Blogged Around Philly: Munching on Mustafa Edition

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Who needs an RSS feed when you have us? The best from this week in the 215 blogosphere...

If noshing on entrails of your choosing during Restaurant Week is your idea of adventure, you'll like this story from Grub Street about a controversy brewing in Arizona around lion tacos. Grub Street recounts how a similar idea met its bitter end in Philadelphia.

In case you didn't get your lazy ass off the couch on MLK Day, at least take a look at this video clip of his "I Have a Dream" speech from 1963. Thanks, Zoe Strauss.

Now that we've got all that understanding and compassion crap out of the way: Glenn Beck is an ignorant douche nozzle cockbag. (Philebrity)

uwishunu gives us the list of the 20 most popular food dishes in Philadelphia, though sadly one of them (#15) is no longer available for our enjoyment.

Necessity for Ruins shows us an abandoned pier along the Delaware River that would make for a great park extension.

More national coverage for the Philadelphia Phillies on Comedy Central ... sort of. (The 700 Level)

Phillies Nation asks for your vote for the decade's greatest Phillie.

Anyone thinking about staying green amidst this week's snow-related clamor? Philadelphia Green has tips on how to preserve your trees during the chilly weather, and Green Philly Blog raises the question of why a plastic bag ban cannot happen in Philadelphia.

Mac and Cheese brings us some South Philly Vietnamese food this week.