Food fest not by the book
Twenty years ago, a handful of famous cookbook authors arrived in Philadelphia for the first edition of the Book and the Cook. This now-internationally known event pairs famous chefs and authors with chefs...
Taking a page from life
Frank Brancaccio definitely qualifies as a late bloomer. He attended college after age 50. Now, at 63, he's just had his first novel published. "I think everyone has their own time to evolve,...
Lending libraries a hand
Armed with a petition containing nearly 500 signatures, Joanne Fillius is ready for battle. The activist has been rallying community support since the city announced that the Fumo Family Branch, 2437 S. Broad St.,...
Beloved baker loses his battle
His life was far too short, but it was overwhelmingly meaningful for those whose lives he touched, whether as a husband, father, baker or friend. Those closest to Carmen Potito thought the worst was...
Outsmarting your car
Did you know it was possible to disable some of the annoying features of your all-too-modern car? In a recent New York Times piece, I wrote about car owners who had, among other...
Less than the sum of its parts
Rodney Copper-bottom is a robot with vision. Inspired by his idol, Bigweld (voice of Mel Brooks, in his animated feature debut), Rodney (Ewan McGregor) has decided to move to Robot City to pursue...
Creative roots
It's guaranteed that some friend or family member is an amateur photographer and has bored you with portraits of flowers. Equally certain is that close-ups of tulips, roses and/or mums are ubiquitous as...
