Food & Drink category, Page 106
Picklesburgh takes lead for best specialty food festival
Voters have propelled Picklesburgh atop the leader board as the best specialty food festival in the country. USA Today in its series of travel guides chose the pickle celebration, held annually on the Roberto Clemente Bridge, as a finalist. At 2:30 p.m. Thursday, Picklesburgh was ahead of the Bacon and...
Maggie’s Farm Rum and Superior Motors plan Latin American dinner pairing
Maggie’s Farm Rum and Superior Motors will pair their drink and food crafts for a family-style Latin American rum dinner on March 26 at the Braddock restaurant. “Superior Motors has been a great partner of ours that has really supported the local distilling community since we opened,” says Will Groves,...
Tree Tops reaps 5 OpenTable awards
With a forest view and located at Polymath Park, Tree Tops restaurant in the Laurel Highlands is representative of what Heather Papinchak, owner with husband Tom Papinchak, calls “destination dining.” The restaurant, at 187 Evergreen Lane, Acme, is again an OpenTable Diners Choice 2019 awards winner. The rural dining space...
Pittsburgh region dining, drinking spots land on James Beard Awards semi-finals list
The regional individuals and dining and drinking spots on the Feb. 27 release of the James Beard Foundation’s semifinalists list add to the growing “foodie” reputation the Pittsburgh area enjoys. The list of restaurant and chef award semifinalists is released in advance of the 29thannual James Beard Awards, according to...
New Oakland restaurant has touch of luxury in every element
Set high above Oakland’s prominent Fifth Avenue, Spirits & Tales — the new French-inspired American brasserie on the 10th floor of The Oaklander hotel — offers stunning views of the Cathedral of Learning, Phipps Conservatory, Schenley Park, Schenley Farms and Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum. The restaurant space...
Fennell adds pleasing anise note to hearty ziti-sausage dish
There is something magical about this recipe, which coaxes the ultimate flavor out of just a few humble supermarket ingredients, turning them into a rich-tasting and well-balanced pasta dish that will have your family reaching for seconds. After browning the sausage, we sautéed a hefty amount of sliced onions, along...
Tomato, basil and gnocchi soup warms cold winter days
Need to thaw out from the winter weather? This recipe combines two of the most delicious cold weather comfort foods on the planet — pasta and soup. A big bowl of this filling soup and you’ll be toasty for hours. What’s even better? It’s ready in less than a half...
Cadbury, Oreo company has a job opening: Chocolate Taster
Looking for work? Here’s a sweet offer: How about a job as a Chocolate Taster. It’s no joke. Mondelez International, which owns Cadbury and Oreos, is looking to pay someone to eat chocolate. You read that right: Eating chocolate for money. The job posting reads, “You will work alongside approximately...
Eat’n Park expands its fish and Lent optionsVideo
Eat’n Park is gearing up for fish season and Lent. “Going out for fish during Lent is a family tradition,” Kevin O’Connell, Eat’n Park’s chief marketing officer said at a news conference Tuesday at the Waterfront in Homestead. “There are over 100 other choices for fried fish, so we added...
Lent’s seafood season brings Sebak shrimp burger to Wholey’s
A big seafood company and a big Pittsburgh personality are joining forces for Lent, producing a new “from the sea” sandwich. Robert Wholey & Co. Fish Market hopes to reel in customers with its Sea-Bak Shrimp Burger bait, created in partnership with WQED producer Rick Sebak. The Sea-bak Shrimp Burger,...
B Gourmet closes its doors in Sewickley
B Gourmet at 428 Beaver St. in Sewickley has closed. Owners Chris and Jenn Bonfili posted a sign on the eatery’s doors, inviting patrons to visit their new business, Bonfire Food & Drink, at 2100 East Carson St. on the South Side. “It is with great sadness but excitement for...
What’s Brewing? Will the craft beer bubble ever pop?
We all know the craft beer industry has been growing at exponential speed — not just here in Western Pennsylvania, but across the United States. Some people are concerned the growth is reminiscent of the housing market that suddenly crashed in 2007. Is there such thing as a craft beer...
