Simply Nic’s artisanal shortbread bars won our hearts from the first bite. Baker Nicole Wilkins Bergman started with two flavors, Rosemary and Lavender. She hit the local farmers markets and quickly built a stong customer base. By now she has added several new flavors, such as the Orange Spice and Pumpkin Spice you see here. In … Continue reading
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Cheese Mania Strikes
What is it about fall? More than any other time of year, I crave cheese when the weather turns cold. (Look for some posts and an article in the Packet later this week that continue on the cheese theme). So when I stopped by Cherry Grove Farm the other day for some eggs (the best … Continue reading
A Trophy for “Canal House Cooking”?
One of my favorite recent cookbooks, Canal House Cooking Volume N°1, Summer, by Melissa Hamilton and Christopher Hirsheimer, was chosen as a finalist in The Tournament of Cookbooks on food52, a nifty new website aimed at serious home cooks (one I only learned of from the release about this book). According to the release, the … 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
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
Portuguese BBQ in Trenton
Don’t know when I might get there myself, but a new place that sounds interesting has opened in Trenton, a Portuguese charcoal grill BBQ spot, named Chi-Chi’s BBQ, on 13 E. Front Street. Aimed, I would guess, at downtown office workers, they are open Monday through Friday, 9:00am to 6:00pm. Their phone is 609-392-3123. Could it be … Continue reading
Nomad No More
Nomad Pizza is finally open in Hopewell. Not that the truck with the brick oven built onto it won’t go to events anymore, but now you can enjoy this artisanal pizza any Wednesday through Saturday from 5 to 10 pm. (Sunday through Tuesday, you can book the joint for your private party.) I was in … Continue reading
Border Crossing (Ely Farm and Rouget)
I ran off to Pennsylvania for the day late last week. My friend Carolyn and I started the day at Washington Crossing Historic Park, where we watched the Revolutionary War movie about the Christmas day crossing (with re-enactors, of course) and gazed at their copy of Emanuel Leutze’s painting, George Washington Crossing the Delaware. The Park’s website has a great … Continue reading
For the Holiday Weekend (& beyond)
Last year, 75,000 people attended the annual IndoAmerican Fair held in Mercer County Park. This year’s fair takes place on September 5 & 6, 11:00am to 7:00;pm, in the same location. The fair is a kaleidoscope of colorful crafts and other artwork, music, Indian food, and Bollywood-style entertainment. This is a great event for the whole family; … Continue reading
Kudos to Outstanding in the Field
Folks from up and down the East Coast gathered at Cherry Grove Farm in Lawrenceville last night for a feast put on by Jim Denevan’s Outstanding in the Field prepared by Scott Anderson of elements restaurant. After passed hors d’oeuvres and a farm tour (watch out for those cow patties!), everyone sat down at a loooong table … Continue reading
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