Eat & Drink
A New Day at the Office
November 24, 2014
The future of the Office Beer Bar & Grill, a North Jersey chain, can be seen in the transformation of its flagship from ho-hum to very happening....
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Calling All Cooks!
November 7, 2014
Start your ovens! As the holiday entertaining season gets under way, this new kitchen gear will help make light work of your culinary chores. ...
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The Lee family maintains a 75-year tradition, raising broad-breasted birds with a personal touch. ...
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Who Owns Sriracha?
October 21, 2014
Chefs are challenging the famous “rooster” brand with their own versions, as Mama takes the sauce back to its Thai (not Vietnamese) origins. ...
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The Global Grocer: Markus Draxler
October 8, 2014
When top-tier chefs need an exotic ingredient of impeccable quality from anywhere on Earth—and need it fast—they turn to Markus Draxler of North Bergen’s Solex Fine Foods....
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Kickin’ It Up in Keyport: Chili Festival
September 26, 2014
Monmouth County will be a much spicier place October 11 and 12, when the 17th annual Screamin' Country Jamboree and Chili Fest returns. ...
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Blimpie’s First Pilot: 50 Years of Sandwiches and Smiles
September 23, 2014
Fifty years after launching the sandwich chain in Hoboken, Tony Conza happily manages his lettuce (and we don’t mean the edible kind)....
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Chopped Champ: Burger Man Pat LaFrieda
August 27, 2014
By creating custom chopped-beef blends, Pat LaFrieda turned the lowly burger into a status symbol and himself into the first celebrity butcher...
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When Fondue Won’t Do: Inner Mongolian Hot Pot
August 19, 2014
The Applebee’s of China” brings hot pot—Inner Mongolia’s signature style of communal cooking—to Edison, and the place is packed....
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My Schnack Attack
July 28, 2014
In reviving Schnackenberg’s, a vintage Hoboken luncheonette, new owners set out to make doughnuts that wow. They succeeded....
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Jersey Choice Restaurant Poll 2014
July 24, 2014
The votes have been tallied and the results are in! Here are the best places to grab a bite in New Jersey, as chosen by you, the readers....
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The 25 Best Restaurants of 2014
July 15, 2014
Our annual list of the best restaurants New Jersey has to offer. You'll find some rising stars, and plenty of old favorites....
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Sweet on Bitters: A Creative Cocktail Trend
June 25, 2014
Chefs are taking their creativity to the bar, crafting fanciful new bitters to perk up cocktails with just a few drops...
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From Bread to Brewery: East Coast Beer Co.
May 21, 2014
East Coast Beer Co. finally finds a home in Belmar....
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A sampler of beer styles fit for summer quaffing....
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New Jersey's craft brewers produce an array of lighter beers to slake your summer thirst....
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Thank the Bees: NJ Mead
May 9, 2014
Granted New Jersey’s first license to make mead (honey wine), Sergio Moutela modernizes what might be the world’s oldest fermented beverage....
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Maui Wowwee! Wildwood’s Wacky Weiners
May 8, 2014
This Wildwood hot dog hut gives the classic weiner a gourmet twist....
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Oasis in the Food Desert: Camden City Garden Club
April 23, 2014
The residents of Camden, one of the country's nine worst food deserts, learn to grow their own fresh produce with help from the Camden City Garden Club....
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Critic Frank Bruni: Hungry for Meaning
April 16, 2014
A talk with former New York Times restaurant critic, now op-ed columnist, Frank Bruni, on teaching food writing at Princeton this semester....
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