
Jenn Ladd
Food Features Writer at The Philadelphia Inquirer
Food features writer for @PhillyInquirer
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6 days ago |
inquirer.com | Jenn Ladd
A real-life buddy comedy has been unfolding in a Philly bakery recently, and those tuned in to the right Instagram feeds have been reaping rewards sweet and savory: garlic bread croissants, chocolate cheesecake danish, spicy focaccia with sharp provolone and broccoli rabe, espresso croissant crunch cookies, and elderflower syrup-soaked vanilla cake with passionfruit curd and vanilla bean buttercream.
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1 week ago |
inquirer.com | Jenn Ladd
It is true that you can find a cheesesteak joint or an Italian restaurant in pretty much every pocket of the city, but Philly’s current restaurant scene contains multitudes, from the sambal-laced Sulawesi noodle dishes at Indospice to the berbere-spiced Ethiopian fried chicken at Doro Bet and the cheesy syrniki pancakes at Vanilla Cafe (one of the Northeast’s Slavic specialists). Still, some cuisines are more elusive than others. Take Nicaraguan food.
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2 weeks ago |
inquirer.com | Jenn Ladd
Philly’s most famous restaurateur is weathering allegations of union busting in some of his Washington, D.C., establishments, prompting top Democratic lawmakers to boycott some of his highest-profile properties there. The politically tinged boycott is the most recent development in a fractious, months-long campaign to unionize.
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3 weeks ago |
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1 month ago |
inquirer.com | Jenn Ladd
In 2014, one of the first buildings you saw when you crossed over the Schuylkill River into downtown Phoenixville — one of the Philly suburbs’ most up-and-coming towns — was an empty laundromat. The low-slung Bridge Street building had stood empty, paint peeling from the garage doors, for 12 years when Jared Adkins approached township officials about opening a distillery in the Chester County borough.
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How much would you pay to take a tour of Lynnewood Hall, the 110-room Gilded Age estate in Elkins Park? (Whatever your number, it probably doesn't line up with the asking price.) https://t.co/TMb5cYtoD3

Hold that gingerbread latte: Philly's Starbuck strike has expanded to five stores this weekend. Workers said the public reception has been overwhelmingly positive. https://t.co/cnUjoMbIQq

Surprising takeaway from a recent Q&A: "For as crazy as Pennsylvania liquor laws seem to be, for distilleries, they’re insanely liberal. ... It’s a good idea to be a distillery here." https://t.co/eYfGEgxRSi