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March 2018

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31 March 2018

Tips & Tricks: March Round-Up

Welcome to another edition of Tips & Tricks from the COOK kitchen! On this sunny day, we look back on the cold, snow-plagued month to see what useful tricks our guest chefs brought to the table. This March round-up has a couple seafood related tips for those warmer days on the horizon. Additionally, you will learn a couple of techniques helpful for plant-based meals. Read on to gain some chef knowledge, and then put your skills to the test at home!

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Tags: Booze, Local, Shift Drink
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28 March 2018

Shift Drink: Dock Street Brewing Company

As an industry worker zipping around on your feet for hours, the best part of the day is enjoying a shift drink: a post-work alcoholic beverage to decompress, take a load off, and yes, enjoy a nice buzz before heading home. In this series, we explore the many fantastic bar programs of Philadelphia where you can treat yourself after a hard days work. In this edition of Shift Drink we venture out to West Philly to visit a longstanding Philadelphia microbrewery, Dock Street Brewing Company.

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23 March 2018

Aurora Grace Pop-Up: Easter Chocolates!

This Friday, March 30th, COOK will be hosting Aurora Grace Chocolates for a special pop-up just in time for Easter Sunday! Aurora Grace Chocolates is an artisanal confectionery in Philadelphia that specializes in chocolates, macarons and pastries. Founder, owner and head chocolatier Aurora Wold will be at COOK this Friday from 11am – 4pm selling an assortment of goodies, perfect for your beloved’s Easter basket. Read on to see a preview of the chocolates, candy eggs, macarons and more that Aurora will be bringing to COOK.

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22 March 2018

Happy National Puppy Day!

Here at COOK, we’re dog people. (Sorry, we like you too, cats!) With COOK’s windows overlooking a busy corner a block off of Rittenhouse Square, we have the perfect vantage point for people watching. Even better: puppy watching! We are familiar with our four-legged neighbors, and whenever a new puppy moves in, it’s quite the topic of conversation at 253 South 20th. Today is their day: National Puppy Day! To commemorate it, we’re honoring the puppies (even if they’re only young at heart) in our chefs’ and restaurateurs’ lives. No recipes, no class announcements, just ridiculously cute dog pics. Bone appétit!

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16 March 2018

Meet Your Meat with Eric Schlicht of Urban Farmer

This week at COOK Eric Schlicht, Chef de Cuisine at Urban Farmer in The Logan Philadelphia, showcased the virtues of sustainable, local meat and produce. The mouth-watering Angus ribeye stole the show as well as everyone’s hearts. Eric and his fellow Urban Farmer chefs Sunny and Mike grilled two styles of ribeyes, one non-aged and one aged 280 days! Urban Farmer partners with many local farms and vendors to supply their restaurant with high quality meat, dairy, produce and more. Since Urban Farmer is a modern steakhouse, I wanted to highlight how Chef Eric and Urban Farmer works with local family farms to source their beef.

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13 March 2018

Tips, Tricks, And A Pun From The COOK Kitchen

We’re back with another set of tips and tricks overheard in the COOK Kitchen! This edition has a few healthy salad pointers, balanced out with a couple dessert baking tips. Try out some of these salad tricks for yourself to feed your spring fever. After you eat your greens, treat yourself to some chocolate truffles from the last tip.

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06 March 2018

Sneak Peek of April at COOK

Photo: Eric Leveillee of Whetstone

We’re putting the finishing touches on our April schedule, but here’s a sneak peek of what we have coming up. Don’t forget to grab your seats here this Sunday, March 11 at 2pm.

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Tags: General, Local
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02 March 2018

Class Highlight: Getting Cheesy with Damon Menapace of Le Virtù

Say cheese! This week we had Damon Menapace come in to COOK to prepare a dinner highlighting local cheeses. Damon’s five course meal featured a different cheese with each dish. We are so thankful that Damon was able to put on such a great dinner being just days into his new position as Executive Chef at Le Virtù. Check out the Foobooz article for more details. If you love cheese, then read on to see how Damon transformed these already wonderful cheeses into delicious, fully-composed dishes!

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