Author: Emily Bell

Emily Bell has been writing about really good food and really good drinks, and the really good people who produce all of it, for nearly ten years. Before becoming a food writer, Emily worked at various local delis as a teenager, and so has had the pleasure of both preparing and eating an absurd number of Italian subs and Taylor ham, egg and cheese sandwiches. As a writer—and, most emphatically, as an eater—she loves the "Jersey cornucopia" of regional classics mixed with an incredible variety of cultures and cuisines. And as a proud New Jersey native, she knows there is nothing better than a late night spent poring over a massive diner menu and finally ordering just coffee. And possibly Disco fries.
And other food and wine events in Jersey City, Gibbsboro, Morristown and Ocean Township.

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Following in her late father's footsteps, the Mount Laurel resident has made a career as a serious pitmaster.

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Plus: Other openings and closings in Jersey City, Palmyra, East Hanover, Newark and Egg Harbor City.

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Plus: A barbecue class, Bastille Day celebration and beer-pairing dinner.

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The self-taught pastry chef perfected a recipe for plant-based chocolate chip cookies, available through her Whippany-based wholesale bakery, Root 9.

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Plus: Other openings and closings in Edgewater, Woodbury and beyond.

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Plus: Other food events in Princeton, Asbury and beyond.

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For a lot of restaurants, protein is the star of the show. At Clean Plate Kitchen, Nicole and Anthony Piazza let the plants do more of the talking.

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Plus: Other openings and restaurants in the works in Paramus, Parsippany, Atlantic City and Haddon Heights.

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At these great places for cooking classes, Jersey's aspiring chefs can master everything from baking to pasta-making.

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