Weekend warriors can relish the city’s beloved cheese steaks—and so much more.
The taste lingered long after the car turned onto Interstate 95 and the twin towers of Liberty Place grew smaller in the rearview mirror. It was quite possibly the best pork sandwich ever—tender herb...
Milking a goat for fun? Why farmcations are a hot, new tourism trend.
When I was a child growing up on a small farm in Virginia’s rural Blue Ridge Mountains, it never occurred to me that wading through yellow grass among cattle who watched with casual indifference or...
Across the Bay Bridge, there’s lots to do this summer.
Ultra-fresh seafood, walkable towns, and watchable wildlife— there’s so much to love about the Eastern Shore. Here’s a seasonal sampler of “Delmarvalous” diversions.
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Pot pies may be a well-known diner staple, but lately they’ve been showing up on the menus of some of the fancier places in town, including Waterfront Kitchen in Fells Point. The new Woman’s...
Local candy companies pull back the curtain and reveal how they're the real Willy Wonkas of Baltimore.
Around the Christmas and Valentine’s Day holidays, a curious thing happens outside a Wilkens Avenue row house near Saint Agnes Hospital. Before sunrise, people brave the frigid temperatures and line...
Atwater’s elevates the bread from punch line to palate pleaser.
Fruitcakes take a lot of abuse. They’re the butt of jokes and maligned as doorstops or boat anchors. Ned Atwater—owner of several local shops making and selling fresh foods and baked goods, including...
John Shields, the chef/owner of Gertrude's at The Baltimore Museum of Art, is just like any other Baltimore cook on Thanksgiving. He has to make sauerkraut. Besides local tradition, he has another...
Four fall forays in search of pie, comfort food, and splendid scenery.
You're rambling down a country road admiring the fiery-hued foliage when it hits you: You're hungry and only one food will do—pie, perhaps the quintessential fall fare. A warm wedge of apple à la...
We scoured area markets and shops to fill our carts with some of the best items around town.
We love a scavenger hunt, especially when it involves food. And that's exactly what it was like as we scurried around town, researching our local markets—from farmers' stalls and gourmet grocers to...
Zoë Tsoukatos is carrying on the candy legacy of her Greek ancestors, who immigrated to Baltimore in the early 1900s and sold chocolate from a pushcart. Today, Zoë, 28, and her brothers, Pantelis, 31...
