Food News / October 2017
Ever dreamed of wearing chef’s whites—that cool double-breasted jacket? Check out Culinary and Hospitality Day at Delaware County Community College where you’ll be inspired by the best! Join Culinary Arts Program Manager and Philadelphia’s Chef Educator of the Year, Peter Gilmore, for a fun class where you’ll watch a cooking demo and learn about a career in the culinary and hospitality fields. Sharpen your cooking skills (and your chef’s knives) and register for the October 14th session at the Marple campus. DCCC.Edu/Info-Session.
Ditch the Takeout
Weeknight cooking can be frustrating. There just isn’t enough time in a busy day to spend hours prepping dinner. Luckily, award-winning local cookbook writer Kathy Brennan (Keepers) has a plan—The Dinner Plan: Simple Weeknight Recipes and Strategies for Every Schedule. With 135 no-fuss recipes and five strategies, Brennan makes cooking quick, fun and painless. Instead of ordering takeout tonight, buy a solution to your dinner-prep blues! Available at Wayne’s Main Point Books, Exton’s Wellington Square Bookshop and other independent booksellers.
October is National Chili Month, so as the weather gets cooler, the smart move is to warm up with a hearty bowl of soul-satisfying goodness. Folks from Texas would likely agree, since their love of chili predates 1977, when they made chili their official state food. And West Chester shares the love when it celebrates the traditional dish at the 15th Annual Chili Cook-off on October 8th. Stop by for a palate-clearing mint at the County Lines table! WestChesterChiliCookOff.com.
That’s the force behind D.C.-based Founding Farmers, a full-service restaurant and bar serving food grown locally and with care at its new King of Prussia Town Center location. This 14,000-square-foot eco-friendly urban farmhouse serves up breakfast, lunch and dinner for up to 300. With a menu of sustainably sourced food and drink—freshly baked bread, house-churned butter, homemade ice cream—Founding Farmers is making dining out wholesome. WeAreFoundingFarmers.com.

Celebrate the nutty holiday of National Nut Day on October 22nd, a day with a not-so-nutty origin—it was started by the Liberation Foods Company to advocate Fairtrade nuts and promote healthy living. Need a simple recipe to mark the day? Whip up fall harvest nuts by mixing honey granola, mixed nuts, cinnamon, dried apples and pears. For nut allergies, swap out the nuts for peanut-free granola. With this healthy snack, who needs Halloween candy? HomeMadeHooplah.com/Fall-Harvest-Mixed-Nuts.
Our Favorite Resources
- 1906 at Longwood Gardens
- 9 Prime
- 260 Bridge Cafe
- Artisans Exchange
- A Taste of Britain
- Andiario
- Anthony’s Pizza & Italian
- Berwyn Tavern
- Bierhaul Farmhouse
- Bierhaul Townhouse
- Birchrunville Store Cafe
- Bistro on Bridge
- Black Powder Tavern
- Bloom Southern Kitchen
- Boardroom Restaurant
- Buckley’s Tavern
- Carina Sorella
- Casa Carmen Farm & Winery
- Cedar Hollow Inn
- Centreville Place
- Chadds Ford Tavern
- Christopher’s
- Circe Fine Foods
- Classic Diner
- Coffee Cup
- Court Diner
- Departure
- Dixie Picnic
- Downingtown Diner
- Federal Donuts & Chicken
- Fellini’s Cafe
- Fitzwater Station
- Flying Pig Saloon
- Fond
- Foresta’s Market
- G Lodge
- Gables at Chadds Ford
- General Warren
- Gentilli’s
- Giordano’s
- Good Girls Bakery
- Gracie’s 21st Century Cafe
- Green Street Grill
- Hangry Bear Creamery
- Hank’s Place
- Hiramasa
- Hymie’s
- Il Fiore
- Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant
- Johnny O’s
- Kildares Irish Pub
- Kimberton Inn
- Kimberton Whole Foods
- Kooma
- Krazy Kats
- La Belle Epoque
- La Locanda
- La Scala’s Fire
- La Sponda
- La Verona
- Lancaster County Farmers Mkt
- Le Cavalier
- Limoncello
- Market Street Grill
- Mediterranean
- Minella’s Diner
- Molly Maguires
- Nectar
- Noble Goat
- Nudy’s
- Original Spence
- Pastry Pants Bakery
- Pear
- Penn’s Table
- Pietro’s Prime
- Pinnochio’s
- Pomodoro
- Rakkii Ramen
- Roache & O’Brien
- Ron’s Original
- Rosalie
- Rosemary
- Ryan’s Pub
- Seven Stars Inn
- Shady Maple
- Sligo
- Stephen’s on State
- Sticky Bucket Maple
- Sweet Zen Bakery
- Talula’s Table
- Teca
- Teikoku
- Teresa’s
- Thorndale Inn
- Tonino’s Pizza and Pasta
- Towne House
- Trattoria San Nicola
- Turks Head Tasting Room
- Victory Brewing
- Village Vine Wine Bar
- Wayvine Wine
- Well Fed Healthy Meals
- Whip Tavern