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Entries for December 2009



Goodbye to the Zeros

December 30, 2009 03:10 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

There was very little peace, and what there was of prosperity was deep but obscenely narrow. So we march on, determined to get into shape (see this month's cover story!) for the age of full-body scanners...

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Heat on Demand

December 29, 2009 03:16 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Baby, it's cold outside--and inside, too, if you happen to be working on a construction project like the condos on the Green in Morristown. Solution? Pipe in the heat...

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Tags: Morristown | photography | Morristown Green

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Across Two Rivers

December 28, 2009 02:51 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

The Hudson and the East. Traversing both and continuing into the Midwood section of Brooklyn (a largely Orthodox Jewish neighborhood, ironically) brings you to one of the most famous pizzerias in New York, Di Fara. A definite schlep, but worth it...

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Tags: photography | Pizza | Broooklyn | Di Fara Pizza

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Ecce Panis

December 24, 2009 02:24 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Or, behold the bread! For pizza this good is indeed the staff of life...

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Tags: Elizabeth | photography | Pizza

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The Pizza Monk

December 22, 2009 02:52 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Meet Al Santillo of Santillo's Brick Oven Pizzeria in Elizabeth. Of all the excellent pizza we tasted for our upcoming pizza issue, none was better than his...

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Remember Autumn?

December 21, 2009 02:46 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

It was only a few weeks ago, around Thanksgiving, when winter still seemed a ways away. The wind hadn't yet turned fierce and ripped the last brittle leaves from the trees. It was still possible to step outside under the mid-day sun in shirtsleeves...

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Heaven's Gate

December 17, 2009 02:20 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Through this portal pass some of the best pizzas in New Jersey...

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