Margaret Eby
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Margaret Eby
@margareteby.bsky.social
Food Editor @inquirer.com & writer other places sometimes. I will always the order the thing on the menu served on fire.

🍔 My cookbook You Gotta Eat, on how to feed yourself when you don't have the energy, is out NOW from Quirk!!! 🍔
Did you know you can pot pie any stew or stew-ish situation and no one can stop you
November 30, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I am hosting Thanksgiving this year and the theme is: Whoops, all pies
November 25, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Brave of the Michelin Man to show up in Gritty’s city imo
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Please...my people yearn for a new novelty Oreo flavor
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Was so confident that I had brought a pen in my bag to the office and it was, in fact, a crochet hook
October 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Much discussion of bad tattoos this week and yet no love for chaotic reality showTattoo Nightmares, a program where I once saw a burning American flag tattoo transformed into the skyline of Chicago
October 23, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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RIP Diane Keaton — the news of her death sent me looking for this excellent piece about her and her serious interest in photography by her friend Larry McMurty

www.nybooks.com/articles/200...
Diane Keaton on Photography | Larry McMurtry
1. My friendship with Diane Keaton began about twenty-eight years ago, when I found her, one morning, sitting in the flower bed outside the Madison Hotel,
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October 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
How many croissants counts as a meal
October 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Music plug: we hosted the pre-teen punk band Owl Talons at the west philly porchfest last summer, and their first album is out: Ruined Future. 14 tracks in 28 minutes, nobody over 12 years old. open.spotify.com/album/1CPS9C...
Ruined Future
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September 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Oh me? Up googling if they make snuggies for babies wyd
September 22, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Weird thing to finally post about late night Friday but guess what I went from Deputy Food Editor to Food Editor @inquirer.com
September 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The worst kept secret in Philly is the best time to get a hard-to-get restaurant reservation is during an Eagles game. You're welcome
September 18, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Saw both the Go Birds Uber and a Benjamin Franklin impersonator in 24 hours, truly the most auspicious Philly signs
August 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Having both of us back at work is an unending series of chaotic situations and I am constantly covered in spit up but on the other hand the baby Halloween costumes are on sale now
August 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
You might think the most dangerous game refers to hunting humans but it is actually putting a baby on your shoulders right after they eat and hoping they don’t vomit directly on your face (I lost)
August 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It’s my personal sickness that my favorite night of vacation is my turn to cook for the group
July 29, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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In this cooking vs. ordering takeout debacle I want to say that cooking is demanding of time, energy and finances.

I absolutely understand cooking is a no go for lots of people.

If you are looking for ways to make cooking accessible to you, @margareteby.bsky.social has a cookbook for you.
You Gotta Eat: Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible|Hardcover
One of the Washington Post’s Best Cookbooks of 2024“It is one of the most generous cookbooks I have ever read. It’s revolutionary; it’s a relief.”—Washington PostA ...
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July 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
People always act like they’d know Clark Kent was Superman but Tony Hawk is out here flying under the radar every day
July 20, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Published one (1) blog about a coffee drink that is helping me through early parenthood and received four (4) unsolicited emails about how I shouldn’t be drinking caffeine while breastfeeding. Love 2 be a woman on the internet!!!!
July 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Labubus are the Furbies of now
July 17, 2025 at 1:21 AM
It is a universal truth that if I am 1.5 drinks into dinner I will start talking about Mardi Gras
July 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Lmao you want me to vote for someone who is throwing my trans homies under the bus? In esta economia? Be serious
July 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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The other part of this is I made this chart to explain intent of nudity vis a vis cartoons that don’t wear pants
July 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM