Duncan Edwards

A 130-foot ship is sitting in the Camden mud, and most people driving through North Camden would have…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 5

The best Italian meal in New Jersey is not always waiting behind a glossy sign or a dining…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 5

The sign does not whisper. It does not politely suggest. It lays down the law before anyone starts…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 5

The best clue that dinner is going to be good is not a neon sign or a clever…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 5

Stand inside the Great Auditorium in Ocean Grove and look up, and the whole place seems to curve…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 5

On a good pie day in New Jersey, you might start beside a red barn in Hammonton, end…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 5

A stagecoach rolls past the dusty storefronts, the horses keep an easy rhythm, and then, just when the…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

Somewhere between the first plate of crab legs and the “just one more” scoop of lo mein, New…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

The Giant Wheel is usually the first thing you notice, rising over Beach Haven like a glowing reminder…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

The best red sauce meal in New Jersey usually starts before the first plate hits the table. It…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

The water in the Pine Barrens can look like black coffee even at noon, so imagine it after…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

Some of New Jersey’s best meals begin with a double take: a house on a quiet Jersey City…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

A croissant behind the glass case is doing a lot of talking at Mind The Gap Coffee. So…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

A paper boat of hot dogs, a cheesesteak on a round poppy-seed roll, a banh mi that crunches…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 4

A cloud of tire smoke hanging over Pension Road feels different now than it did 20 years ago.…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

A New Jersey lake day does not always announce itself with boardwalk fries and beach-tag drama. Sometimes it…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

A salted caramel latte lands on the counter with a whole macaron balanced on top, and that pretty…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

At 10 a.m., you can be sipping coffee beside a train station in Collingswood, stretching into chair yoga…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

Four rolled corn tortillas stuffed with lobster is already a pretty strong opening argument, but Oasis Mexican Grill…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

A giraffe chewing lazily in Cape May, a waterfall roaring through Paterson, a skyline glowing across the Hudson,…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

A splatter of neon paint on a tree trunk, someone yelling “move left,” and the sudden realization that…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

The coffee comes fast, the plates come faster, and somewhere between the chrome trim and the clatter from…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 3

The mac and cheese dumplings arrive like a little dare: four hand-folded pockets stuffed not with pork or…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

A waterfall roars in the middle of Paterson. A fairy village waits in the woods of Millburn. A…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

A white missile points toward the sky near the edge of the Jersey Shore, and somehow that is…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

The best seafood meals in New Jersey don’t always come with ocean views, valet stands, or menus that…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

A granite door stands permanently ajar in a Camden cemetery, as if Walt Whitman left it that way…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

A funny thing happens in New Jersey: you can leave the house for “just a few hours” and…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2

A burrito place that serves a drink called Pipe Cleaner is already asking you to pay closer attention.…

By Duncan Edwards · Jun 2