Food & Drink
The Best Recipes Ready in 10 Minutes
Taco Salad Ingredients: Salad greens, 1 tomato, 1/2 red onion, 1 avocado, 1 can black beans, 1 can sweet corn, olive oil, cilantro tortilla chips Directions: Chop tomato and red onion.
The Best Vending Machines
If you’re a sucker for snacks, you’ll think you’ve died and gone to vending machine heaven in the obscure John Morgan Building (behind the Quad, adjacent to Robert Johnson Pavilion). With no less than 10 separate machines, there’s something to satisfy everything from a mild case of the munchies to fullblown hunger pains.
The Best (Food) Courses Offered Next Semester
Food and Culture ANTH-184-301 Jane Kauer Discover the “meanings underlying eating and food in the United States, and the different ways that individuals construct ‘self’ and identity through food and eating.” Profound, man.
A Haiku on Steak
While once you moo’ed today you are most tender. Revenge: bittersweet.
Recipe of the Week: Bowtie Pasta Salad
Now that spring has sprung and the Green is hopping, it’s the best time of year for an afternoon picnic.
Crazy Lust
If you’re looking for a new place to plug in your laptop and settle in for a couple hours, check out Lovers and Madmen.
Giving it 100%
Along with the sight of mysterious gentlemen sneaking out in the wee morning hours and the revolting buildup of hair in the shower drain, a kitchen full of 100-calorie packs goes with the territory of sharing a house with seven girls.
Bank on This
The brand spanking new Union Trust Steakhouse, a project two years in the making, opened its doors this February.
Heart and Soul
In a sea of egg & cheese and Chinese food trucks, GiGi’s stands out with its Southern comfort food classics and Caribbean specialities.
44 Bottles
With Saint Patty’s day and Philly Beer Week behind us, beer drinking is on the mind. Enter: Local 44, a brand new pub located just outside Penn’s campus at the corner of 44th and Spruce.
A Hefty Brew
I like my beer the same way I like my coffee: dark, bold and full of flavor. And just as I need a full-bodied cup of coffee to begin the morning, nothing starts a night of drinking better than a cold stout beer. Stout beers are dark ales made from roasted malt or barley, hops, ale yeast and water.
What’s On Tap Next?
Ladder 15 Location: 1528 Sansom St. Highlights: Former firehouse industrial space, root beer glazed ribs on the menu, cotton candy for dessert. Set to open: March 26 The Blockley Pourhouse Location: 3801 Chestnut St. Highlights: Beer garden, live music, “old-timey charm.” Set to open: Late March VargaBar Location: 941 Spruce St. Highlights: 22 beers on tap, al fresco dining, inspired by pin-up girl photographer Alberto Vargas. Set to open: Late April or early May Tap House Location: The Radian Highlights: 75 beers on tap, private tasting room, massive outdoor space with fire pits. Set to open: August
Drink of the Week: Black Velvet
The tastiest of drinks may be reserved for the ladies, but beer cocktails are delicious alternatives that avoid sacrificing any manliness. Ingredients: Stout Beer (usually Guinness) Champagne Directions: Fill half of a champagne glass with a stout beer.
Whiskey Nation
Alas, Philly Beer Week planners didn’t keep us Penn Kids in mind when planning their week of “big beer fun.” With most of us opting for more tropical (read: less classy) locales for Spring Break, we decided it’s our turn to educate on the other, classier “man drinks” out there. Possibly the most intricate and complex alcohol around, whiskey is top dog when it comes to the man drink.
Fred Astaire Would Approve
Walking into Continental Midtown for brunch on a Sunday morning, I didn’t know exactly what to expect. Would the menu focus on breakfast items?
Dough That's Worth the Dough
Stepping out of my taxi in northeast Philadelphia, the aroma of freshly-baked dough tickles my nose.
Hot 'n' Spicy
The location of Penn’s Korean/Japanese food cart (and arguably Penn’s best food cart overall) is ideal for two rather large groups of Penn students: Huntsmanites and Pottruck-loyalists.
Lucky Number Seven
I happened upon this place by means of a serendipitous miscommunication. I trekked to old city on a snowy January weeknight, to have dinner at another local BYO.
Windex Not Included
Tucked away inside a traditional Philadelphia row house is Effie’s Greek Restaurant, the closest any Philadelphian can get to authentic Greek cuisine. This Philadelphia classic, located on Antique Row, has been serving its own twist on classic Greek fare for 12 years, leaving some like Sarah Weaver, a three-year patron, coming back for more. “This place is phenomenal,” Weaver said, “I bring all my friends from out of town because there is no other place I’d go to get good Greek food.” Effie’s serves traditional Greek food in a cozy, at-ease atmosphere meant to make diners feel at home.
