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2 days ago | 
dailyrecord.com | Kara VanDooijeweert
It's barbecue season in North Jersey. For delicious, fall-off-the-bone meats, visit these fantastic local spots. Some of you are pro pitmasters; backyard barbecue bosses, God-tier grill-tenders. Each year, as the sequence of patriotic holidays rolls by, you relish the opportunity to flex your meat-smoking skills in front of a full patio of friends. Compared to your guests, you can bark a brisket like nobody's business, and, when they visit your kingdom for a bite, they know it.
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1 week ago | 
northjersey.com | Kara VanDooijeweert
Korean noodles, and chicken two ways, 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.
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1 week ago | 
northjersey.com | Kara VanDooijeweert
New Jersey is home to legendary singers, actors, athletes and more. Here are the favorite foods of some of our biggest local stars. Do the Garden State's most famous celebrities have tastes as iconically New Jersey as they are? In other words: Did Bruce Springsteen write "Born to Run" while carb-loading on everything bagels? Did Meryl Streep fuel her Oscar-winning performances with steaming bowls of penne alla vodka? Did they both love cannoli, sfogliatelle and hand-churned ice cream?
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2 weeks ago | 
northjersey.com | Kara VanDooijeweert
Seafood, banana desserts and more 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. Good morning, North Jersey — and welcome back to your favorite column of the local news.
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2 weeks ago | 
northjersey.com | Kara VanDooijeweert
Summer's here, and plenty of new/limited edition products have hit the grocery store shelves. Recent releases range from salty to sweet, and predictable to bizarre. We wait all year for pumpkin spice to hit the shelves in the fall, count down the months until Santa season brings around peppermint canes and rich cocoa, spend February asking Google for the Shamrock Shake's official launch date.
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3 weeks ago | 
northjersey.com | Kara VanDooijeweert
Steak sandwiches, ice cream sandwiches and one-of-a-kind pasta 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. My pride has been all over the map this week. On the one hand, I was riding high when I took second out of 511 competitors in my division at the New York City Hyrox race on Saturday (shoutout to any of you who also ran!).
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4 weeks 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.
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4 weeks 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.
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4 weeks 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.
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1 month 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.
