Sunday is New Jersey’s Oyster Bowl XI, presented by Blue Point Grill and Nassau Broadcasting Partners. The Oyster Bowl is an annual oyster eating contest to benefit Susan G. Komen for the Cure Central and South Jersey. Hundreds of spectators gather each year to watch contestants devour all the oysters they can in a two-minute … Continue reading
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Indoor Farmers Market
Some of my favorite events during the winter months are these indoor farmers markets put on by Slow Food Central New Jersey. It’s a chance to catch up with some of your summer farmers market vendors, run into friends, entertain the kids, listen to music, and and generally celebrate all things local. The next one takes place … Continue reading
Food for Haiti
Food, medical supplies, you name it, they need it. Here’s a Google webpage with a comprehensive listing of the ways you can donate.
Kallari Chocolate at Whole Foods Dec. 5, 11:00am
Look for this leaf on a chocolate bar near you. I’ve sampled Kallari‘s chocolates at Whole Foods once or twice before, and really liked them. Their cacao beans are organically grown (Rainforest certified) and harvested by a cooperative of family farmers in the Amazon. The beans travel less than 7 hours to Quito for chocolate production. 100 percent … Continue reading
A Smarter Choice
Well, glory be, the Smart Choices program I recently posted about is bowing to pressure and more or less suspending operations. In an article this morning in the New York Times, we learn that some of the food manufacturers who were participating are pulling out amid public and governmental pressure. The program allowed certain products … Continue reading
elements meets small world coffee (and school gardens benefit)
When Scott Anderson, executive chef at elements, asked small world coffee to create a signature blend for his highly regarded restaurant, they decided that this coffee would also benefit the Princeton School Gardens Cooperative. Scott, Joe, and Emilia from elements visited the small world roastery in Rocky Hill to work with the roasters to design their specialty … Continue reading
Autumn Culinaire
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mercer County is holding its annual Autumn Culinairefood, wine and beer tasting event October 15, 6:00-9:30pm, at the Greenacres Country Club in Lawrenceville. Over twenty of the area’s finest restaurants will be on hand to serve up tempting samplings from their menus and an eclectic collection of over 150 fine wine and … Continue reading
CoolVines birthday benefits D&R Greenway
CoolVines specialty wine (and more) store in Princeton is celebrating their first birthday on October 4 with a fundraising event for and at the D&R Greenway Land Trust on Rosedale Road. From 3 to 6pm, you’ll enjoy wine and craft beer tastings, appetizers and desserts, along with music, all for a mere $25, all of which goes to … Continue reading
Pies for Schools
This is the time of year that parents start planning school fundraisers, and sometimes that means pies and cheesecakes. But instead of so-so products, how about something really good for a change, something local and wholesome, and something that people will purchase because they want to, not just out of obligation? Your school, I recently learned … Continue reading
For Shame!
L I’ve been so busy, I’ve neglected to post on the recent furor about the mega-food industry’s latest attempt to subvert the trend towards natural, whole, foods. A September 4 story in the New York Times has led to a lot of handwringing on the part of natural food advocates. I actually yelled at my computer … Continue reading
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