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Morning, Philly.
Election Day in the region has yielded a new governor for New Jersey, a third term for the city’s district attorney, and the retention of all three Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices on the ballot. See Inquirer.com for the latest on these races and more.
In nonelection news: Five of Philadelphia’s most prominent chefs let us tour their home kitchens and shared secrets on luxe cookware, saving space, and decorating with style.
And President Donald Trump’s compact for universities, which most institutions have rejected, identified problems in higher education. But experts fault its approach.
— Julie Zeglen (morningnewsletter@inquirer.com)
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You’ve ogled their pastry posts on Instagram, watched them travel on Chef’s Table, or battled it out on OpenTable to try to get a seat at their lauded restaurants.
Now, you can peek inside the personal kitchens of five of Philly’s most prominent chefs to see how they cook at home. Just be warned that these spaces might inspire some jealousy for the culinarily inclined among us. Meet the chefs:
🔪 Jesse Ito of Royal Sushi & Izakaya and dancerobot, whose sparse Center City kitchen leaves plenty of room for his impressive knife collection
🍫 Jen Carroll of Carroll Couture Cuisine, whose airy Kensington loft — a former Peanut Chews factory — is ideal for hosting private dinners
🥐 Nok Suntaranon of Kalaya, whose art-filled Queen Village condo’s stainless steel counters hold “pieces of memories” of meals past
🪴 Ashley Huston of DreamWorld Bakes, whose cozy Cedar Park cooking space features colorful souvenirs from her international trips
📚 Scott Calhoun of Ember and Ash, whose South Philly home is sleek, bright, and minimalist, except for the nooks crammed with cookbooks
Join Kiki Aranita and Gabe Coffey on their kitchen tours.
In other food news: Restaurant reporter Mike Klein rounded up all the new eateries opening up in November. That includes Rittenhouse’s Uchi, the high-end Japanese spot from a James Beard Award-winning chef. And two new restaurants are coming to the Schuylkill Yards development — a Tex-Mex place and a Korean-French fusion bakery.
Most colleges in the United States have said no to the compact Trump has asked them to sign in exchange for preferential consideration for federal funding. Those that have said yes have agreed to give the White House wide-ranging influence over hiring, admissions, tuition pricing, and even curriculum.
Some experts say the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education has some worthy ideas, such as addressing the sky-high cost of college — but that its mandate to freeze tuition for five years isn’t the right cure. Others are concerned about the agreement’s vague language.
Notable quote: “To use a non-legal phrase, I’d have to have my head examined to bring the weight of the federal government on this private institution,” Dickinson College president John E. Jones III, who previously spent decades as a lawyer and federal judge, told the Inquirer.
Reporter Susan Snyder has more details.
Plus: The University of Pennsylvania said Tuesday it is confident that a data breach attack in which hackers allege they accessed large volumes of personal donor, student, and alumni information has been “contained.”
What you should know today
Amid relatively strong turnout on Election Day, voters in Pennsylvania and New Jersey were eager to discuss crime, taxes, and someone not on the ballot: Trump.
Authorities said Tuesday that a 30-year-old man was arrested in a shooting early last week that wounded a 7-year-old girl in Fairhill.
An immigration court has temporarily blocked the deportation of a man who was freed from a Pennsylvania prison last month after his decades-old murder conviction was overturned.
Two security checkpoints at Philadelphia International Airport will be closed starting Wednesday, airport officials announced, citing the federal government shutdown’s impact.
Don’t expect decisions this year on which Philadelphia schools will close. Instead of releasing a facilities master plan in November and finalizing it in December, the district will instead send a survey to families this month, then deliver a draft plan sometime in the winter.
Cherry Hill Public Schools Superintendent Kwame Morton delivered an update on district initiatives, including preschool expansion, construction, and future plans.
The Union have expanded their relief drive for people affected by Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean to include midfielder Danley Jean Jacques’ Haiti and goalkeeper Andre Blake’s Jamaica.
🦅 Eagles fans, this one’s for you: The Birds were busy at the NFL trade deadline, but they were not alone. Learn more about the moves made by joining The Inquirer’s Olivia Reiner in the r/Eagles subreddit on Thursday at 10 a.m. for an AMA.
🧠 Trivia time
Philadelphia Art Museum chief executive Sasha Suda has been dismissed, sources said Tuesday. While the reasons were not immediately clear, several events in the past months have pointed to internal dissent at the museum. Which is not one of them?
A) Reduced attendance since the pandemic
B) Negative public reaction to the museum’s rebranding
C) Delays to the reopening of an expensive arts space
D) Jewel heist
Think you know? Check your answer.
What we’re …
🍗 Mapping: Where to find the best wings in Philly.
🏡 Testing: Are you smarter than a Realtor?
🧀 Indulging in: Some Reading Terminal Market ASMR.
☕ Logging on to: The Wi-Fi at La Colombe’s Philly cafes (finally!).
🏈 Learning: How two former Eagles are navigating the “culture shock” of coaching at an HBCU.
🧩 Unscramble the anagram
Hint: Home of the former Echelon Mall
OVERSHOE
Email us if you know the answer. We’ll select a reader at random to shout out here.
Cheers to Kathryn Hiesinger, who solved Tuesday’s anagram: Wanamaker Building. Beginning Nov. 28, the landmark’s famous light show will return, along with the Dickens Village, organ performances, a holiday market, and a pop-up eatery.
Photo of the day
Here’s to a new day. Make it a good one.
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