by Susan Morgan | Oct 31, 2019 | Featured Chef
Ristorante Pesto Philadelphia, PA From Their Family to Yours by: Jessica Jewel Tyler “It’s like coming home,” says Concetta Varallo, also known as Connie, of Ristorante Pesto. The hallmark of a true Italian Restaurant is to be “treated like family,” but here, the...
by Susan Morgan | Sep 30, 2019 | Featured Chef
Alla Famiglia, Where Dinner is the Show, Pittsburgh, PA by: Jessica Jewel Tyler “We represent all the things in life that are most important, and that are often faded away,” says Chef/Owner Jonathan Vlasic. This is his philosophy when it comes to his Italian...
by Susan Morgan | Aug 30, 2019 | Featured Chef
Finding Passion After Prison by: Jessica Jewel Tyler If you stay up late binge-watching true crime documentaries and cooking shows, then you’re in for a real treat. Playfully decorated with sconces shaped like nine-millimeter handguns, famous gangsters on the wall,...
by Susan Morgan | Jul 31, 2019 | Featured Chef
Serving all your Senses Paxos Restaurant Group, Lehigh Valley, PA by: Jessica Jewel Tyler Since 2002, Paxos Restaurant Group has been changing the fine dining scene in Lehigh Valley, PA by bringing the city a little closer to the suburbs. From humble beginnings,...
by Susan Morgan | Jun 28, 2019 | Featured Chef
Equinox, Washington, DC Leading a Food Revolution by: Jessica Jewel Tyler Farm-to-table is a concept we’ve been hearing about for the last few years, but this D.C. restaurant is celebrating 20 years of doing local, seasonal, and sustainable food before there was even...
by Susan Morgan | May 31, 2019 | Featured Chef
Mexican Food Factory – A Story of Tacos and Togetherness by: Jessica Jewel Tyler The name “Mexican Food Factory,” to some, may conjure images of tacos on a conveyer belt, similar to the classic scene in “I Love Lucy” (with tacos instead of chocolates.) But at...
