Jim Weaver couldn’t have put it better, when he described his upcoming Carnevale Celebration at Tre Bar as a collision of Venice and New Orleans. His culinary focus is Italian, but he appreciates the flavorful cuisine of the The Big Easy too, so the two worlds shall collide in the tastiest of ways, as he … Continue reading
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Choco Deal
A brief trip after work to Whole Foods. I sailed right through produce, past cheese and coffee, and then rounded the corner to find a couple of chocolate tastings in progress near bulk foods. Screech! Chocolove bars are on sale, 2 for $4. Dark Chocolate with goodies like orange peel, ginger, and raspberries. I love the ones with cherries, … Continue reading
JAVA@WEC
Java addicts – er, make that “fans” – are invited to attend a Coffee Basics workshop with Roastmaster Jon March from Small World Roasters this Sunday (February 8, 1:00-2:00pm) at the Whole Earth Center. Join him in the WEC café as he discusses proper cultivation, roasting, and brewing of premium coffee. He will then lead attendees … Continue reading
Ghee Whiz
I never know what I’m going to find at the Slow Food Winter Farmers Markets held at Tre Piani (see post of January 23). At the one I recently attended, I found organic ghee. Ghee is the clarified butter used in Indian cooking. It’s pretty cheap in the Indian or Asian supermarkets, but of provenance unknown. … Continue reading
Be There or Be Square
I can’t recommend these Slow Food Central New Jersey winter markets highly enough. They are a bright spot in the dreary winter days, an opportunity to touch base with our local farmers and producers of other comestibles. Come out for the first one of the new year on Sunday at Tre Piani restaurant in Forrestal … Continue reading
What Would Obama Eat?
What, I wondered, will our new President be eating on January 20? Well, ABC News Senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper reports that lunch will be modeled after foods enjoyed by Abraham Lincoln, whose 200th birthday will be celebrated on February 12. “The luncheon’s appetizer will be seafood stew in puff pastry — scallops, shrimp, lobster … Continue reading
New Year’s Treat
Here’s a fast and easy treat for New Year’s Eve or New Years’s Day brunch. It was part of one of my first In The Kitchen columns written for the Packet, back in April 2002 (yikes!). Where ever I take it, it gets raves, and it only takes moments to put together. I almost always … Continue reading
Cappellini Pie
Yum. And what a surprise. I really wasn’t sure what to expect when I took home a piece of Cappellini Pie from Dolce & Clemente’s a few weeks ago. In the prepared foods case (and theirs is amazing), it was cold, so I was hoping it would not be dry. I need not have worried, … Continue reading
How Sweet It Is
And what will you drink with it? If you’re looking for a little recreation over the New Year’s holiday weekend, here’s my vote: A wine and chocolate pairing event at Crossing Vineyards and Winery in Washington Crossing, PA. I know I love dark chocolate with rich Cabernet Sauvignon, but have never gotten past that obvious match. The “How … Continue reading
Cookie Haul
My first ever cookie exhange. I tentatively show up with my Earl Grey Chocolate Shortbread Coins and Mexican Crackle Cookies (both from “The Art & Soul of Baking”). Would I measure up? Whew, mine disappeared off the trays and into our tins, right along with everyone else’s. Humiliation averted, I scurried home with my haul, … Continue reading
NJ SPICE 