Carol’s Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cups
To eat one of these chocolates is to leave Earth. Temporarily, but oh so happily.
Dirty Dills
These pickles will spear your heart: Made by hand in Sussex County, they come in flavors that give a nod to picklers in ports worldwide. Bacon pickle, anyone?
Toum: Garlic, Fluffed
A staple in Lebanon, where it’s rightly revered, this meringue-like pouf made by Steven Price of River Lea House brings Mediterranean magic to mealtimes.
Sweet Sourland Farms Pure Maple Syrup
Toast winter’s tapping and maple syrup-making season by doing more than just pouring our Garden State sweet stuff over pancakes and into cookie batter. The “black gold” from a farm in Hopewell will inspire.
The Down Under
At Burgertime in Audubon, a minimalist’s maxim is turned on its ear by a patty brazenly embellished. Adam Erace shares the bloomin’ truth.
Oats of Allegiance
Local as local gets are Garden State oats from Morganics and River Valley Community Grains. A bonus: They’re ready to roll three meals a day.
Diablo-Cado con Huevo
Got avocado toast fatigue? Kitch Organic in Red Bank refreshes a tired trend with none other than salt and pepper.
KAI SWEETS
A confectionary in the food court at Mitsuwa offers exceptional renditions of two favorites at neighboring stalls in the busy marketplace in Edgewater.
Jammin’ Jars
Buy now and eat now – and later. Just remember to buy these top-notch preserves in bulk for gift-giving this holiday season.
Jack Potatoes
You don’t know jack about building a stuffed spud until you visit this newcomer in Westwood to check out the “Classic” and its kin.