Photos: Dominic Perri Editor’s note: This story appeared in the Summer/Fall 2009 issue of NEW. You can download the entire issue here. Burger reviewing is damn near impossible. Like carne-based cousins the hot dog and the cheesesteak, the hamburger inspires near-evangelical fanaticism among its worshippers and, if you’re going to stretch the metaphor as far [...]
Editors’ note: Today we are pleased to bring Kimberly Kaye’s food review column, But I Digest, to the Jersey City Independent. Enjoy. There’s fine dining. There’s casual dining. There are places you can go for a down-home, home-style meal. And then there are those hole-in-the-wall venues that sling damned good food, skirting by on personality [...]
Photos: Simon Biswas Editor’s note: This story appeared in the Fall/Winter 2008/09 issue of NEW. You can download the entire issue here. On a recent Saturday afternoon, we’re just steps from Journal Square, on Newark Avenue between Kennedy Boulevard and Tonnele Avenue, and the buoyant ethnic enclave of India Square is going full swing. Women [...]
A big thank you to all the dedicated eaters who participated in our “So You Think You Know Food” challenge; you have impressed me with both your imagination and culinary knowledge. While I would love to announce Jess Guyon of NY as our champion (her commitment to wit is unmatched in all capacities – she [...]
I recently came across a phenomenally amusing (and yes, even educational) article in the January 1935 issue of Vanity Fair. Penned by Elizabeth D. Hart, it is a simple quiz for housewives and distinguished gentlemen alike entitled “How much do you know about food?” A combination of (now) outdated food statistics, tasting trivia and culinary [...]
There is something unbelievably comforting about the heat of a fresh warm tortilla radiating across chilled fingertips on a cold night. And when said tortilla is filled with tender steak or seasoned pork and accompanied by savory salsa verde the effect is all the more soothing. I know this because I had the luck to [...]
I am not much of a cake eater – never have been. Sure, the Pillsbury FunFetti cupcakes of my childhood were appreciated when they appeared, but I was generally more interested in eating the frosting off the top and throwing the rest away. I insisted on Snicker’s cheesecake instead of birthday cake as a child, [...]
There is a prelude to autumn in the air this morning, a slight chill at the edge of the breeze. It is not yet the characteristic fall bite that pierces flimsy clothing, just the exuberant front end of a post-summer gust which travels freely now that the oppressive humidity has lifted. It is accompanying the [...]
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