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@Mashable Asks: Is Pizza the New Resistance? @bywillpollock
Posted on February 11, 2017 Leave a Comment
New Zealand the country has always been a place I’ve wanted to visit. But it has a pizzeria that’s now on my must list. Filadelfio’s Gardens created a pizza last week that spoof’s Donald Trump’s idea of a border wall with Mexico. In case you’d like to make it yourself: the pie is half Americana and half Mexican, with BBQ […]
Living Up to Philly’s Nickname ‘City of Brotherly Love’
Posted on July 4, 2015 Leave a Comment
(pictured above: Rosa’s Pizza owner Mason Wartman standing in front of gifted $1 post-it pizza coupons. photo credit: Mason Wartman via People.com) Philadelphia has a very special joint called Rosa’s Pizza & Grill where patrons can purchase slices of pizza for homeless people for $1. To date, the restaurant has given away more than 10,000 slices of […]
On #EarthDay, #NoFoodWasted
Posted on April 22, 2015 Leave a Comment
Tom Colicchio is one of my Foodie Heroes, and today is a good example of that. It’s Earth Day and we’re talking about how to waste less food. Join me at 1pm to chat & send qs with #NoFoodWasted pic.twitter.com/Z1r8c0vMlG — Tom Colicchio (@tomcolicchio) April 22, 2015 Food waste is a huge problem in this […]
Leonard Nimoy, aka Mister Spock (1931 – 2015)
Posted on February 27, 2015 Leave a Comment
As a kid I would pretend I was asleep… but instead I’d turn on my teeny B&W TV to watch episodes of Star Trek—and Spock was a big reason why. “Trek” is one of the last science-fiction series and franchises to actually tell stories, and meaningful ones, that still resonate today. Nimoy was also a celebrated and accomplished […]
#QuotableMondays: Patricia Arquette Steals the Oscar Evening
Posted on February 23, 2015 Leave a Comment
You might call it an “Actor’s Barn-burner.” At last night’s Oscar ceremony, Patricia Arquette won for Best Supporting Actress in a film called “Boyhood.” The film is basically unprecedented in that it was shot over a period of 12 years with the same cast members. (read more) But it was her speech that charged up […]
#QuotableMondays: Top Chef’s Gregory Gourdet Talks Jacques & Julia
Posted on February 2, 2015 Leave a Comment
Although he’s seen his fair share of ups and down on Season 12 of Bravo TV’s “Top Chef,” Gregory Gourdet has made it all the way to the final three. I interviewed Gourdet for an upcoming piece at TheBacklot.com, which will be posted this Wednesday. Of all the irreverent weeks of themed shows, Gourdet says the Julia Child episode was one of his […]
#QuotableMondays: ‘Create Community by Offering All You Have’ – DJ Donpasta
Posted on October 13, 2014 Leave a Comment
How is this the first I’ve ever heard of DJ Donpasta? Whatever chef cred I had should be revoked, clearly. Gliding between the soundtable and butcher block with gleeful ease, DJ Donpasta (otherwise known as Daniele de Michele, an author, DJ and exhibition cook) proves that, YES—you can be a master at many things. Michele spoke […]
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