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Coming soon to a brick oven near you

The pizza margherita at left (margherita means basic tomato, mozzarella and basil) is from Nomad Pizza’s brick oven truck at the recent East Coast Food & Wine Festival.  My friend and I shared it and enjoyed every bite. But soon you won’t need to chase a truck around anymore when you want to enjoy their artisan pizza … Continue reading →

Chill Out with Bent Spoon

If I find myself near Palmer Square, I make a point of stopping by Bent Spoon on Palmer Square if I don’t see a line out the door. They make so many interesting flavors of their artisan ice cream and sorbet, there’s always something new to get excited about (and now I follow them on Twitter, too). … Continue reading →

Seafood Salad

This summery seafood salad is from Dolce & Clemente’s Italian Market in Robbinsville, and it tasted as good as it looks. Last time I checked, their planned cafe, Tavola Calda, in the same complex, was not open yet but hopefully they are now, or will be soon.  If you travel to LBI via Rte. 526, you … Continue reading →

A Capital Idea

Are you loving the great weather we’re finally having?  If so, come out to the Capital City Market in Trenton, which takes place Thursdays, sometime soon and enjoy Jersey Fresh produce, arts & crafts vendors, tours, activities for children and music.  Here are some of the highlights: CAPITAL CITY MARKET 11 am-2 pm. Every Thursday … Continue reading →

The Ultimate Steak?

This could be my favorite steak ever.  I recently sat in on a grassfed meat grilling “seminar” that was hosted by Cherry Grove Farm when Shannon Hayes, aka The Grassfed Gourmet, visited Princeton for a series of events organized by Fran McManus of the Whole Earth Center. One of the meats we sampled that evening … Continue reading →

Ramen

I’m not sure where I got this photo, I thought it was from friends of mine who have been living in Okinawa, Japan (he’s a Marine), but now I’m not so sure.  But I love the image of all the bowls waiting to have hot broth poured into them, the slice of pork, shreds of … Continue reading →

Fancy Food

The energy was good at last week’s Fancy Food Show in New York. We may be in a depression, but buyers seemed confident that people would still allow themselves to have some treats. Smaller packages were much in evidence, which I take as a sign of both economic and health-conscious times.  There are always interesting … Continue reading →

Gone Fishin’

It’s a tough job, but somebody’s got to do it. I’m off to NYC Monday to attend the annual Fancy Food Show at the Javits Center.  I’ll bring back lots of tidbits (pun intended!) about what’s hot and what’s not in the world of specialty food.   Actually, they really frown on taking home samples, so I’ll … Continue reading →

Food & Wine Festival This Weekend!

Food and wine lovers, be sure to report for “tasting duty” this weekend at the East Coast Food & Wine Festival, at Hopewell Valley Vineyards. This will be the premier food and wine tasting event in our area this summer, as many organizations have joined together to create two glorious days of top-knotch seminars, cooking demonstrations, … Continue reading →