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The Real Potato
http://therealpotato.wordpress.com
This blog is about my search for real food in a world full of fake food. I think that people with full-time jobs and not much money should be able to enjoy fresh, real, delicious food. This is the chronicle of my attempt to make that happen in my own life.
My goal is to be able to cook comfort food for you, no matter where in the world you come from. I'm learning to cook, exploring the politics of food, eating my way through the Philadelphia local food scene, and learning to live with Crohn's disease. There will be plenty of recipes, book reviews, Philadelphia restaurant reviews, recommendations and rants to come!
I hope you're hungry.
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Sketch Burger: Holy Kobe!
I have been to the top of the mountain… and they serve hamburgers. OK, that mild rise on Girard isn’t really even a hill, but the hamburgers really are amazing. I’m talking about the newly opened Sketch Burger and Shake Joint, at ...
Dinner on Girard: Ekta and Sketch Burger Joint Opening Today
Good news for Fishtowners! Chef Raju Bhattarai, formerly the executive chef at Tiffin, has opened his own restaurant, Ekta, at 250 E. Girard [where: 19125]. I stopped by the small storefront space yesterday, and Chef Bhattarai and his staff were ...
Recession Food: Emergency Recipes
So the economy is crashing and burning, and with oil pushing $150 a barrel, it’s unlikely that food prices will drop, or even plateau, anytime soon. Most people are struggling to get by (link via What to Eat), and food banks are struggling to...
Book Review: Kitchen Literacy
We buy everything, and have no idea by which the articles are produced, and have no means of knowing before hand what the quality may be… Relatively we are in a state of barbarous innocence, as compared with our grandmothers, about the common a...
Sushi, Eggs and Oatmeal: Critical Thinking, Common Sense, and Nutrition
I’ve been around the block a few times, nutritionally speaking. I’ve been diagnosed with celiac disease (wrong) and Crohn’s disease (right, we think), I’ve spent countless hours at the allergist’s office, I’ve bee...

