Metropolitan Bakery
There are gastronomic lines of conversation—tidbits about how we relate to food, and ultimately, about human compatibility—that arise time and time again. Are you a person who lets different foods mix on your plate? What rules do you follow for the refrigeration of borderline perishables like ketchup and bread? And, are you a texture person? Oatmeal: heaven or anathema. Hummus: friend or foe. I am an avowed defender of texture. Give me a shock of shape and feel in all this culinary uniformity! (Right??) I am also an enormous fan of locally-made baked goods—so trust me when I say that years of testing have gone into the following claim. The two absolute most wonderful and yummy, locally-baked snacks in Philly are…1) The Slow Rise Bakery’s Four Seed Cookie–sweet but subtle, truly superb and available at the Green Line Café(s), Satellite Coffeeshop, Mugshots, the Farm Stand at Reading Terminal Market, and so on (use our database, folks). 2) Metropolitan Bakery’s millet muffins–What the hell is millet? I don’t know. (Wikipedia indicates something along the lines of a corn-family grain.) This muffin is the tapioca of baked goods, the bubble-tea of breakfast foods, nourishing, sweet, literally bursting with seedy goodness.
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