January 2018 Volume XLI, Number 5 PUBLISHER
Edwin Malet EDITOR
Jo Anne Durako ART DIRECTOR / PRODUCTION
Alex Bianco
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Marci Tomassone ASSISTANT EDITOR
Happy New Year! Start the year off right with a celebration of local food. Let our 14th Annual Local Dining Guide help you enjoy the finest local flavors. For starters, we offer our picks for “Best of the Best.” Nearly 100 eateries and drinkeries made the cut for Local Stars, Buzzworthy, Places to Watch … in over 70 categories. There are coffee spots, farmers markets, pizzas for every mood and plenty of craft beer options. Look for our decal on winners’ doors in the next few months. And try them out! See even more options in our Dining Guide. And tell us what we’ve missed! For West Chester dining, Malcolm Johnstone takes us on a tour of about a dozen new restaurants—internationally inspired—adding to about four dozen long-term favorites in “A Foodie Trek Around The World In West Chester.” In “Brews & Foods,” Mary Dolan highlights some stars in beer-burbia, a new segment of dining matched with strong beer offerings at brewpubs, gastropubs and pour houses. There’s more on beer in “Making 2018 the Year for Sour Beer” by Dan Popernack of La Cabra—a primer on the special pleasures of this acquired taste. Our Dining Editor, Laura Brennan, admits that her cookbook collection topped 700 this year, in “Confessions of a Cookbook Addict.” In her charming essay, she shares why she and area chefs love these books and the special meaning they have. We also include advice for plant-based eaters, from medical nutritionist Judy Rodkey-Matusky in “Healthy Eating Tips for Vegans and Vegetarians.” And if you like “dining well” and “doing good,” read about the Taste of Phoenixville fundraiser on January 18. This issue includes handy calendars of upcoming food events, beer events and senior happenings, along with highlights of the fall sports season at independent schools, and our usual coverage of Family Fun and Best Local Events. We wish you the best for 2018! Thank you for reading this month and all year long.
Jo Anne Durako Editor
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Sue Angelucci Sontagh Shelly F. Gill Sandy Mayer McCarthy Greg McCarthy BUSINESS MANAGER
Debra M. French CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
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