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The Philadelphia Inquirer in 60 seconds: Firehouse cookbooks, sidewalk cafes and cooking in leaves

by Marisa McClellan, Posted Sep 4th 2008 @ 9:04PM

The Hallmark Channel has created a new cookbook from firehouses, to go along with an original movie they recently produced. Some of the recipes come from a Philadelphia firehouse.
Center City Philadelphia is now bursting with sidewalk cafes, with more than 200 on the books just seven years after they were legalized.
In the Market Basket there are wooden salad servers, salad bowls and Made in Napa Valley curry sauce.
Use leaves (banana, fig and grape to name a few) for wrapping food for cooking instead of aluminum foil.
Local politics gets in the way of the sales of the Italian Market Cookbook.
Grilled pizzas make for easy, crowd-friendly meals.
Inquirer food critic Craig LaBan selects the two-year-old Swiss Gruyère from Emmi as the cheese of the month.

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by Marisa McClellan, Posted Aug 7th 2008 @ 10:02AM

What's better during these hot days of summer than a popsicle? Well, how about a popsicle with alcohol in it! Strictly for adults, they have low alcohol content and cool you down quickly.
At $.69 an ear, Mirai isn't bargain corn. However, it is sweet, crisp and delicious, bringing back memories of the corn of yesteryear.
In the Market Basket, we've got Australian olive oil, crisp bread and tasty turkey burgers.
At this time when tomatoes are perfect, use them as the staring component in a bread salad.
In Table Talk, Michael Klein dishes on a new brewpub in Mt. Airy, a white tablecloth restaurant in Fishtown and Capogiro moves to University City.
Looking for ways to use of leftover take-out rice, Joe Yonan elevates his fried rice.
In the Cheese of the Month column, Craig LaBan features Cypress Grove's Fog Lights.