LOCAL: Summit Farmers Market Sundays

On Sundays, E and I love to visit the Summit Farmers Market. Summit is located just a few towns over from where we live. The market begins in the middle of April and runs through

VEGGIES: Golden Hour in the Garden

After work on Monday, around 6:15 PM, I wandered over to the garden to check on my plot. The sky was blue, the temperature was warm and the light was perfect! It has been very

VEGGIES: Community Garden Meet & Greet

Last week the organizers of the South Orange Community Garden hosted a Meet and Greet at the garden. Everyone pitched in and brought something. My personal favorite was the Spanish Pan con Tomate (recipe coming soon)!

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LOCAL: New Jersey’s Best Donuts

Donuts are my favorite food group. When we moved from Boston down to New Jersey (almost two years ago – my how time flies!), I was sad to be leaving my favorite donuts, from Union

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VEGGIES: Year II Begins at the Community Garden

After a successful year at the South Orange Community Garden last year (see posts here, here and here), I couldn’t wait to get started this year! In fact, I signed up the the day plots became

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LOCAL: Farm to Table at Tillie’s in Short Hills

This past Saturday evening, E and I got all dressed up and went out for a fancy dinner at a new farm to table restaurant located in Short Hills, New Jersey, called Tillie’s. I drive

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TRAVEL: A Weekend in Washington, DC and Reston, Virginia

A few weekends ago E and I drove down to Reston, VA for a friends’s 30th birthday party. On the way down we decided to make a pit stop in Washington, DC. It had been a

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HAPPY NEW YEAR: MY BEST OF 2015

I cannot believe it is already January 11th, 2016! Where did the time go? The end of the year was kind of crazy so I am going to reflect on all that was great in

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VEGGIES: Community Garden Update, Part IV

So it has been a couple weeks since my last garden update. To be honest, work and life have been a little crazy and I haven’t been able to spend as much time at the

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FANCY PANTS: Smashed Spiced Avocado Cheddar Crostini

On Sunday we found a (new to us) homemade pasta store in Roselle Park, New Jersey, called Casa di Trevi. It is in a nondescript little white building with a small sign. You probably have

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