Kaitlyn Manahan, Ayala Coffee
In the latest installment of TPW’s new monthly column featuring Martha Rabello talking shop with a fellow practitioner of the pastry and baking arts, she visits with Kaitlyn Manahan. Reader, be warned: You’ll wish you were taking “Coffee Breaks” with Martha to sample Kaitlyn’s baked goods.
Yard Tacos
There’s a new taco game in town, and it's playing footsie with a ball-shaped corn fritter that’s about to become the darling of appetizers, snacks and side dishes. Meet its patron, the soberano of sorullos Andrew Mercado.
Skinny Asparagus
What can you do with stalks that aren’t so much pencil-thin as wispy-twiggish? Make a salad.
Matt Moschella: Corto
The chef’s elegant, seasonal and resolutely straightforward Italian fare is what prompts his selector to make him the latest inductee into the Garden State’s elite club of top toques. What keeps a devoted community returning to the Jersey City hot spot is an amalgamation of expertly executed fundamentals that combine to make memories.
Deauville Inn
A South Shore behemoth shows its respect for local pedigrees through a remake of its menu that casts the region’s waters as the source for prime ingredients, not mere window dressing.
Cultivating Hope
If growth is the result of people working together, those behind the formation of the Garden State’s first chapter of the national Young Farmers Coalition are destined to have a bumper crop of answers to critical questions about the future of agriculture.
Always Summer
No need to crowd into the old saws to eat during the season that’s on deck. Our Lucky-13 list of restaurants with that certain special something will make memories with foods you can reprise year-round.
Farmed, Foraged, Fortified: 5-23-22
It’s not surprising that tapping sources closest to our lands yields the best-tasting eats. That’s the way it’s been the past two weeks, with favorites showing direct ties to people, place and process.
Spring Garlic: Memories of a Calcotada
River Lea’s new crop is a very worthy substitute for the calcots grown in Catalonia, Spain, so get it while it’s available and bring something new to your Memorial Day cookout menu.
Mambo Nando’s
Find baseball, a boardwalk, amusements, redevelopment and, now, a Puerto Rican eatery with classics spiced to outshine the sun this summer in a Bayshore borough that’s on the rise.
Rancocas Creek Farm
New Jersey, the most densely populated state in the union, has preservation programs of substance and importance to all. A preserved farm on the edge of the Pinelands in Southampton, shepherded by farmer Jeff Tober, is a model for maximizing agricultural production while strengthening and preserving the ecosystem.
Duke Farms Farmers’ Market
A seasonal market in Hillsborough with a diverse cast of quality vendors is where you need to go for the freshest ingredients that make meal-planning simple and optimally nutritious.