measurements thrown together in a big heap! Please. Sweet is not l’imbecile! She can handle math. But taxes. That, dearest darlings, is another calculation entirely. And with the season […]
Feelings, nothing more than…
I’ve always been the person in my family accused of being the most in touch with my feelings. This is not a good thing in many cases, given that the phrase is usually offered as an excuse for some unwarranted emotional outburst I’ve just let fly. However, it’s hardly an insightful remark to say that […]
Striking memories
Bob Motley is not a name that gets tossed around on Baseball Tonight. If you asked 10 so-called “baseball purists” who he is, the smart money would say not a one would know.Motley is the last living umpire from the Negro Leagues and sadly, one of the last living men affiliated with that era of […]
Spicin’ up the white meat
Chicken that has flavor? Get out of town. Or don’t. Milan’s Chicken Jal-frazi gets high marks—it’s easier than fried chicken, quicker than roasted chicken, and spicy is the name of the game. Jal-frazi means “dry-fry,” and it denotes that the dish will finish with little sauce left in the pan. At Milan, Charanjeet Ghotra’s recipe […]
Sweet prize
Restaurantarama might spend a lot of time tagging along with restaurateurs, but that doesn’t mean we actually know what it takes to open an eatery. Of the health inspections, liquor license applications, flatware choices and menu-related agonizing, we have only secondhand knowledge. Joanna Yoakam, though, has been there, and she wants to spare someone else […]
The madness before March
You want more madness? Yes, it’s that time of the year to ink in the brackets and make up the always unbelievable excuse for why you get sick on the same Thursday every year. A noteworthy bald-headed commentator for ESPN would say, “It’s the Madness, Baby!” This year the field of 65 welcomes back the […]
Jab fest
I am a lucky girl. Not because my mother looks 10 years younger than she is or because I was blessed with reasonably straight teeth. Rather, because for the past week I have been making my way through events at the HBO Comedy Festival and thus have had the privilege of sharing the company of […]
Real deal finger food
Having lived in West Philly, I’m fairly accustomed to having Ethiopian food at least once a week. Hand-feeding myself spicy goodness is apparently my thing, plus I get kind of drunk from the super-high iron content of the injera bread. When I lived in Richmond, I visited Nile restaurant so often that I now send […]