Cran-Coco-Lime Cookies
Holiday cheer comes in a sweet package with accents of tart and hot, salty and sour. It’s the Cookie Supper you’re allowed to sneak in at least once this season.
Twin Goats Cafe
Congeniality fosters community at a day café that’s all about inclusivity, plant-based fare and sincerity that doesn’t quit.
Cookie Butter Sundae
At Jersey Cow Ice Cream in Northfield, there are welcoming hand-warmers, shots of hot espresso to be poured over homemade hard ice cream and, best of all, a limited-edition sundae built on waffles made on the spot.
Swadist
Uttam Rawat is a chef’s chef and, at his very personal storefront on the edge of India Square, he puts the dishes that elucidate and educate on full display. Kiera Mitru analyzes his lessons.
Familiar Yet Uncommon: 11-27-23
Unexpected but hardly alien, the favorites of the two weeks just past offer connections beyond the customary.
Beans + Quinoa = Beanoa
Pronounced bean-whaa, but no matter how you mangle it, this powerhouse partnership is prime nutritional fuel. That you can deck the combo with a world of custom accents is even more reason to add it to your repertoire
AJ Capella, Summit House
Unabashedly in love with the Garden State’s abundant and diverse ingredients, the newest inductee into TPW’s chef-picks-chef society of top toques isn’t shy about speaking out on behalf of New Jersey’s glorious foods.
Pals’ Night Out
Gather your besties at least once during this stretch of holidays that leads up to the annual turn of the calendar and dine out on dishes that match the spirit of the occasion you are heralding.Â
Dale & Dollops
A salute to a retro era takes a different tack when it comes to its menu, which is proudly plant-based and all about 21st-century classics.
Vegetable Pot Pie
It’s fit for a Thanksgiving potluck, adaptable to a variety of vegetables, right as a main course for guests who prefer plant-based foods and also suitable as a side for meat-eaters. It’s a heavenly savory pie.
Krishna’s Kitchen
The foods of Gujarat are the soul of the menu at a warm, yet modest storefront that stands as the home kitchen of a daughter-father duo. They’ll be your guides to a lesser-known Indian cuisine built on grace and ineluctable balance.
Que Ricas
Come for the Venezuelan arepas, don’t miss the cachapa and ease on to the finish with a guava-jammed empanada. How delicious, indeed.