San Francisco has never been short on culture—counter or otherwise—but it was the ice cream scene that inspired local musician Pete Angevine while visiting the West Coast last summer.
Cold-brewed coffee has a long and delicious history in New Orleans, a city that can lay claim to even more sticky summer days than Philadelphia. Traditionally brewed at home in old mayonnaise jars with chicory, the concentrated elixir is diluted to taste, sweetened and sipped on porches as a respite from oppressive temperatures.
Peach Pie with Crumble Topping
1/2 recipe of basic pie dough5 cups sliced peaches (8-9 peaches)1/2 cup brown sugar1/3 cup all-purpose flour1 lemon, zested and juiced1/2 tsp. cinnamon1/2 tsp. almond extract
Basic Blueberry Pie
1 recipe of basic pie dough6 cups blueberries (fresh or frozen)1 cup sugar1/3 cup all-purpose flour1 lemon, zested and juiced1/2 tsp. cinnamon1/4 tsp. grated nutmeg2 Tbsp. butter1 egg (for egg wash)
Strawberry-Rhubarb Pie
1 recipe of basic pie dough1 quart strawberries, washed and quartered1 pound rhubarb, chopped into 1-inch lengths1 cup sugar1/2 cup all-purpose flour1/2 tsp. vanilla extract2 Tbsp. butter1 egg (for egg wash)
For most of my life, I believed that pie was special occasion food, reserved for big family dinners and primary holidays like Thanksgiving and Christmas. Because of that, I developed a parallel opinion that making pie was extraordinarily hard. Why else would it be trotted out only once or twice a year?
When Kristian Holbrook named his mixed-milk robiola “Hummingbird,” he couldn’t have chosen a more perfect image. Like its namesake bird, this soft cheese is bright and delicate, with a nectar-like flavor profile that calls to mind vanilla and citrus. At one week, Hummingbird has the consistency of airy cheesecake; at three, the center liquefies and
Dry, aromatic and alcoholic, cyser (pronounced sizer) is a type of mead made by fermenting honey in apple cider. According to Hank Frecon, humans have been keen on the stuff since ancient Babylon. His family’s orchards in Boyertown provide the raw material for Frecon’s Hard Cider, an all-local line of fruity ferments made for Kutztown’s
Over the past several years, smart grid technology has been held up as a way to achieve energy independence, combat global warming and improve grid reliability. Who could be against that? But for most consumers, the smart grid is a nebulous, monolithic technological advancement that has little relevance to their everyday lives. It’s hard for
FACT: Globally, 51,000 to 82,000 tons of cell phone charger waste is generated per year.
PROBLEM: One hundred million cell phones become obsolete each year and, in most cases, so do their chargers. The European Commission has recently solved this problem for residents of the European Union by persuading 10 major cell phone manufacturers to sign
