New Jersey

A paper plate lands on the table carrying something that barely qualifies as a hot dog anymore. Two…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 9

A warm cider doughnut can derail an otherwise disciplined shopping trip in seconds. One minute, you are examining…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 9

The first clue is usually the parking lot. Cars circle slowly, diners hover near the entrance, and anyone…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 9

A plate of crisp fried calamari, a bubbling baked ziti, and a glossy order of sesame chicken do…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 9

A brick turret rises above the corner of Franklin Avenue and High Street, looking more like part of…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 9

A 30-foot Buddha appears beyond the trees in Franklin Township. In Newark, twin Gothic towers climb above Branch…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 9

Three dozen brioche doughnuts went into the fryer on an unusually quiet Sunday morning in Montclair. The bakers…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 9

A fishing boat noses into a Jersey Shore harbor, deck stacked with the morning’s catch. A few hours…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 9

The apple cider donuts are made daily, but that does not mean they sit around waiting for you.…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 8

A dot no larger than a poppy seed can turn a perfectly good summer hike into several anxious…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 8

A few steps from the Asbury Park boardwalk, a black pony silhouette hangs above a building where an…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 8

A million-dollar house barely raises an eyebrow in these corners of New Jersey. On certain streets, it is…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 8

A spoon cuts through maple ice cream and comes back carrying a cube of challah, a few cinnamon-sugared…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 8

Steam clouds the window, onions crackle on the grill, and somebody near the register calls out an order…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 8

A plate of salmon is heading toward the table, somebody has just ordered another round, and a pontoon…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 8

A church bell carries farther when there is no traffic competing with it. That is the appeal of…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 8

One minute, you are standing beneath a greenhouse roof surrounded by orchids, hanging baskets, and enough vegetable seedlings…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 7

A bowl of pasta lands on the table just as Manhattan begins flickering to life across the Hudson.…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 7

A flat toasted baguette can handle plenty, but the Holy Toasty gives it a serious workout. Cornflake-crusted chicken,…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 7

Somewhere between the first blistered edge of a pizza and the last spoonful of panna cotta, an ordinary…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 7

A bright orange building beside Delsea Drive does not exactly whisper “destination dining.” It looks more like the…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 7

A wooden walkway rises above a Vernon marsh, turns through shoulder-high reeds, and keeps going until the road…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 7

The pool at the end of this Pine Barrens trail has no stream flowing into it, no spring…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 7

The best hour in a waterfront town is often the one before anyone starts looking for parking. Bakery…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 7

The pizza has not even reached the table, yet somebody is already scraping the last streak of cultured…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 6

The first warning is the skewer. It stretches three feet from end to end, arrives loaded with slow-roasted…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 6

Rain is rattling against the windows, the wind has turned every umbrella inside out, and the forecast appears…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 6

A hammer rings against an anvil beyond the trees, a pottery wheel hums inside a converted village building,…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 6

The first real sign of summer is not a date on the calendar. It is a handwritten flavor…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 6