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ASK SKIP: A Matter of Taste
I was thinking yesterday "Why in the heck is there a Taste of Phoenixville going on [in January]?" Every other "Taste" event that I've been to (Chicago, Philadelphia, & Denver to name a few) is during a warm season - late-spring, summer, early-fall. Why in the middle of winter, indoors, on a week-night??? I would have really liked to have tried some of the dishes that were presented, but I didn't have the chance to get over there.
I really like the idea of having our own Taste event and I'm glad it was successful (at least according to what I read in The Phoenix) but I think that it should be held later in the year so that more people can experience what this town has to offer in terms of its culinary possibilities.
There has to be a legitimate reason as to why this event is held at night, during the week, in the coldest part of the year. Unfortunately, I can't come up with any justification other than the organizers don't want people to show up.
You’re making me hungry.
Phoenix staff writer Dennis Wright, who has attended all six Taste events, tells me that the scheduling was initially an accidental improvement over original plans. It was, first, a pre-Christmas item on the social calendar, but that scheduling was scuttled because of, you know, snow, and rescheduled for a January date when planners knew for certain that there wouldn’t be any.
If you plan it, they will come, and they did. It turned out to be, Wright said, favored as the first major after-the-holidays public event. And just far enough away from holiday tables and New Year’s resolutions to be justified on grounds of diet. Simply put, according to Wright, it worked.
That said, the fundraiser in me prefers your spring-summer-early fall scenario. I checked with another fundraiser in town, and he had the same hunch. Taste organizers might consider throwing caution to the winds and try it one year.
(I can’t resist a personal note here. If you were fishing for agreement from me about our January weather, you’ll note that you didn’t get it, that you didn’t see a word about it here. I share my life with a Canadian, Montréal born-and-bred. I am specifically prohibited from making any public comment about “winter” as defined in Southeastern Pennsylvania, which she calls “spring” – though I hasten to add that, as far as I’ve been able to tell, Je me souviens means “I remember… Québec winters, so bright, so beautiful… so snowy, so windy… so icy, so frigid… so we blew town for Miami.”)
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Skip Lawerence
You can email your questions for Skip at askskip@phoenixvillenews.com
I really like the idea of having our own Taste event and I'm glad it was successful (at least according to what I read in The Phoenix) but I think that it should be held later in the year so that more people can experience what this town has to offer in terms of its culinary possibilities.
There has to be a legitimate reason as to why this event is held at night, during the week, in the coldest part of the year. Unfortunately, I can't come up with any justification other than the organizers don't want people to show up.
You’re making me hungry.
Phoenix staff writer Dennis Wright, who has attended all six Taste events, tells me that the scheduling was initially an accidental improvement over original plans. It was, first, a pre-Christmas item on the social calendar, but that scheduling was scuttled because of, you know, snow, and rescheduled for a January date when planners knew for certain that there wouldn’t be any.
If you plan it, they will come, and they did. It turned out to be, Wright said, favored as the first major after-the-holidays public event. And just far enough away from holiday tables and New Year’s resolutions to be justified on grounds of diet. Simply put, according to Wright, it worked.
That said, the fundraiser in me prefers your spring-summer-early fall scenario. I checked with another fundraiser in town, and he had the same hunch. Taste organizers might consider throwing caution to the winds and try it one year.
(I can’t resist a personal note here. If you were fishing for agreement from me about our January weather, you’ll note that you didn’t get it, that you didn’t see a word about it here. I share my life with a Canadian, Montréal born-and-bred. I am specifically prohibited from making any public comment about “winter” as defined in Southeastern Pennsylvania, which she calls “spring” – though I hasten to add that, as far as I’ve been able to tell, Je me souviens means “I remember… Québec winters, so bright, so beautiful… so snowy, so windy… so icy, so frigid… so we blew town for Miami.”)
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Skip Lawerence
You can email your questions for Skip at askskip@phoenixvillenews.com
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There once was a man from Quebec
Who was buried in snow to his neck.
When they asked, "Is you friz?"
He replied, "Yes, I is,
But they don't call this cold in Quebec."
I love this poem. what do you think?
There once was a man from the 'Ville
Who lived upon Tunnel Hill
In the cold he was rosy
For his rug kept him cozy
And stopped him from catching a chill.
In the far-away city of Philadelphia PA Restaurant Week is an annual event held in the winter months. The industry generally experiences a slowdown in the winter. Perhaps the reason for holding such an event at this time is to generate a little post-holiday energy. There are twelve months in a year. We don't ALL hibernate when it gets cold.
I have a question for Skip, why has the paper not made any comment on the MacPhooy, MacPhee statements?
If Dennis has covered it for the last 6 years, why not now?
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