Today in food news, we keep it local and talk about a new restaurant in Philly, Rooster Soup Company.
In our What’s for Dinner segment we talk about stromboli, both restaurant and homemade.
We talk about the wonderful and versatile ingredient, malted milk powder.
We explore the questionable wisdom of giving classic dishes “healthy” makeovers.
And finally, at the market we found Mini Shokichi Squash.
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In our What’s for Dinner segment, this week we’re talking empanadas.
Given it’s the dead of winter, we are trying to eat plenty of soup dumplings. We share our favorite spots to slurp them here in Philly.
We sat down with Heather Thomason of Primal Supply Meats to talk about local meat, butchery, and running an old-fashioned kind of business in the internet age.
At the market this week, we’re buying one of our many favorite winter citrus fruits: grapefruits.
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Valentine’s Day is coming. We suggest a homemade meal–like pizza.
Quick reminder: We’re teaching a cooking class about making soup at the Philadelphia Free Library’s Center for Culinary Literacy on February 22 at 6 pm. Tickets are $15 and you can get them here.
In food news this week we talked about an NPR report that revealed Americans don’t care what scientists think about GMOs.
We talked about the kind of things that a good to make for brand new parents and a pretty neat online tool for organizing the process–Meal Train.
Valentine’s Day is coming up next week. What will you be eating?
And finally, at the market we are buying Brussels sprouts.
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This week, the news we discuss is about our podcast. Local Mouthful is now also an FM radio show. In Philadelphia and Camden, you can hear us every Wednesday at 6:30 pm on WPPM 106.5 FM. It’s Philly CAM’s radio station. Philly CAM is a wonderful community access media center with a radio studio, a TV studio and tons of affordable classes to learn how to make your own media. (Joy learned a lot about radio making and audio editing in a class there last winter.) Check it out!
We talked about “plant based burgers” including one hot new product that Joy and Marisa taste-tested.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to cook without a recipe? We’re teaching an improvisation Soup Class at the Philadelphia Free Library’s Center for Culinary Literacy on February 22 at 6 pm. In this hands-on session, we’ll teach you a few adaptable formulas so you can make soup with whatever you have on hand. And we’ll enjoy the fruits our labor together! Tickets are $15 and you can get them here.
And finally, at the market, we are stocking up on apples.
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