Art Culinaire

2 weeks ago | tasteofhome.com | Melissa Gaman |Art Culinaire |Jersey City

New Jersey has beautiful beaches, a rest stop named after Jon Bon Jovi, the most confusing highway signs in the country (in my opinion), and a serious and passionate diner culture. With more diners than any other state in America, New Jersey folks are always in the mood for a diner meal—and, luckily, many are open 24/7. Though you can stick to things like hamburgers, milkshakes or a slice of fresh cherry pie, you also have to order disco fries in a New Jersey diner.

1 month ago | tasteofhome.com | Melissa Gaman |Art Culinaire |Cathy Trochelman

Of all the cookie ideas, the most fitting to represent New York City is a black and white cookies recipe. Though the cookie’s origins could be either from the early 1900s in upstate New York (called a half-moon cookie) or from 1902 in Glaser’s Bake Shop of New York City, it hardly matters now. This vanilla and chocolate iced cookie has reached icon status and is sold around the country, and even across the ocean, where they call the German dessert an Amerikaner.