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Pig out on ribs that will stick to your ribs by Len Lear Shannon Dougherty and Liz Petersen, owners of Home Slice Pizzeria and A Full Plate Café at 1040 N. American Street (Unit 1101) in Northern Liberties, are again hosting the best cookoff in Philly. Their fourth annual Rib Cook Off contest will take place on Saturday, Sep. 11, starting at 12 noon. Judging begins at 2 p.m. and winners will be announced at approximately 3:30 p.m. Professionals and amateurs alike will compete side by side to garner the title of “Best Ribs in the Philadelphia Area.” This year’s competition will include a Professional Division, which of course means restaurant and catering chefs. You can expect last year’s winning teams to be out grilling such as Koo Zee Doo, Sonata and Q BBQ. North Bowl insists they will take home the “Crowd Favorite” prize this year. All teams will compete in
three categories of grilling — ribs, whole organic chickens and a vegetarian item of their choosing. All teams will cook at Liberty Lands Park, 3rd & Wildey Streets in Northern Liberties. The Rib Cook Off is directly followed by the Northern Liberties Music Festival. Guests will be charged $20 per person, which will get you samples from all the contestants, both professional and amateur. To complement all the barbecue, A Full Plate will be providing vegetarian side dishes like macaroni and cheese, roasted beets and Southern slaw. And there will be sweet treats from The Flying Monkey Patisserie. While pigging out with all of the food selections, guests can also vote for “Crowd Favorite” and soak in the music and atmosphere. Judging will take place on the premises. The judges will consist of the Who’s Who in the Philadelphia food blogging scene. The winners will be announced throughout the day. Restaurants and neighbors interested in competing for prizes and bragging rights can
visit www.afullplateannualribcookoff.com for rules, regulations and other details. Those interested in eating their brains out are encouraged to get to the park early. This is not an event where you want to be fashionably late. For more information, call 215-627-4068, email: catering@afullplate.net or visit www.afullplate.net. Philly Homegrown™ On Aug. 25 in Love Park, the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation dished out 1,000 samples of Philly cheesesteaks made entirely from ingredients grown and produced within the area’s 100-mile foodshed. The event was part of GPTMC’s Philly Homegrown™, a consumer education and tourism marketing program launched this summer to introduce the people, places and flavors of the area’s foodshed — from Amish Country to the Atlantic Ocean and from the region’s rivers to the rich farmlands in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Frog Commissary founder, chef and author Steve Poses,
Len Lear prepared the farm-fresh take on the iconic Philly cheesesteak with ingredients from local farms and purveyors, showcasing the ease with which food lovers can create locally sourced meals at home. The featured cheesesteak included Poses’ own mix of sweet and hot roasted peppers. What does it take to make 1,000 locally sourced cheesesteak samples? Well, 150 lb. of chipped grass-fed organic beef from Landisdale Farm; 50 pounds of organic colby cheese from Mountain Meadows Colby; 25 lb. of organic onions from Landisdale Farm; 25 lb.
of sweet and hot peppers from McCann Farm, and 208 feet of bread from Sarcone’s Bakery. Poses’ locally sourced cheesesteak recipe is available on visitphilly.com/food, where visitors can plan their Philly Homegrown™ experience — farmers’ markets, restaurants, pick-your-own options, Amish treats and Philadelphia faves — from start to finish. Steve Poses was one of the founders of the Philadelphia Restaurant Renaissance in the late 1960s and early ’70s with restaurants like Frog and Commissary. His latest book, At Home by Steve Poses: A Caterer’s Guide to Cooking and Entertaining, is the inspiration for At Home Online, a website and blog filled with tips, guides and recipes for home entertaining. Learn more at athomebysteveposes.wordpress.com. For more information about dining options downtown, visit visitphilly.com or uwishunu.com, or call the Independence Visitor Center at 1 (800) 537-7676.