City Food Tours
Here's what's happening - I've been somewhat involved with a culinary tour group in Philadelphia for the past 6 months, City Food Tours. I met the owners, Robert and Eric, through my work at Williams-Sonoma. They would bring in food tour groups for olive oil tastings, and I would give the tasting lecture and share the samples for the group. The guys and I hit it off immediately and discovered that we have lots of common ground in our lives, most of which revolves around the culinary and art worlds of Philadelphia. Since I've met these guys they have asked me to work on a few small projects where I've been able to share and show my myriad of talents; bookkeeping, catering, event planning, and now, adding to the mix - helping to lead the food tours! Yeah! I'm stepping back into the spotlight and will soon get to talk about food to the masses (I hope!)
During my first test and learning tour, with Eric, I tagged along with 2 couples from San Diego, who planned their vacation in Philadelphia around Restaurant Week. Talk about good planners and smart eaters! Eric brought us to, and soon I will too, three stops in the city, Cheese at DiBruno Bros.; Chocolate at Naked Chocolate; Tea at TBar.
1st Stop - DiBruno Brothers store at 18th and Chestnut Street, for a cheese tasting. We sampled a young gouda, a Swiss, some Bleu, and a version of Parmigiana Reggiano.

This is a giant, wagon wheel-sized round of Emmental cheese. You can see the top half of the wheel, and underneath, is the whole wheel.
During my first test and learning tour, with Eric, I tagged along with 2 couples from San Diego, who planned their vacation in Philadelphia around Restaurant Week. Talk about good planners and smart eaters! Eric brought us to, and soon I will too, three stops in the city, Cheese at DiBruno Bros.; Chocolate at Naked Chocolate; Tea at TBar.
1st Stop - DiBruno Brothers store at 18th and Chestnut Street, for a cheese tasting. We sampled a young gouda, a Swiss, some Bleu, and a version of Parmigiana Reggiano.






On a side note, there have been no further developments with the cricket cookery - I've been too busy lately to devote any time to my other projects. Ideas are in the crockpot of my brain, but as of yet, I don't have a date set for a tasting. However, anyone out there who might even be remotely interested in joining my merry band of cricket tasters is still invited to inquire, participate or brave a bite with me. Leave your comments here, or send me an email: dgorniak@comcast.net My best guess is that I'll hold an event within the next 3 weeks.
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ReplyDeleteI've been to Di Bruno Bros, in PA and the cheese selection is phenomenal. The design of the market is so perfect. With those fruits, cheese, meats, dried/roasted goods then checkouts. Everything you need for your cooking is available here. Truly remarkable.