Mandarin-Stuffed Prosciutto Cups
It’s an under-30-minutes endeavor in the kitchen and it produces a bright bite that hits on all taste cylinders. Is the little bit of fuss it commands warranted?
Winter Farmers’ Markets, Class of ’23
The secret to the best in wintertime eating? It’s no secret: Shop at the Garden State’s winter farmers’ markets. It’s where both the pros and the expert home cooks go for stock-ups and inspiration.
Zoe’s Emilio’s Kitchen
An exemplary Mexican restaurant without gimmicks and with a focus on purity, freshness and respect for ingredients settles in to a Bayshore borough that reflects its style and soul. Family, first, second, third and always.
Sarah Reggimenti, Macarons on a Mission
In the latest installment of TPW’s monthly column featuring Martha Rabello talking shop with a fellow practitioner of the pastry and baking arts, she visits with Sarah Reggimenti, founder-owner of Macarons on a Mission, whose core team members are teens with special needs.
Soul Bowls
Fruits and their friends unite, vivid colors giving way to buoyant flavors that are a sure step up from the chains that may serve more, but do not serve better.
The Fab 5 of ’22
Cherry-picking the best eats every other week is a gut-wrenching task; too many worthy dishes get left on the cutting room floor. Following that formula to cull from a year’s worth of F5s a Final 5 is beyond painful. (Eliminating the already-named fave restaurant dishes of 2022 helped.) So, take it away … and CONGRATULATIONS in 96-point neon type to the winners!
Accent Addict
New Year’s Resolution: Make a dent in ungainly collection of spices/condiments/et al by using what’s already on hand. First up: Fried Spicy Desiccated Coconut.
A Talented Twenty
As 2022 draws to a close today, we take stock of those honored by their peers with induction into TPW’s chef-picks-chef society of top toques.
A Baker’s Dozen
Herewith, the 13 dishes of 2022 that cannot be forgotten. Nor should they.
Growing, in the Dead of Winter
TPW’s backyard farmer Alessia Eramo sows now so she can be snowed under with produce come the height of the 2023 season.
New Year’s Eve: Dining In
Dinner-and-a-movie – a celebration at home, where slippers-and-a-fuzzy-sweater are in style, and food can be equal parts festive and flavorful without engaging in too much fuss. Own your farewell to 2022 by shopping smart and mastering the art of the put-together.
New Year’s Eve: Dining Out
If you’re ringing in the New Year somewhere out there in the wide world of Garden State restaurants, we offer a Fine 15 for your consideration. Looking for in-depth reports? Each has just that in our RR columns of 2022.