The concept is as simple as a food establishment can get without being a lemonade stand: doughnuts, fried chicken, coffee. Sweet, savory, and the caffeine to stomach it all and carry on with your day. For such an abbreviated menu to work, you must nail every little detail, and Federal Donuts, which first opened in Pennsport to ravenous reviews and rolled out a second location in Center City shortly after, does just that. First: get a cup o' coffee and a piping hot made-to-order yeast doughnut with flavored sugar such as vanilla and lavender, or opt for the pre-made cake variety in fancier flavors like strawberry ginger and cookies-and-cream. Don't forget the chicken with a chili-garlic glaze as a post-sugar treat (cause why not eat desert first?). If dining at the Sansom St. location, don't stick around to eat at the awkward school desk seating; instead, order it to go and eat like a king in Rittenhouse Square.

I think my Aunt Ledora's recipe is the best recipe for rolls in the world.  I don't know the recipe but I know perfection when I taste.  Recently, I saw this recipe posted on my cousin's facebook page.  She happens to be the daughter of the aunt that I mentioned. Unfortunately, it is not my aunt's recipe but I am thrilled to finally add a dinner roll recipe to MCCN.  

Historically the last few days before Christmas are when a large chunk of America gets engaged in the buying spirit.  As millions of people frantically spend the last hours before the red suited jolly guy comes sliding down the chimney looking for that perfect gift, millions more will be preoccupied with what comes after the house is covered in bits of torn wrapping paper.

In addition to being served in Mexican homes during the Christmas and New Year holiday season, hot Mexican holiday punch, or ponche navideño is sold at night by street vendors who ladle it out from steaming cylindrical vats. The tejocote is a small fruit, golden in color when mature, similar in taste to an apple, but with a pastier texture. It is not easily found outside of Mexico, but apples make a good substitute. In Michoacan, a piece of beet is often added instead of jamaica to color the punch.