In this episode, Rachel Leah Blumenthal, food editor at Boston Magazine, takes us deep on this meaty regional specialty. We're grilling her to get all the answers, from the history of steak tips to the best spots to order them.

Rachel's longform feature, "The Mysterious Origins of Steak Tips, a Uniquely New England Dish"

The Northeast Philly Guy Monk portrait

A good mechanic in South Philly.

A great essay on the specific mental psychosis of a certain kind of doomer Philly fan (Defector).

Sandwich, a Cape Cod novel by Catherine Newman; I preferred Paper Palace for family secrets and kettle pond swims.

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