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#203 April 2026/Cooking/Culture/Current Issue/Food

Brooklyn native carries on Jewish baking traditions, sharing babka and other delicacies with a Philadelphia audience

As the oldest of nine children, Shevy Sputz was her mother’s kitchen assistant in their Brooklyn household. Sputz’s mother, a talented cook and baker, wisely gave her daughter responsibility for making desserts. Decades later, that early family apprenticeship and an heirloom recipe led to the formation of Sputz’s burgeoning Fairmount-based business, Shevy’s Babka Paradise. Although

April 4, 2026

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#002 March 2009/Cooking/Food/GridPhilly

Recipe: Peach Turnovers

1/2 can Three Springs Fruit Farm Canned Peaches3 tbsp Peach jelly 1 tbsp Cornstarch1/8 tsp Cinnamon 1 frozen Puff pastry sheet, thawed1 lg egg, beaten 2 tbsp Cold Green Meadows butter, cut into cubes1 tbsp Sugar

March 1, 2009

1 min read

#002 March 2009/Farming/Food

Daily Dish

Farm to Philly hosts bloggers who eat locally, seasonally
by Tenaya Darlington
I may not be a locavore—the word for someone who tries to source food from within 100 miles of her home—but I am definitely a locavore voyeur. I like knowing what people are cooking within 100 miles of my house. No wonder I’ve become a

March 1, 2009

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#001 February 2009/Energy/Environment/Farming/Food

Waste Not!

Biogas technology will save Philly some serious money
by Matt Jakubowski
Biogas isn’t sexy. There are no sleek silver solar panels, no turbines on a windswept hill. It’s a part of your regular routine, but we’re only beginning to tap into its explosive potential. Biogas generation, the unmentionable alternative, uses methane, a potent greenhouse gas that

February 1, 2009

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#001 February 2009/Community/Food/gardening

The Other Economy

Don't Panic, Philly--there's work to do!
by Kenneth D. Smith, Ph.D.
Many Philadelphians feel anxious about the unfolding economic crisis. So far we’ve witnessed eye-popping declines in our 401Ks, unprecedented layoffs from CitiBank to City Hall, and planned cuts in City services, including libraries, firehouses, recreation centers and public swimming pools. Given the tense environment, is there

February 1, 2009

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#001 February 2009/Food

Doctor’s Orders

When Greg Salisbury opened Rx restaurant in University City, almost no one in the Philly restaurant industry was thinking local. “When we started in ’01 there was only one other restaurant doing this,” says the laidback and laconic Salisbury. “My first exposure to a CSA [Community Supported Agriculture] in 1997, at 17th and South, caused

February 1, 2009

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Food - Page 36

Brooklyn native carries on Jewish baking traditions, sharing babka and other delicacies with a Philadelphia audience

Recipe: Peach Turnovers

Daily Dish

Waste Not!

The Other Economy

Doctor’s Orders

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