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Five local bike accessories you should know about

Gear Up by Emily Kovach 1. LOCK HOLSTERS FROM FABRIC HORSE No more locks rattling around on handlebars or shoved awkwardly in back pockets. $10 at fabrichorse.com, 1737 E. Passyunk Ave. 2. LOCKDOWN FOOT STRAPS FROM R.E.LOADMade from the same tough Cordura waxed canvas as their legendary messenger bags, these straps can be made in the

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We love the art on local food trucks almost as much as their delicious cuisine

A Movable Visual Feast by Emily Kovach Gourmet food trucks are everywhere in Philly, dishing up creative, restaurant-quality fare around town at lunchtime, festivals, concerts, farmers markets and street fairs. While it’s the cuisine cooking inside the trucks that entices us—melty deep-fried cheese curds, overstuffed tacos, authentic Southern barbecue and decadent cupcakes, just to name

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Food Trucks We Love: El Guaco Loco

by Emily Kovach EL GUACO LOCO The owner: Rafael de Lunaelguacoloco.com@ElGuacoLoco on Twitter Specialty: Mexican food/mole and guisados Your spot: Temple University, Monday—Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Most popular dish: Chicken with mole  Who designed the truck?My brother Ronaldo and I did it with help from our parents and Brands Imaging. We were

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Food Trucks We Love: Dump-n-Roll

by Emily Kovach DUMP-N-ROLL The owner: Peter Tongdumpnroll.com@DumpnRoll215 on Twitter Specialty: We’re the only world fusion inspired creative dumplings and spring rolls food truck! Where we can find you? On social media, because I’m all over the tri-state area. But I’m often at Frankford and Girard in Fishtown, or in University City at 34th and

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Food Trucks We Love: Mom-Mom’s Polish Food Cart

by Emily Kovach MOM-MOM’S POLISH FOOD CART The owners: Kaitlin Wines and Ryan Elmore (they’re engaged!) @MomMomNomNom on Twitter Who is Mom-Mom? We are named after Kaitlin’s Mom-Mom (grandmother), Rita Chmielewski, a second-generation Polish immigrant and thriving 93-year-old. We could have called ourselves Babcia’s (the Polish word for grandmother) but Kait grew up eating/cooking/baking with Mom-Mom—it

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Food Trucks We Love: Farm Truck

by Emily Kovach FARM TRUCK The owners: Kris Pepper and Eliot Covenfarmtruckphilly.com @Farm_Truck on Twitter Cuisine: Seasonal, farm-to-table. We buy locally whenever possible and serve an eclectic mix of American, Asian, Mediterranean and fusion cuisine. We often get asked if everything on our menu is healthy. To which we say, “It isn’t health food, it’s

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Pickles and cheeses are among the many ferments you can try at home

Photo by Gene Smirnov Counter Culture by Anna Herman Many of us with yards have those small animals that are dubbed micro-livestock—chickens, ducks, rabbits and honeybees and the like—as part of our urban homestead and hyper-local food sources. But even apartment dwellers can improve their nutrition and cultivate microorganisms by fermenting food. So many traditional

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A summer affair with strawberries

Short and Sweet by Peggy Paul Casella Large, watery, cone-shaped strawberries are available any time at the grocery store, but if you want the real thing—fragrant, red all the way through, with juices that dribble down your chin—you have to wait for that sweet spot in the year, when late spring meets early summer. Strawberries

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