Food
The Magic Garden
A student-led effort for a multi-generational garden aims to break ground this spring behind a South Philly high school near Cambodia Town, where growing food meets cultural preservation
By Katherine Rapin“Oh my god. The restaurant’s on fire.”
As part of a partnership with writer/teacher Buzz Bissinger and Penn’s Kelly Writers House, a student journalist explores the aftermath of a fire at a Queen Village institution
By Chloe ShakinThis is your grandma’s coffee shop
Old City’s Frieda Cafe offers the opposite of working remotely: Human interaction across the ages
By Jamie BogertQuaker City Coffee
A Federal Donuts owner and a former inmate partner up to pair your coffee with something much needed: Jobs for the recently incarcerated
By Annie McDonoughThe Food Connector
Megha Kulshreshtha launched an app that bridges a disturbing gap between the food wasted by restaurants and Philadelphians who go hungry
By Annie McDonoughUrban Food Forest
Seattle’s Beacon Forest provides free native edibles to anyone in the city. Could the soda tax make it possible for a Philly group to do the same here?
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyInKind Baking Project
Center City’s Molly Lester says you don’t have to march to be civically engaged. You can bake
By Amanda LienA Restaurant to Feed Them All
With a chef who bills himself a “culinary anthropologist,” pay-what-you-can EAT Cafe in West Philly upends restaurant dining as we know it
By Meredith DegyanskyAnonymous Food Pantries
More people in Philadelphia are going hungry than ever. Can we end the stigma of seeking free food?
By Quinn O'CallaghanUnlikely Foodies
Philabundance Community Kitchen has helped 600 disadvantaged and recently incarcerated people get culinary jobs—helping to keep them out of prison
By Quinn O'Callaghan