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Foodie Doc: SPINNING PLATES
Grant doesn't so much cook or create food for Alinea, he masterminds it. It's all about presentation and aroma and atmosphere. Behind the scenes at Alinea, far more resembles a laboratory than a kitchen. You've heard of painters going blind, musicians going deaf, surgeons losing a hand and now here's a chef with tongue cancer, a fact that merely spurred Grant on to greater heights of single minded ambitious and art...
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Philly Food Truck: DIA DOCE Gourmet Cupcakes
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Last week at my day gig we got an email announcing when Dia Doce Gourmet Cupcakes would be in the parking lot. Seemed like the perfect opportunity to sample and profile another Food Truck for Tinsel & Tine’s Food Truck Series! Dia Doce is owned by Thais da Silva and her husband Michael. Their gourmet cupcakes are made from scratch every day with 100% natural ingredients and no artificial flavors. There’s no telling what inventive flavors might be next, but to give you an example of some of their popular, exotic menu items: Maple Bacon– Maple cake studded with bacon, topped with a real maple…
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Christmas in Harlem: BLACK NATIVITY
by Le Anne Lindsay, Editor There are so many movies that have gone to the stage and so many Broadway shows that have become movies, that I could start a whole new blog just comparing the adaptations back and forth of both. Here’s another one – “Black Nativity” a staged musical originally written by Langston Hughes, the show was first performed Off-Broadway on December 11, 1961. It’s a stylized, gospel retelling of the Biblical Jesus, Mary & Joseph Christmas story told with a dark skinned cast. Now writer/director Kasi Lemmons (Eve’s Bayou, Talk to Me) has put her own spin on the tale for her new movie Black Nativity starring…
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(Philly) FREE SCREENING PASSES: GRUDGE MATCH (starring Sylvester Stallone & Robert De Niro)
Post Update 8/29/2016 – I’m not sure why, but suddenly this post from 2013 became a high traffic page. If you did a search for free screening passes and want to see movies in preview in Philly then sign up for Tinsel & Tine’s newsletter below: NEWSLETTER Subscribe for Free Screening Passes & Food Related Giveaways Win Passes to See Grudge Match before it hits theaters Christmas Day! Tinsel & Tine has 25 (admit two) Gofobo codes for the Grudge Match Preview Screening at The Prince Theater 7:30pm on Tuesday, December 3, 2013. Use the Rafflecopter widget below and Enter to Win! Note: Arrive Early! Screening passes do NOT…
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A Chat with Malcolm D. Lee on Ushering in The Best Man Holiday
If you are black and living on earth you’ve seen the movie The Best Man at some point in your life. In fact, How many times have you watched it over the last 14 Years? (comments welcome). Thus making the sequel a much anticipated movie event! And I can unequivocally say it was worth the wait – The Best Man Holiday not only serves these beloved characters in heart and truth and spirit, but is also sure to become an annual Christmas Classic. The opening montage flashes briefly back to Lance (Morris Chestnut) and Mia’s (Monica Calhoun) wedding, while quickly filling the audience in on each character’s progression since last…
