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#098 June 2017/Food

Mistral, located in the King of Prussia Mall, puts two farm-to-table veterans to the test

Sustainability in the Suburbs? by Danielle Corcione Mistral, pronounced MEE-strall, opened its doors at the King of Prussia Mall on March 1. Nestled between Neiman Marcus and Lord & Taylor, the brand-new restaurant has aspirations to farm-to-table fare, even if it’s an unlikely setting. Why King of Prussia over Philadelphia? The idea was proposed to

May 31, 2017

1 min read

#098 June 2017/Community/Food

A chef and Navy veteran is still fighting the good fight

Illustration by Layla Ehsan Protecting and Serving by Brion Shreffler Ahead of another busy Saturday night at the now shuttered Rarest, Sean Ciccarone, 37, took to the streets on March 25 for the #DisruptMAGA (Make America Great Again) protest that coincided with a Trump rally at Independence Mall. It was just one of many marches/protests

May 31, 2017

2 mins read

#098 June 2017/Column/Dispatch

Dispatch: From dodging spitballs and trash in the 1970s to riding in bike lanes in 2017, a city biking pioneer reflects on 40 years of urban cycling

Illustration by Jameela Wahlgren Uphill, Both Ways essay by Ginger Osborne It amuses me when I hear young cyclists complain that some car driver yelled at them while they were biking. Yelled at them. This upsets them. Being yelled at. I started riding a bicycle around Philadelphia in the mid 1970s. There were no bike

May 31, 2017

2 mins read

#097 May 2017/Food

Forty North Oyster Farms brings farming back to Barnegat Bay

Shelling Out by Emily Kovach The first rays of sunshine are peeking over Barnegat Bay in coastal New Jersey when Matt Gregg, 33, steers his boat out into the water. The cool air of early dawn isn’t tempered yet by the summer heat, and Gregg and one of his employees are headed out to harvest

April 26, 2017

3 mins read

#097 May 2017/All Topics

Water & Politics: Standing Her Ground

Photo courtesy of Michelle Johnson A Pennsylvania woman fights against the natural gas pipelines that threaten the region’s water supply by Justin Klugh Malinda Harnish Clatterbuck goes for a run almost every morning. Early in the day, the sun crawls across the Tucquan Glen, a nature preserve in southern Lancaster County, bringing to life its

April 26, 2017

5 mins read

#097 May 2017/Column/Dispatch

Dispatch: A journey from the woods of Idaho to the waters of Alaska

Illustration by Carter Mulcahy A Fisherman’s Tale essay by Stephen Kurian Working as a forester for the Idaho Department of Lands, I befriended a fellow hunter named—no lie—Hunt. During long hours in the wilderness, he’d entertain me with stories of fishing adventures in Bristol Bay, Alaska: the bracing water, the impetuous weather, working day and

April 26, 2017

2 mins read

#097 May 2017/Column/The Big Picture

Our brains are wired to want fat and sugar. Maybe we should go with it.

Are the Golden Arches a Golden Ticket? interview by Heather Shayne Blakeslee Journalist David H. Freedman, a skeptic of the first order, has a lot to say about those he calls “the Pollanites,” by which he means devotees of food writer Michael Pollan. Freedman thinks that an unfounded belief that farm stands and unprocessed food

April 26, 2017

6 mins read

#097 May 2017/Food

Three regional shops to try for cocoa confections

Bean-to-Bar Chocolate by Estelle Tracy If the counter of Philter Coffee in Kennett Square is any indication, the craft movement has taken over chocolate. The shop currently carries 12 different bars from small American makers, and yet, owner Chris Thompson still wishes he could carry more. “There are other makers who I’d like to eventually

April 26, 2017

2 mins read

#097 May 2017/Food

Evil Genius opens The Lab in Fishtown; Second District thrives in Newbold

Photo courtesy of Anthony Caroto Two to Try: New Neighborhood Brewhouses by Emily Kovach The seeds of Evil Genius Beer Co. were planted in a rather unlikely place: an accounting class. Founders Trevor Hayward and Luke Bowen met as newly initiated graduate students at Villanova University in 2008, both pursuing careers in finance. However, just

April 26, 2017

3 mins read

#097 May 2017/All Topics

Water & Politics: The Rollback

The Trump administration has openly questioned climate science, but there are more reasons to be concerned about the president’s budget proposal by Jared Brey Three years ago, after decades of waiting and pestering city officials to do something, residents of Bridesburg, a riverside community in Philadelphia between Frankford and the great Northeast, met at a

April 26, 2017

9 mins read

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