Want to recreate Kalaya’s tom yum goong soup? Need pizza-making tips from Joe Beddia? Attempting to make scrapple from scratch? These are the local cookbooks you need.

Plus: What to do for Lunar New Year, details on the Kimmel Center’s new restaurant, and Tröegs’s Nugget Nectar celebrates its 21st birthday.

Here’s where to go and what to order for all of the fun (and none of the headache).

Plus: The team from EMei opens a new Chinatown cafe, we say goodbye to Grace Tavern, and Bardea continues its quest to dominate Wilmington with a new food hall.

These aren’t “mocktails.” They’re classy, well-thought-out, crafted cocktails that just so happen to be alcohol-free.

You’d have to spend every minute of your day on Instagram to keep track of Philly’s most exciting pop-ups. Use this guide instead.

Our New Year’s resolutions? Have an ’80s-inspired Japanese breakfast, eat smash burgers at a space-themed restaurant in the Italian market, and go to Eataly for the hell of it.

From a pizza hack at a Delco bar to a pimento cheese crab dip worth bathing in, Philly Mag’s staff reflects on the best bites of the year.

Philly’s food scene in 2024? Let’s just say we fell in love with a salad and had the best swordfish of our lives.

Everyone knows the go-to standbys at the RTM. Here’s what to eat next.

An all-goth celebration at an Old City pub. A disco with go-go dancing. A New Year’s Eve extravaganza with SNACKTIME. Here’s where you want to raise a glass when the clock strikes midnight.

Your 201 syllabus for dining with visiting relatives in Philadelphia right now.

Ring in 2025 with caviar, tasting menus, and a whole lot of bubbly.

Doing some last-minute holiday shopping this weekend? You’re gonna want to carb up — and maybe have a few drinks in you.

Whether you’re looking to bring a suckling pig to your in-laws’s house or want to join in a Feast of Seven Fishes, this guide has you covered for all your holiday needs.