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  • A tale of two Indian restaurants
    Dining critic Melissa McCart visits two new Indian places in Oakland: All India on North Craig and Yuva India on South Craig, where Lake Fong shot this lamb shank.
  • Farmers markets season begins
    Farmers markets that opened recently include the Citiparks one in East Liberty, where Katie Lang, above, bought basil. Here's our list and map of 130-plus regional markets.
  • Revolutionaries
    On the occasion of Food Revolution Day, our Rebecca Sodergren looks into the revolution and the revolutionaries (such as, from left, Bobby Fry, Justin Steel and Kelsey Weisgerber) in Pittsburgh.
  • School food
    School food remains a hot topic. Marlene Parrish visits one private school, The Ellis School, that has the former Le Pommier chef/owner in its kitchen.
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Brazen Kitchen wins best blog column

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Leah Lizarondo, chief recipe creator and curator of The Brazen Kitchen food blog, has taken the prize for best blog column at the 28th Annual Annual National City and Regional Magazine Awards, also known as the CRMAs, of the City and Regional Magazine Association. The Brazen...
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A sculpture in white chocolate

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This is Heather Joy Puskarich, sculpted in solid white chocolate. The Pittsburgh artist created it by making a mold of herself and then filling it with chocolate coating specially created for the work and donated by Canonsburg's Sarris Candies. The sculpture, “Heautoscopic...
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FreshFind

A pitch with some mustard on it

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One of the fringe benefits of writing about the Pittsburgh Pirates' new performance kitchen a few years back was a tour of the team's luxurious 5,000-square-foot locker room in PNC Park, which includes couches and TVs along with a locker for each player on the 40-man roster....
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Shared Plates

What’s dishing on the blogs: Local restaurant...

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This week, I've decided to focus on D&T's blog D&T: in the burgh, which focuses on local restaurant reviews. D&T are a young married couple living in Pittsburgh and started their blog "as a way for us to document all of the wonderful restaurants that Pittsburgh has...
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Events

Meet me under the Macy's clock

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Macy's Downtown is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the iconic corner Kauffmann's clock, and some food figures into it, too. Today, Friday, is "Meet Me Under The Clock Day," featuring a collage of memories, stories, photos and memorabilia in the...
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Fit to be Thai'd

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That gastronomic goof Munch recently reviewed a new Thai place on the South Side, but we here at The Forks would be remiss not to give at least brief mention to the new digs of an older Thai favorite in that same neighborhood.The cheekily-named Thai Me Up (slogan: "You’re bound...
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Local harvest: A guide to 2013 farmers...

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Pittsburghers take their fresh fruits and vegetables pretty seriously. So of course there was a huge crowd at today's Market Square Farmers Market in Market Square, which opened its 2013 season with more than a dozen vendors selling everything from lettuce and rhubarb...
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Late-night oysters on Tuesdays at Salt

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Take heed, oyster fans. Starting at 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. on Tuesdays, executive chef Kevin Sousa and chef de cuisine Chad Townsend will be shucking oysters for late-night diners at Salt of the Earth in Garfield. Inspired by Foreign & Domestic in Austin, Texas, Mr. Sousa has...
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Events

Golden Quill winners in food

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The Post-Gazette's and PG Plate's Gretchen McKay clinched a win at last night's Golden Quill Awards. Her July PG Food & Flavor story on clinching, the process of cooking meat directly on hot coals also known as "dirty grilling," won the the Press Club of Western...
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Openings

Mediterranean breakfast in Brookline

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Saturday morning, after hitting opening day at the Mt. Lebanon Uptown Farmers Market, I made it to the newly renovated Pitaland in Brookline and its brand-new cafe for breakfast. The place looks beautiful, painted to match the warmth of the family that runs the place. While our...
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