Tag: Philadelphia

  • Swiss Chard with Pickled Currants & Pistachios, Black Beluga Lentils, & Roasted Cauliflower

    One of our all-time favorite restaurants is Vedge, the premier upscale, vegan experience in Philadelphia, PA. It was recently rated as the third best restaurant by Philadelphia Magazine, in competition with all of the non-vegan establishments. Chef Rich Landau has won many accolades, from winning the best chef on Chopped to being named Best Chef […]

  • Pizza Brain

    One of the best things about originally being from New Jersey and having lived in Philadelphia as well, is knowing good pizza. The Philly/NJ/NYC area has many great Italian restaurants and pizzerias that I deeply miss when I’m in any other part of the country. So whenever we are back in NJ or Philly visiting […]

  • The No-Chick Benedict

    Growing up, some of my favorite dinners were breakfast dinners! Something about having what we traditionally ate in the morning always seemed even more exciting as the supper menu. I recently watched a program on television about the history of eggs benedict and how they were developed at a famous Manhatten restaurant many years ago. […]

  • Vegan Vietnamese Hoagie (Bánh Mì Chay) & Sweet Potato Fries

    Being married to a Vietnamese-American means that I get the low down on all of the restaurants that have authentically made Vietnamese dishes. My husband is a hard critic of Vietnamese food and rightly so. I’ve had a few Vietnamese hoagies (the good, the bad, and the ugly). Yeah, I called them “hoagies.” I’m originally […]

  • White Bean & Cauliflower Soup with Truffle Oil

    One of my all-time favorite vegan upscale restaurants was Horizons in Philadelphia. It is closed for business, as the owners Rich Landau and Kate Jacoby are opening a new restaurant called Vedge (to be open in the coming weeks hopefully). A great recipe that I made from their Horizons: New Vegan Cuisine cookbook is the […]