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Two Pittsburgh restaurants noted in Food and Wine trends article

Food and Wine Wednesday, December 12, 2012

So this is all it said but still, when was the last time any restaurant in Pittsburgh got mentioned in Food and Wine?

"And in Pittsburgh’s Union Pig & Chicken (unionpgh.com), Kevin Sousa makes sweet-and-tangy baked beans loaded with franks from Sousa’s Station Street Hot Dogs (stationstreetpgh.com)."

Read the full story here to see who else across the country was mentioned.

Is there any dinner better than one designed for food bloggers?

withthegrains.com Wednesday, August 29, 2012

This food blogger was excited to get to The Porch for a special dinner for food bloggers planned during Restaurant Week. It included a few perks, making us wish that we, too, were food bloggers.

Read the blog post.

From Pig to Plate: a visit to Cure for a hog butchering

withthegrains.com Wednesday, August 08, 2012

In an effort to better understand cuts of meat, this blogger went to Cure restaurant where, as "part of the ever creative line up of Sunday events, Justin (Severino) offered a Hog Butchering Demo."

You gotta love it. Read the blog here.

Savoy featured as stylish new dining spot in the Strip

examiner.com Wednesday, July 25, 2012

The Examiner profiles and reviews one of Pittsburgh's newer restaurants, the sophisticated and savvy Savoy in the Strip.

Read the review here.

PNC Park noted for best ball park food for Primanti's and Iron City

Travel and Leisure Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Travel and Leisure magazine cites PNC Park, along with 11 other stadiums, as having some of the best ball park food in the country, recognizing--what else?--the classic Primanti Brothers sandwiches and Iron City beer.

Read the full story here.

Yes, Cleveland, there is lots to love about your sister city, Pittsburgh

Cleveland Plain Dealer Saturday, June 02, 2012

Except for two days a year when our football teams face each other, there's no reason not to love their sister city Pittsburgh, say these two Cleveland authors. From walking Walnut St to stops at Eleven and Dish and a stay at the charming Morning Glory Inn, they find a weekend in Pittsburgh to be quite wonderful.

But what took them to Robinson Twp for the one thing they can't find in Pittsburgh?

Read the full story here.

Conflict Kitchen features cuisine from the conflict du jour

LA Times Wednesday, May 09, 2012

"...Rubin and Weleski are used to head-scratching reactions since they opened the Conflict Kitchen, a Pittsburgh cafe that serves cuisine only from countries in conflict with the United States, with a menu that rotates to reflect the war or diplomatic row of the moment.

"The cafe opened in 2010, with Iranian food the first featured cuisine. That was followed by periods of Afghan and Venezuelan food. This month, in a sign of the lingering tension between Washington and Tehran, the Conflict Kitchen is wrapping up another Iranian iteration. One recent Saturday, it featured a Persian dinner party attended by customers in Pittsburgh and diners in Tehran, who were linked via video chat."

Read the full story here.

E2 gets some love from LA blogger

bangstyle.com Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Anyone who knows E2 loves E2. The Highland Park restaurant recently launched a Kickstarter campaign which netted $12,000 from the post we saw on Twitter and now this LA blogger writes a loving profile.

Read the full story here.

Pop City's Mad Men feature picked up by Business Week

Business Week Wednesday, April 18, 2012

That Mad Men masthead photo we featured a few weeks ago, along with the guide to Mad Men-esque places throughout the burgh, was republished in Business Week online, aka, Bloomberg. Missed it the first time? See it here.

Food Network's "Restaurant Impossible" takes on Del's in Bloomfield

iheartpgh.com Wednesday, December 07, 2011

"Restaurant Impossible" is an interesting take on makeover reality shows, focusing on a struggling local establishment and helping it to succeed. Del's in Bloomfield is the latest restaurant to get the full culinary facelift, a third-generation establishment that you might want to revisit if you haven't already.

Read it on iheartpgh.com.

Pittsburgh's Salt of the Earth entree a top 10 dish for 2011, says Food & Wine

FOOD & WINE Wednesday, November 16, 2011

You don't have to travel far to taste one of the best culinary dishes in the country this year. Chef extraordinaire Kevin Sousa does it again with his Wild Salmon with Sea Beans and Buckwheat, a delightful mix of fermented seaweed with tamarind to create a delectable, if complex, sauce for the salmon. Food& Wine magazine named the dish a top 10 entree for 2011.

Go try it for yourself (or devour it in Food & Wine.)

Pittsburgh love notes from a Munich blogger

SLOPING IN THE SKY Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Munich blogger Christina loves her family, friends, cinema, art and, apparently, Pittsburgh. In a recent blog, she shared some bits on her favorite eats and sights, including a few vintage photographs comparing the similarities between her hometown Ruhrort and Pittsburgh.

Read it in Sloping in the Sky.

What's next for East Liberty--Bakery Square 2.0?

TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Walnut Capital Management of Shadyside has big plans for the site of the former Reizenstein Middle School in East Liberty. The developer has bid about $5.4 million on the parcel to remove the school and construct single-family homes, townhomes, retail and office space along Penn Avenue, across from Bakery Square.

And there's more. Read about it in the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

An expat shares her most cherished Pittsburgh places

READYMADE Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Casey Barber pens an ode to her most favorite Pittsburgh places, a city of cheap eats, dive bars and a wonderful mix of museums, architecture and hilly landscapes.

Read it in ReadyMade.

Ah, Pittsburgh in the springtime, cupcakes and espresso

NEW YORK POST Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Framed by three rivers and rugged, rolling hills, Pittsburgh is a master of appearances, quite unlike any other city in the world. What's old has become young and fresh again and the tight-knit nabes are making great things happen in this New York Post piece that celebrates Pittsburgh in the springtime.

Read it here.

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