Tomatoes: A Love Story

On hot summer days like the past few weeks have seen; its to hot to cook, to move, or to do just about anything. Philadelphia, Like the rest of the Northeastern seaboard, has been enveloped by a hot, sticky, humid, mess of a summer; however, for me, this can only be made acceptable by the promise of a delicious tomato season. These lycopene rich fruits generally come to Pennsylvania in July and are around until roughly September. If you are lucky enough to be able to pick up some tomatoes at a local farm stand in season, you can truly taste the vast difference between heirloom and local tomatoes, as opposed to their bastardized GMO and off season sisters available year round at many super market chains

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Little Baby's Ice Cream


I first heard of Little Baby's Ice Cream when a friend of mine told me about their Earl Grey Sriracha Ice Cream that they had picked up from Green Aisle Grocery and how surprisingly delicious the combo was. No doubt, an ice cream flavor like that will turn a few heads; but it doesn't end their. The Philadelphia based mobile scoop tricycle has been popping up all over the city at trendy venues like Union Transfer and Morgan's Pier. Little Baby's scoops out their super premium "Philadelphia Style' Ice Cream that features a 16% butterfat-content dairy, sourced from Trickling Springs Creamery in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Little Baby's offers other outlandish flavors like Peanut Butter Maple Tarragon, Pizza, and Anchovy. They also offer a variety of dairy-free options for the dairy impaired such as Coconut Tea and a Philadelphia favorite, Goldenbergs Peanut Chews Vanilla Molasses. For the last year Little Babies has created quite a reputation and a following for their 'weird ice cream'. One of the partners of Little Baby's, Pete Angevine, was kind enough to answer a few questions for Eclectik Domestic:

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