How Jasmine Cho’s ‘pursuit of all things yummy’ turned into a hunger for Asian American representation
“Last year was nuts.” Jasmine Cho laughs as she says this, but it’s no joke. In the past year, the artist, cookie activist, and founder of Yummyholic has published a book, given a TEDx talk, been featured in national media like NPR and the Huffington Post, placed first in a Food Network competition, and had…
Pittsburgh City Paper’s annual food magazine, celebrating the city’s food and drink scene
With industry leaders like Jasmine Cho of Yummyholic leading the way, Pittsburgh’s food and drink scene has never looked better. For this year’s Taste magazine, Pittsburgh City Paper is featuring the people and stories behind some of the most exciting new food and drink offerings in the city. How Jasmine Cho’s ‘pursuit of all things…
BEEBOY Honey is so local, it was likely harvested in the same neighborhood it was consumed
Getting locally produced honey from BEEBOY Honey is no easy task. It’s not sold at farmers markets or grocery stores. It sells out about a month after it’s harvested, and that’s it. Beekeeper Randall Hall doesn’t push his bees any farther than they’ll naturally go and makes his local, urban honey in limited quantities, selling…
You have to act fast to score one of Brothmonger’s Instagram soups
There’s nothing quite like homemade soup. Cheaper than ordering at a restaurant and more flavorful than what comes in a can, nothing beats soup from a home kitchen. Nobody knows this better than Sarah McAlee, the brain behind the popular Instagram account Brothmonger. Every weekend, McAlee makes two soups from scratch — one vegan, one…
Rolling Pepperoni brings Appalachian fare and folklore to a new storefront in Lawrenceville
Pepperoni rolls have long been a staple of West Virginia culture and cuisine. They were allegedly invented there a century ago by an Italian baker named Giuseppe Argiro as a portable lunch for the local coal miners, and they remain a ubiquitous favorite throughout the state today. Though just an hour up the road and…
Chocolatier, chef, and professor Sally Frey creates bean-to-bar chocolates that connect people
Under a sheet of glass at Adda Coffee and Tea House on Pittsburgh’s North Side, a chocolate bar from S.K. Frey Chocolates and Confections is broken into small squares, carefully arranged into a work of art on display at the counter. Under the register, one of the company’s wrapped bars sits among a row of…
Food pop-ups like Fet Fisk and Dim Sum give chefs the ability to cook outside the box
Nik Forsberg and Sarah LaPonte know that Nordic food, to most eaters, isn’t the most appealing cuisine. But the duo’s “loosely Nordic” pop-up Fet Fisk has been consistently filled to capacity, even the most skeptical diners developing a “Fet Fisk addiction.” Roger Li, the chef and owner of Ki Ramen, Ki Pollo, and Umami, has…
Chef Sharif Rasheed cooked his first Power Bites as a snack for his teething toddler. Now they’re available at 35 locations
Sharif Rasheed is a snacktivist. The founder of Safi Health Co., a newly created, Pittsburgh-based snack company, believes that good nutrition fuels change. He’s bringing that philosophy to life with his first product, Power Bites. Power Bites are small, granola bar squares: non-GMO, gluten-, soy-, and dairy-free, vegan, all-natural, and on top of that, delicious.…
Local agricultural collective delivers ciders and sustainability with A Few Bad Apples
The volunteer cider-making group A Few Bad Apples gets a lot of attention during the fall months. It’s an exciting time: That’s when the members are picking and collecting apples, bottling cider, and spreading their message of sustainability and waste-reduction in Pittsburgh. But wintertime is just as important, if not more so. Once the frost…
GetMo Muffins delivers egg-free goodies and affordable meal options to anyone, anywhere
There’s the saying that if cooking is an art, then baking is an exact science, where any miscalculation could result in a collapsed cake or rock-hard cookies. But don’t tell that to Robin Stanton of GetMoMuffins. “I can’t follow a baking recipe to save my life,” says Stanton, who runs her small baked goods delivery…
