Keeper of the Flame
South Jersey Smoke House is revered pitmaster Dan Greenberg’s new enterprise and it’s making the scene at markets in Margate, Collingswood and Ocean City. For starters.
Shag’s Crab & Seafood
At this destination in Salem County for seawater-sweet crabs from the Delaware, you can get ’em cleaned and cooked and packed up by the bushel. Absolutely do takeaway for a picnic, but don’t leave this home port without eating a platter of crab cakes on site.
Top of the New Season
Revved-up crabs, pizza with yellow tomatoes, blueberry sherbet, plus sour cherries and blackberries eaten out of hand. Does it sound like summer yet?
Broccoli, with a Smear of Pine Nut Cream
A little something extra might not be necessary. But if nuance can elevate, why not give it a whirl?
Flavoring Ice Cream: Gabrielle Carbone, The Bent Spoon
For almost 20 years, the magical, mystical, always intriguing, inventive and resolutely pure flavors of the ice creams at this mecca in Princeton have captured the hearts of an ever-increasing fan base. If you’ve ever wondered how the folks here do it, TPW’s Ella Rapp has the answers – in her latest CQs column.
460 Bistro
Turkey’s vegetable-centric specialties are second to none. But too many plates coming out of this kitchen of a swanky restaurant in Essex County need a second look before being served to diners.
Looking Back to Get to Today
TPW’s backyard farmer Alessia Eramo analyzes her four years of growing in her own yard in Clifton, takes stock of what’s sprouting right now, and shares plans and tips for the season ahead in another primer on turning lawn into a food-producing farmette.
Sour Cherries
Fruit is what these fresh little guys with the sunny-red color are all about. Eat them out of hand while you can – their season is way too short – and partner them with blueberries for a dessert to salute this holiday weekend.
Latin Port
A newcomer to a bona-fide restaurant mecca in Middlesex County follows a culinary course through South America, the Caribbean, Mexico and Central America. There are dishes most worthy – moqueca!, spinach salad! – and dishes in need of more care and concentration.
Zucchini Parm Shortcakes
Give the green squash some lovin’ by folding it into a biscuit-like batter and then layering it much as you would the classic showcase for strawberries. No whipped cream, but lots of melty cheese.
Andre deWaal, Andre’s Lakeside Dining
The newest inductee into TPW’s elite chef-picks-chef club of top toques in the Garden State may be justly revered for his haute French approach to seasonally specific dishes. But, then again, he’s got a ramen/soft-serve thing going in an old filling station. More to love about this Sparta-based virtuoso.
Antojitos Guerrero Mx
A high level of Mexican home-cooking marks this family-owned spot where those in the kitchen know how to wield spice and spin classics with skill and panache.