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Local Urban Kitchen in Point Pleasant Beach

Satisfying Every Diet Question: Where can you bring all of your hard-core vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, paleo, and “junk food” friends, to lunch where they’ll all be able to enjoy the food? (And no,...

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NJ Chefs’ Big Game Recipes

Ready to wow your friends for the big game? Try some of these recipes, which Melissa Beveridge snagged from a few Garden State chefs! Homemade Stuffed Shells by Victor Rallo, Host of Eat! Drink! Italy!...

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Cross & Orange in Asbury Park

Have you ever had one of those dinners where everything you ate was magnificent? Almost as if your every food fantasy was finally put to rest with the dishes before you? Well, I experienced just that...

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Get to Know the Jazzy Vegetarian

When you think of jazz, does vegetarian cooking come to mind? Well, to New Jersey native—and current resident—Laura Theodore, the idea of two totally different concepts never sounded so great together....

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A Night Out at Taste & Technique

Tucked away off of River Road in Fair Haven is Taste & Technique Cooking Studio, a culinary community gem that has been bringing locals an education in cooking, in an intimate and welcoming setting...

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Just Farmed: Not Your Everyday CSA

  Imagine how much more than 70 New Jersey farmers grow throughout the year. Now imagine getting the freshest produce that New Jersey has to offer from those same farmers. Lastly, imagine that produce...

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Top Chef at The Beach Tavern

When a Top Chef Masters winner moves into town, it’s a pretty big deal. But when a Top Chef winner opens a restaurant in town, it’s even bigger. After Superstorm Sandy flooded Monmouth Beach’s beloved...

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New Jersey Wine Trails

This article is brought to you in partnership with Expedia. When Expedia asked Jersey Bites about culinary adventures in New Jersey, I knew right away that the Garden State’s glorious wine trails would...

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Farm to School Program Brings Jersey Fresh Produce to Students’ Plates

In recent years, the farm-to-table concept has become a mainstay in restaurants across the U.S. and even internationally. At the same time, the public’s intrigue with the concept (not to mention...

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Babur Garden Offers Flavorful Afghan Cuisine

Set in an unassuming strip mall, Babur Garden Afghan Cuisine in Ocean is also unassuming – at first. When you walk in, you’ll find the walls decorated with beautiful and intricate rugs that I later...

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Pierogi Love: A Chat with Author and Pierogi Pro Casey Barber

“She’s a genius!” Actually there was an expletive thrown in there, too. After laughing at my sister’s language, I have to agree. New Jersey resident and writer Casey Barber releases her latest...

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It’s Simply Local Features New Jersey Artisans

Maybe the idea for It’s Simply Local came about when New Jersey native Julianne Tootell moved across the country to Washington, leaving New Jersey’s produce and her best friend, Kara Kilmer, behind....

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Le Avenue: French Dining on the Jersey Shore

In full disclosure, the meal was provided to me for free. As always, all views and opinions are my own. As a person who’s lived her entire life at the Jersey Shore, one may expect that I would tend to...

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Domenico Winery: NJ Roots Reaching the West Coast

The Pinot grigio is crisp. The chardonnay is not overwhelmingly oaky. The Syrah is full bodied, and might be the best I’ve ever tasted, while the Meritage merlot is full bodied and quickly made it to...

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Laura Theodore’s Vegan-Ease

When it comes to cooking vegan-based dishes, Laura Theodore (a.k.a. The Jazzy Vegetarian) wants to make it super “ease-y.” Her latest cookbook, Vegan-Ease, which will be released on September 16, does...

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North Eats: Asbury Park’s Beachfront Food Trucks

Asbury Park has gained its fair share of delectable delights over the past few years. From new options in fine dining to countless takes on what good pizza actually tastes like, if you’re looking for a...

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Zoe Bistro Introduces Junior’s Chef’s Table

Disclosure: The food/beverages covered in this post were provided to Jersey Bites for free. As always, all views and opinions are the writer’s own.   You know it’s going to be an interesting—and...

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Scenes from Porcini in Highlands

Out to celebrate our anniversary about a month ago, my husband and I looked for a restaurant that would properly complete the evening. As we considered our usual haunts, I continued to shake my head,...

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Preserving Open Space with Jersey Cranberries

It’s one thing to watch the cranberry juice commercials featuring two farmers standing waist deep in a flooded cranberry bog, but it’s an entirely different experience to see a field of cranberry bogs...

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Ama Ristorante in Sea Bright

Disclosure: The food/beverages covered in this post were provided to Jersey Bites for free. As always, all views and opinions are the writer’s own. Crispy edges. Tender inside. Salty like the ocean…in...

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