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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · 19h

Had a really Philly day at the Reading Terminal Market where artists put their carving skills to the test at the Scrapple Sculpting Contest! www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2025...

Philly Artists Turn Scrapple Into Sculpted Masterpieces

Pennsylvania's iconic mystery meat pâté got gallery-worthy treatment at the Reading Terminal Market today.

www.phillymag.com

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · 2d

It's Delco Eats Week over at @phillymag.com where we ponder the question "Is Delco Philly's most overlooked, unsung, underrated dining destination?" Short answer: YES! And here's the proof: www.phillymag.com/tag/delco-ea...

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · 10d

‘Tis the season when I remind everyone that spooky foods tinted black with activated charcoal can impact the effectiveness of medications… including birth control!

📝: Amy McCarthy www.eater.com/2017/6/7/157...

Should You Be Eating Activated Charcoal?

The Department of Health in NYC is suddenly enforcing a ban on charcoal in food

www.eater.com

Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · 10d

A group of Floridians tried to sue Hershey for $5 million because the holiday Reese’s cups don’t look like pumpkins, bats, and ghosts. Everyone knows they look like amorphous blobs and we don’t care. The peanut butter to chocolate ratio is perfection. www.usatoday.com/story/money/...

Customers say they were tricked by Reese's pumpkins. See who won the lawsuit.

A Florida judge dismissed a case brought against Hershey's in 2024, accusing the company of deceptive marketing for Reese's Peanut Butter chocolates.

www.usatoday.com

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you! I’m so honored you enjoy our work at Philly Mag.

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · 14d

Before cheesesteaks, catfish & waffles was Philadelphia’s most iconic dish. Now, a new take on the historic meal is putting it back on the menu, thanks to a sustainable (and unlikely) solution. www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2025...

The Invasive Fish Reviving a Philly Classic — and the Restaurant Making it Happen

A new take on a historic dish is back on the menu, thanks to a sustainable (and unlikely) solution.

www.phillymag.com

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Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 15d

Fascinating story about Philly culinary history

The Invasive Fish Reviving a Philly Classic — and the Restaurant Making it Happen

A new take on a historic dish is back on the menu, thanks to a sustainable (and unlikely) solution.

www.phillymag.com

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Brett Martin @brettmartin.bsky.social · 15d

Philly Mag is a perfect example of what a great magazine does for a city. It makes it infinite.

Bradford Pearson @bradfordpearson.bsky.social · 15d

Fascinating story about Philly culinary history

The Invasive Fish Reviving a Philly Classic — and the Restaurant Making it Happen

A new take on a historic dish is back on the menu, thanks to a sustainable (and unlikely) solution.

www.phillymag.com

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · Aug 5

So proud to share that Check, Please! Philly on @whyy has earned a Mid-Atlantic Emmy nomination for our Season 4 episode featuring Sulimay’s, Mish Mish, and Stargazy! Check out the Emmy-nominated episode here! whyy.org/episodes/sul...

Sulimay's, Mish Mish, Stargazy - WHYY

Three guests try a Fishtown diner, a breezy wine bar, and a British pie shop.

whyy.org

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · Aug 3

Enjoying the climate change sunrise over PHL.

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · Jul 6

WHAT SIDE OF WWI ARE WE ON, RICHARD SCARRY?!

Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · Jul 6

Not Richard Scarry sneaking the WWI Imperial German Army into my daughter’s storytime with a fox wearing a pickelhaube flying a Fokker Eindecker III.

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · Jun 27

That’s because Dirty Franks lives up to the dive-bar expectation they establish.

Bars and restaurants need to be real about the expectations they set. Because we all know that the distance between expectations and reality is measured in disappointment.

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · Jun 27

People think I’m overexaggerating about the honey getting all over my hands and forearms and that I should have just “wipe it off.” Have you ever tried to wipe up honey with a cloth napkin? It just sticks to the cloth. I shouldn’t have to go wash up with soap and water just because I had a cocktail.

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · Jun 27

Next, to people think I write a bunch of hit pieces; obviously you’ve never read or seen my work. I literally host the friendliest restaurant review show on @whyy.org called Check, Please! Philly. Also, this is the first negative story I’ve ever written in my career.

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · Jun 27

Further proof that I was excited to check out the Newsroom: I commented on @whyy.org Studio 2 host Cherri Gregg’s IG post about the “speakeasy” that I was excited to go.

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · Jun 27

So, people think I had it out for this place, but I earnestly went there thinking I’d have a good time. In fact, I invited someone I was meeting in person for the first time to join me because I thought it would be cool, and afterward, I was really embarrassed I recommended the place.

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · Jun 27

People know that I rarely say anything bad about a bar or restaurant. So when I complain, you KNOW it’s bad. This is the most brutal review I have ever written.

Here’s my play-by-play of the Newsroom, Philly’s worst new bar. www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2025...

I Endured Philly's Worst New Bar So You Don't Have to

A look inside the tragedy that is the Newsroom "speakeasy."

www.phillymag.com

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Kae Lani Palmisano @kaelanisays.bsky.social · Jun 27

I’ve never had a dining experience where EVERYTHING went wrong. I’ll ignore one or two mistakes. But this was so blatantly bad.

I didn’t even get the right receipt at the end of the night so now I gotta take it up with accounting for my expense report.

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Avi Wolfman-Arent @avi-wa.bsky.social · Jun 24

i'm having a panic attack just reading this new restaurant review from @kaelanisays.bsky.social [email protected].

this is my nightmare.

www.phillymag.com/foobooz/2025...

A passage in which the review describes a harrowing incident with a butane torch:

"The churrasco steak was plated on a Chili’s sizzling fajitas-style cast-iron skillet and also required a blowtorch. But when the server tried to squeeze between the tables — which were uncomfortably close to one another — he dropped the butane torch. As it tumbled to the floor, my mind jumped straight to the worst possible conclusion. I always felt like I’d go out with a bang, but not like this. Not in a fiery explosion in the underbelly of the final boss of gentrification. Luckily, there was no explosion. The head of the torch just detached from the butane canister, which still felt precarious as the server reattached it and used it to light our steak on fire."

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Philadelphia Magazine @phillymag.com · May 2

Snow crab legs. Chicken wings. Thousands of pounds of beef. Since 2022, Philadelphia has experienced an unprecedented surge in cargo theft, one that flooded nightly newscasts and social media accounts. That is, until Philly police and the Department of Justice cracked the case.