Dish + Bitch hit up Cafe Lift for some dishing, bitching and of course brunch. [Dish + Bitch]

Across the street and owned by the same peeps as Cafe Lift is Prohibition Taproom. Phoodie.info gives it the once over. [Phoodie.info]

Martha Stewart bails on Talula’s Table and David McDuff gleefully steps in for the a seat in the kitchen. [McDuff's Food & Wine Trail]

Living On The Vedge hits up Argan Moroccan Cuisine before we even knew it was there. [Living n The Vedge]

Tapas in Wilmington? Wilmington has an area dubbed LoMa? Mac & Cheese reveals the truth. [Mac & Cheese]

I Am Beer Wise makes the long trek to the Sidecar Bar for New Holland beers and “zestful comfort food.” [I Am Beer Wise]

David Snyder has his first review for City Paper today and it is at the hardest table to get in America, Talula’s Table.

A key factor that sets Talula’s apart is the care Sikora and Olexy put into sourcing their ingredients. Like many area chefs, Sikora stays fresh and local. But the couple take it a step further — clipping fresh tarragon from their personal garden for the rich summer squash lobster tart; foraging a local trail for epazote, a pungent Mexican herb Sikora uses to make oil that accompanies a mushroom and goat cheese papusa, a humble tower of maitake and white beech mushrooms and cakes made from masa harina, a traditional Mexican flour.

But there’s a bigger reason Sikora’s food stands out: He has an innate ability to construct dishes that excel on two levels simultaneously. On one hand, he’s able to create a forum on a plate that allows each ingredient to grab a bit of the spotlight — their identities are surprisingly clean and crisp, each component delicately expressing its voice at just the right time. But as the flavors continue to layer, they roll into one clear, unifying composition. The result: dishes that are remarkably deep without sacrificing simplicity.

Talula’s Table [City Paper]
Talula’s Table [Official Site]

Philadining has been to Cantina Dos Segundos a few times already and has plenty of raves for the kitchen. [Philadining Blog]

The Beer Lass recaps the Mexican Beer Dinner she enjoyed at Iron Hill West Chester. [I'll Have Another Stout]

We are seriously starting to dislike David McDuff. He goes to Talula’s Table more than we visit our parents. He was there again and has the pictures to prove it. [McDuff's Food & Wine Trail]

Talula’s Table cannot stop getting press. This time it’s a spread in the New York Times Sunday Magazine. [New York Times via McDuff's Food & Wine Trail]

Forbes Traveler has a slideshow of deluxe nose to tail meals and features Ansill among the offal best. [Forbes Traveler]

The Wall Street Journal goes interactive on us with its look at the power tables at Lacroix. [Wall Street Journal via Phoodie.info]

…well, sort of. The nation’s most difficult-to-get-into gourmet market will be making an appearance at the Sunday Headhouse Farmers’ Market. More details to come, but consider this your best shot at getting a meal at this joint.

Talula’s Table [Official Site]
Headhouse Market [FoodTrust]

Oh dear. Talula’s single table and its accompanying sturm und drang are profiled in Portfolio magazine. John Turturro has eaten there, but unless you can make plans two years in advance, you will not.
Food writers are fat, unhealthy and often in denial.

Looking for something new? Try some “camelbert” cheese, made from camels’ milk!

If anyone’s trying to buy us a present, look here.

One day we may actually make it out to Talula’s Table in Kennett Square but until such time we will read stories like Sloth Street’s and salivate.

The meal kept churning along, with a solid salt-cod fritter that I don’t really remember that well, and an interesting take on Beef Wellington that substituted rabbit for steak. The meal may have hit its peak, though, on the fourth course, a chorizo stuffed quail. With an aromatic broth that tempted us all when they first put down the plates, the dish featured a (thankfully) de-boned quail with a spicy sausage unearthed after a few bites. It was creative and delicious, and actually overshadowed the next course, which would have been a tremendous hit any other time. It was a smoked short rib and beef tenderloin dish where the smoke was pronounced and delicious. But I’ll be damned if I wasn’t still thinking of that quail.

Talula’s Table [Sloth Street]

Talula’s Table, the single table dining experience of Bryan Sikora and Aimee Olexy has opened up reservations for the second half of 2008.

If you feel lucky here’s the number. 610 444 8255. If you want to know what the hoopla is about here is a recent write-up on McDuff’s Food & Wine Trail.

Late Fall Tasting Menu at Talula’s Table [McDuff's Food & Wine Trail]
Just how hungry are you? [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Talula’s Table [Official Site]

Philadelphia Magazine reviews Talula’s Table and find it’s a destination worth heading to.

It’s at these private dinners that the skills and obsessions of owners Aimee Olexy and Bryan Sikora find their ultimate expression. Through a combination of sourcing and sorcery, fresh ingredients obtained, even foraged, from the surrounding area are transformed into elegant dishes that remind us what all the excitement over Django was about. Olexy and Sikora sold that acclaimed Philadelphia BYOB in 2005, and this more personal style seems to suit them even better than a conventional restaurant. It’s a heightened dining experience: Eating with a group of friends at a communal table, interacting with the chef and servers on a more intimate level than is possible in a busy restaurant, and sharing wines from fellow diners’ cellars all amplify the deeper social aspects of eating.

Food: A
Service: B
Atmosphere: B

Review: A Seat at the Table [Philadelphia Magazine]

McDuff’s Food & Wine Trail visits Talula’s Table in Kennett Square and does a write-up on the harvest dinner complete with photos. After Craig LaBan’s recent review, reservations are for as far out as Spring ‘08 so this might be as close as you can get for awhile.

Backstage at Talula’s Table [McDuff's Food & Wine Trail]
Backstage at Talula’s Table [McDuff's Food & Wine Trail]
Talula’s Table [Official Site]