Six Tips For Better Burgers at Your Cookout

June 14, 2015

Carlstadt burger makers Schweid and Sons share a century of meat know-how....
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Bringing Barcelona to Jersey City

June 9, 2015

Raval add tapas and Spanish atmosphere to the burgeoning downtown scene....
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A “Sexy” Chef Shares Healthy Eating Ideas

May 31, 2015

Sam Talbot's new videos offer tasty recipes for diabetics like himself....
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7×7=Better, Farm-Fresh Eating

May 25, 2015

On its 7th birthday, fresh produce company Zone 7 is making Jersey tastier...
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Cookbook is Agricola Chef’s Parting Gift

May 17, 2015

Chef Josh Thomsen brings farm-to-table to the home....
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You Can Cook Like Claude (Monet, That Is)

May 10, 2015

Yes, the great painter had a palate as well as a palette, and a new cookbook shares the bounty....
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Pastry Chef Goes From Sweet to Heat

May 3, 2015

Wins "Screaming Mi Mi" Award for Hot Sauce...
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Fun Day: Ride Bikes, Sip Wines!

April 26, 2015

To be precise, you ride the bikes to and even through the vineyards, stopping to taste. Pour & Pedal Bike… Read the rest

Marinara Man Drives Better Vehicle Now

April 20, 2015

Hoboken native Brad Finkel has brought his Hoboken Farms Big Red Marinara Sauce a long way....
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106 years of Law-Abiding Coffee

April 11, 2015

  When Walter Law, a Wall Street tea broker, got interested in coffee in about 1902, he roasted some Brazilian… Read the rest

A Honeymoon Brings Mexico to Asbury Park

April 5, 2015

You won’t find owners Shanti Church and Steve Mignogna at Talula’s, their hip Asbury Park restaurant and bar this week.… Read the rest

Great Passover Dishes and Serious Kosher Wines!

March 31, 2015

For 27 years, Jay Buchsbaum of the Royal Wine Corporation in Bayonne has been watching kosher wines grow in quality… Read the rest

Wine Seller to Release Her Own Wine, Challenges You to Design the Label

March 23, 2015

Montclair Art Museum and Amanti Vino seek designs for a label to grace a wine the shop is creating for its 10th anniversary....
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Golden State Meets Garden State

March 13, 2015

Manresa, Kinch’s restaurant, was recently rebuilt and reopened after burning to the ground, so the festival will honor him not… Read the rest

Look Out For Flying Meatballs

March 9, 2015

For chef Natale Grande of venerable, upscale Il Capriccio in Whippany, selling meatballs made from an old family recipe "was a no-brainer." In 2007, he started making 50 pounds a week. At his mother, Clara's, gourmet shop in Mendham, the meatballs "were flying off the shelves." Thus was a name born....
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An Orange Grows in West Orange

March 2, 2015

Lots of them, actually. In the glass-enclosed conservatory of Pleasantdale Chateau, an upscale catering facility in West Orange, two towering orange trees are sprouting fruit among the flowers and other vegetation....
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Why Go Paleo

February 23, 2015

“Our natural diet is not Twinkies, Ho-Ho’s and Cheerios,” says Diane Sanfilippo, author of the New York Times bestseller, "Practical Paleo." Behind that obvious, if attention-getting statement, is a wealth of knowledge the West Caldwell resident has amassed about improving our eating habits....
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Swinging With the Jazz House Kids

February 16, 2015

Fine wine from Amanti Vino, great food from Jockey Hollow Bar & Kitchen, Villalobos, Pig & Prince and Ariane Kitchen & Bar will combine with the precocious musicianship of the Jazz House Kids orchestra in the group's seventh annual Body & Soul fundraiser, Saturday, February 28....
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Marilyn Schlossbach

Greetings (And Recipes) From Nicaragua!

February 9, 2015

Marilyn Schlossbach, the noted Shore restaurateur is wintering in Nicaragua, where she is surfing and volunteering with Waves For Water, a nonprofit that helps provide clean water for communities in need. We spoke with her by phone....
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Dine Smart, Valentine!

February 2, 2015

Valentine's Day falling on a Saturday means more lovers looking to dine out and more restaurants switching to expensive prix-fixe menus. Here's how to open your heart without giving away your wallet....
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