Our Year of Eating Jerse-ly
Now we are one: Our featured news-gatherers here at The Peasant Wife have been reflecting on their year of exploring the Garden State and reporting on our foodways and food pros. We do have our favorites and, in this four-part series, share them with you. Today, Andy Clurfeld tips her hat to restaurants that made indelible impressions.
Our Year of Eating Jerse-ly
Now we are one: Our featured news-gatherers here at The Peasant Wife have been reflecting on their year of exploring the Garden State and reporting on our foodways and food pros. We do have our favorites and, in this four-part series, share them with you. Today, Shawn P. Roarke tips his hat to his top eats.
Our Year of Eating Jerse-ly
Now we are one: Our featured news-gatherers here at The Peasant Wife have been reflecting on their year of exploring the Garden State and reporting on our foodways and food pros. We do have our favorites and, in this four-part series, share them with you. Today, Kelly-Jane Cotter tips her hat to her top eats.
Coriander
Vipul Bhasin, the chef at this modern Indian storefront in Camden County, surprises with winks to the novel that pop out of the boxes of the familiar.
Bread Winners & Mates: 1-3-22
Starting with the staff of life and continuing with its key pals, favorite eats of the fortnight just past were about letting all-star ingredients do their thing.
Hail the Hearty Salad!
Don’t talk of diets, please. We’ve got enough to contend with, after all. But do talk of wintertime tosses of greens that deliver big punches of flavor and an abundance of nutrients.
DINE-Out vs. Eat-OUT
Oh, what a year: Late December back in 2020, we were marveling at how creative some restaurants could be, portioning off slips of outdoor spaces into dining rooms and fashioning foods that might warm at least in spirit, if not in temperature. As the seasons progressed and grew warmer, more dine-outs became literal eat-outs. Here’s to the hearty souls, both serving and seated, who adapted in style.
“Champagne and Caviar”
“Forever mated,” just like a favorite song says, this partnership destined for celebrations deserves to be resurrected to ring in the New Year.
Cassoulet from NJ
Learn the basics of preparing this bean-and-meats stew from its masters in Southwest France. But give it soul with key Garden State ingredients.
Ava’s Kitchen & Bar
In a sprawling space infused with industrial style and warmed by wood, copper and antiques, punched-up classics reveal a sense of adventure as well as knowledge of the novel.
Benchmark + Friends
Travis Coatney’s breads are winning popularity contests statewide. Though bread sales are on a pause right now, as the Sultan of Sourdough revs up for his new baking kitchen in Little Silver, dream with us about our favorite Jersey-proud companions for the breads that set the standard for the genre.