Kara VanDooijeweert

1 week ago | northjersey.com | Kara VanDooijeweert

Food truck season is in full swing in New Jersey. This June, find the trucks at one of these 21 local festivals. Summer brings rolling tides, rolling laughter and rolling good times — but, can we taco 'bout its rolling grub-mobiles? Because, as the temperature rises, no meal hits as hard as the one you get (with a guava lemonade) from a rolled-down window of a rolled-up-to-the-lot food truck.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Kara VanDooijeweert

Summer brings rolling tides, rolling laughter and rolling good times — but, can we taco 'bout its rolling grub-mobiles? Because, as the temperature rises, no meal hits as hard as the one you get (with a guava lemonade) from a rolled-down window of a rolled-up-to-the-lot food truck.

1 week ago | northjersey.com | Kara VanDooijeweert

Three fine-dining dishes, and one ShopRite snack, most impressed food writer Kara VanDooijeweert this week. This column publishes on Saturdays, and typically features standout eats from Morris, Essex, Bergen, Hudson, Passaic and/or Sussex Counties. As a food writer, I often get asked the same three questions ("What's the best restaurant in New Jersey?", "Are there any foods you don't eat?" and "How do you stay so skinny?"), but you guys know that, because I've told you that before.

1 week ago | northjersey.com | Kara VanDooijeweert

Over the past two months, many new restaurants opened in North Jersey. From Morris County to Bergen, here are 30 to try. Happy summer, North Jersey!Memorial Day has passed — and Van Dyk's Ice Cream is open — so, whether or not the forecast says so, the unofficial seasonal solstice is officially behind us. AKA: Time to get out of the house and try all of the area's hottest new restaurants. Wondering where to start? Here are the 30 latest eat spots to open in Bergen, Passaic, Morris, Essex and beyond.

1 week ago | northjersey.com | Kara VanDooijeweert

Over the past few years, many foreign and domestic bakery chains have expanded into New Jersey. In this article, food writer Kara VanDooijeweert learns what makes the state an opportune (baked good) business destination. New York City — if you can make it there, you can make it anywhere. But, "making it" to Manhattan sometimes means starting in New Jersey and weaseling your into the Big Apple like a commuter on an eastbound Lakeland Bus.