Ever since they started selling pre-cut butternut squash a few years ago, I’ve been eating it more often. The convenience (not to mention the safety issues with me and knives and big hard squashes) is irresistible. Often I’ll just toss it with olive oil and sage leaves and roast it on a sheet pan until … Continue reading
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
Bye Bye KFC-Hello Halal
No more KFC Extra Crispy, as pictured here. The Kentucky Fried Chicken place in Franklin Park has been replaced by a Chicken Factory Plus, a halal fast food restaurant serving fried and roasted chicken, cheese steaks, gyros, sausages, and fish dinners. Located at 3221 Route 27, Franklin Park, NJ 08823 (Route 27 & Beekman Rd near the CVS … 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.
Meat Meeting
Deborah Peterson, one of our area’s top experts on historic foodways (visit her website for all sorts of interesting information and products), has sent me an announcement of a great event for the historical set – Registration is now open for “Meat…for the use of the table,” a symposium on Saturday, February 27 (9:00am – … Continue reading
Plantain Chips=Yum
Grab ‘Em Snacks’ plantain chips easily passed a taste test with my co-workers last week. I was given three flavors to try by a representative of the Hillsborough-based company (thanks Timothy!) – Sea Salt Goodness, Fire-Me-Up Red Chile, and Cinful Cinnamon. They come in a several other flavors, too, and are currently available at Pennington Market and … Continue reading
Guest Appearance
My sister-in-law’s cousin, Joe Zawistowski, has become a regular at our Christmas Eve dinners. Joe is an architect, and he travels and eats out a lot with his (many) friends, so I always enjoy talking to him. He lives north of Princeton, and gets to a lot of places that I don’t, so as we dined on delicious baked cod … Continue reading
Soup to Nuts
I don’t know about you, but I love nuts. Over the years I’ve made a lot of spiced nuts myself at home, but these are actually honey-roasted mixed nuts from Walgreen’s. They are quite good, and once they’re put into a nice dish, your guests will never know what a bargain they were. CVS also … Continue reading
Bread & Friends
This lovely apricot-walnut loaf is from the Blue Rooster Bakery & Cafe in Cranbury. I went to Cranbury to drop off a couple of items I’d bought at the Indian market for some friends who live there. Of course, I could not leave town without stopping into the bakery to see which of their fabulous … Continue reading
Seitan
Time to pay the piper for holiday indulgence. Actually, this photo is from November, when I finally broke open the frozen package of vegan black-pepper sauced seitan from Vegetarian Plus I had in the freezer. Every now and then I can’t resist trying one of these meat alternative meals. It was actually quite tasty, with … Continue reading
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