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* There's still time this month to catch the peachy specials at Gemelli On Main (4161 Main St., 215-487-1230): a summer cocktail of Peach Infused Bourbon with Ginger Beer and Fresh Mint ($10) and a Warm Peach and Goat Cheese Bruschetta with Honey Caramelized Shallots, Baby Arugula, Candied Pecans and Port Wine Reduction ($12). Monday's BYO night at Clark Gilbert's modern continental.
* There's still time this month to catch the peachy specials at Gemelli on Main (4161 Main St., 215-487-1230): a summer cocktail of Peach Infused Bourbon with Ginger Beer and Fresh Mint ($10) and a Warm Peach and Goat Cheese Bruschetta with Honey Caramelized Shallots, Baby Arugula, Candied Pecans and Port Wine Reduction ($12). Monday's BYO night at Clark Gilbert's modern continental.
* Pay tribute to French artist Paul Gauguin and his Polynesian masterpieces with the Tiki Cocktail Dinner Aug. 26 at Granite Hill at the Philadelphia Museum of Art (26th and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, 215-684-7990). Sample colorful tiki cocktails and enjoy a buffet that includes suckling pig and citrus-infused butterfish satay. $65 a person.
* This Sunday, Philly's Iron Chef Jose Garces returns to the Kitchen Stadium and "Iron Chef America," where he'll face Tuscan specialist Cesare Casella in a seafood-centric episode. It's live and, if past bouts are any indication, intense. Tune in at 10 p.m. on the Food Network. Garces is some kitchen warrior. He triumphed over Iron Chef Bobby Flay during his first appearance on "America." He went on to best nine other chefs on "The Next Iron Chef."