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LBI Region Chocolate Week

Don’t start that diet yet, the Long Beach Island Region’s Chocolate Week runs Feb 12-20, with preview and related events starting earlier.  Chocolate Week is a series of offers, activities and events that include Valentine’s Day and President’s Day Weekend; to encourage out of area visitors as well as serving local residents. For a full … Continue reading →

A market for all seasons

  The Princeton Farmers Market is continuing its presence in downtown Princeton throughout the wintertime. The winter markets will be inside the Community Room of the Princeton Public Library, every second Thursday of the month–Jan 13, Feb 10, Mar 10, April 14.  The weekly market resumes on May 19th in Hinds Plaza.  See the website for … Continue reading →

University Catering – Sweet!

Thank you to Princeton University Catering for sending me a holiday tin of their new New Premium Gourmet cookies: Cookie Royale featured Hawaiian macadamia nuts, fresh coconut and semisweet chocolate. Cranberry White Chocolate Chunk was a great mix of tart and sweet. Oatmeal Cinnaraisin Cravin’ was sweet and chewy. These all disappeared so quickly, our staff … Continue reading →

Holiday Breakfast

Whoa! Ground fog in the Christmas Tree forest!   A little dry ice (I work in a lab building at PU), some nifty folk carvings, and it’s magic for the holidays at our staff breakfast (thank you Andrew!). The breakfast tray from Olives was very nice, too, they have great baked goods!  

Polenta

This is a little tribute to the annual Polenta Festa at Dorothea’s House in Princeton.  That takes place later today, but I’m going to miss it (again!).  My weekends are just so darned busy that by Sunday evening, I’m down to crunch time to get ready for the upcoming work week.  My Italian mother is surely … Continue reading →

Holiday Tasting

McCaffrey’s Market in the Princeton Shopping Center is having a holiday tasting Saturday December 4, 11:00am – 5:00pm, and it sounds yummy: Grilled Rosemary Chipotle Shrimp, Petite Tuscan Tarts, Asian Pork Meatballs, and Grilled Chicken Herb Sates.  Also on display, three “signature” dishes: Beef Wellington, Potato Crusted Chicken, and Rose Geranium Salmon (I finally tried that for the … Continue reading →

La Vache qui Rit

I usually spurn processed cheese, but every now and then something like this Laughing Cow Light Blue Cheese comes along (same folks make the Babybel cheeses, too).  Laughing Cow, or as they say in France, La Vache qui Rit (a much more amusing website!), has been around forever, and it is handy for those on the go since it … Continue reading →

Oh Say Can You See’s?

Yes you can!  You can just make out those magic words under the white wrapping at left: See’s Famous Old Time Candies. Lucky me, this box arrived at my doorstep complements of See’s public relations firm, but I still made the pilgrimage to their holiday store at Marketfair to stock up right after they opened last week – … Continue reading →