Soergel Orchards gets its green on, St. Patrick’s party set
Soergel Orchards is again hosting a St. Patrick’s Day celebration, scheduled for 7-9:30 p.m. March 14 at the 2573 Brandt School Road, Wexford, site. Abbot’s Cross will perform traditional and modern Celtic music, according to the agribusiness’ website. Those attending can enjoy appetizers, Irish fare, Guinness doughnuts and other edibles,...
Kingfly Spirits, a distillery in the Strip District, takes flightVideo
Pittsburgh’s newest craft distillery pays homage to the monarch butterfly in the form of a signature logo. “The monarch butterfly is the paramount perfect image of transformation,” said Kingfly co-owner Blake Ragghianti. “And what we are doing here is about transformation on every level from the spirits we make to...
Girl Scout cookies – similar names, slightly different designVideo
It’s Girl Scout Cookie season, and those young saleswomen, clad in their green uniforms and sashes, are hawking $5 boxes of the flavors many of us wait for all year. Girl Scout Cookies are out of this world, but when you think outside the cookie box, you’ll see that...
Donation to humane society reaps treat from award-winning local baker
Humans enjoy treats and rewards just as much, if not more than, their own pets and other animals that make our lives brighter. From 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. March 16, those who visit Artisans of Hands and Heart, 18 W. Second St., Greensburg, can make a donation to the Humane...
You won’t miss the meat in this vegetable-packed lasagna
There’s no reason why a vegetable lasagna made with the classic trio of eggplant, zucchini and summer squash should be any less satisfying than a meat-based casserole, especially when the produce is in season and locally grown. But we’ve rarely cooked one that we’ve been moved to make again. Some...
Moldy foods that are still safe to eat, according to the USDA
Americans waste more than $160 billion in food every year — yikes! Of course, no one buys food with the anticipation of throwing it in the trash, but once something gets moldy, we have little choice. This might be true of most foods — but not all. According to the...
DiAnoia’s Eatery chef serves up ‘Best Thing I Ever Ate’ on Cooking Channel
It’s a dish decadent enough to inspire a carb lover to kick all good dieting intentions to the curb. DiAnoia’s Eatery, 2549 Penn Ave., Pittsburgh, describes Gnocchi Sorrentina style as homemade potato gnocchi topped with red sauce and percorino Romano, served in a bread bowl and crowned with melted mozzarella...
Where and how to get the most of National Margarita DayVideo
Ready or not, National Margarita Day is upon us again — as if we needed a reason to indulge in this tequila-laced treat. Luckily, it’s Friday, and happy hour is quickly (perhaps not quickly enough) approaching. There’s plenty of spots around the Pittsburgh area to find specials on the wonderful...
Wigle Whiskey expects expanded space to open by end of summer
After nine years of operations in Pittsburgh’s Strip District, Wigle Whiskey is expanding its real estate footprint. Purchase of the distillery building and the three-story building next door, operators say, will more than double the distillery and tasting room size. Business owners bet on optimism when signing a lease for...
‘Ugly produce’ trend may have limits, as grocers end tests
URBANDALE, Iowa — Is the “ugly produce’” trend already reaching the end of its shelf life in supermarkets? Walmart and Whole Foods in recent years tried selling some blemished fruits and vegetables at a discount, produce they said might otherwise be trashed because it’s not quite the right size, shape...
Pittsburgh Glass Center plans benefit dinner, Seattle glass tour
The Pittsburgh Glass Center is planning its first Seattle, Wash., glass tour, offering participants a behind-the-scenes tour of museums and private glass studios in the Pacific Northwest city. Tour group members will meet artists and learn more about where they live and work. The May 29-June 2 itinerary includes stops...
Renovated Lamp diner set for ‘soft’ opening in AprilVideo
Two years after being hauled from a parking lot in Pittsburgh and deposited next to The Lamp Theatre in Irwin, a 68-year-old stainless-steel diner is scheduled for a “soft” opening in late April. Rainy weather and some bitterly cold temperatures this winter slowed work. “The weather has really dogged us,”...
‘Barefoot Contessa’ to dish on food, TV, love at Heinz Hall showVideo
Only a celebrity chef the caliber of Ina Garten could pack Pittsburgh’s Heinz Hall for an evening devoted to cooking — without the promise of whipping up one of her delicious dishes for sampling. There’ll be no food demo, but plenty of culinary conversation from the Food Network’s “Barefoot Contessa”...
