Education and event spaces for foodies with a plan

Photo by Kate McCann by Alex Jones These businesses double as kitchen and dining room: They provide a clean, certified and inspected space for food entrepreneurs at the production side of the supply chain, and then serve up a delicious final product to excited eaters in a beautiful space.  City KitchenLocation: Center CityYear founded: 2014

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Shared commercial kitchens for food entrepreneurs

by Alex Jones Kitchen shares give food entrepreneurs access to low-cost, commercial-scale equipment at a location with flexible hours. So whether you want to be a private chef, a caterer or a producer of a commercial product, these kitchens will help you get a food business going. They can even assist with marketing, networking and

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Balboa is the place if you want to show off your cooking chops

Restaurateur for a Night by Alex Jones Itching to try your hand at a big dinner, but don’t have the kitchen facilities or seating you need to host a big night? Balboa is a contemporary, refined space that hides on a residential block in Fishtown—but it hosts some of the city’s most innovative chefs for

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Food Underground shines a spotlight on the back of the house

Photo by A Few Fishies Star For a Day by Alex Jones After cooking at top restaurants in Tel Aviv and Philadelphia, chef Ari Miller struck out on his own with Food Underground, a pop-up event and private dinner party service. Book him for your next party, or attend a Cooks’ Canvas dinner, in which

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Hands-on learning for life at the Culinary Literacy Center

Photo by Ryan Brandenberg Beyond the Cookbook by Alex Jones Tucked away on the fourth floor of the Free Library’s Parkway Central branch, you won’t find the rare book collection. Instead, hidden behind an unassuming door you’ll discover a gleaming, commercial-grade culinary classroom. It’s a nontraditional space for a library, but library coordinator Suzanna Urminska

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We need more girls who believe they can be makers

Illustration by Corey Brickley Hack the Gender Gap by Georgia Guthrie “Wow, that seems very complicated. I don’t think I would be able to do that.” “I just started learning myself, and believe me, if I can do it, you can, too!”  I heard this snippet of conversation during the Drop In + Do, the

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The Singularity, and the next industrial revolution

Populist Mechanics by Heather Shayne Blakeslee Followers of advances in artificial intelligence are waiting for a tipping point they call the “Singularity.” It’s the moment in time when the computers and machines that we’ve designed are smart enough to design better versions of themselves, an event that would trigger a cascade of exponential improvement—as well

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What I Made: Athena Safety Jewelry

Inventor: Yasmine Mustafa   |   Age: 33   |   Profession: CEO, ROAR for Good ROAR for Good’s first product, available in the spring of 2016, is Athena—fashionable jewelry for women’s self-defense. When threatened, the wearer presses a button, instantly sounding a loud alarm that sends your GPS via text to pre-programmed emergency contacts.

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