Philly Food Adventures

The latest darling of Philly food is Walnut Street Cafe and I am fully on board. Situated, basically on the Walnut Street bridge, this cafe opened in June and serves breakfast, brunch, lunch, happy hour and dinner. The space is absolutely gorgeous. From the couches to the maticulous bar area, I really loved every piece of furniture in there. Most exciting to me, though, are the baked goods. Baker Melissa Weller is doing things that make me real happy. The biggest happy maker

This Sunday I got to take my parents for an amazing brunch at an urban farm in North Philly. As last top of #migrationweek in Philly, Goose Island coordinated the perfect morning at Life Do Grow Farm. The brewery brought plenty of their Sofie saison to mix with OJ for Sofie-mosas plus some samples of a few aged beers. We toured the farm and learned how Urban Creators revitalized an abandoned lot into a charming farm, event space, and site for youth programming in North Phill

One of the first "pieces of writing" I remember being proud of was a short story I wrote in 4th grade about trying soup dumplings for the first time. I remember being taught to eat them (by biting a small whole in the side) by a waiter I thought was very cute. Soup dumplings/ xiao long bao/ Shanghai juicy buns have been a love of mine ever since. I even made a video about how to eat them a few years ago. Getting to try these years later in Shanghai was an experience I will n