New Jersey

The first warning sign is the trail of croissant flakes. They land on black sweaters, car seats, café…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 24

The yellow-and-green sign catches your eye first, but the smell from the flat-top grill makes the real introduction.…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 24

A boardwalk slips over a salt marsh near the Parkway. An obelisk rises above the state’s highest ridge.…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 24

A plate lands on the table carrying thick slices of French toast bronzed from the griddle, soft through…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 24

A bamboo steamer lands on the table, someone reaches for a soup dumpling too quickly, and the inevitable…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 24

Fresh basil lands on the pizza in bright green leaves, creamy mozzarella melts into small white pools, and…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 24

A steak lands on the table with a hiss loud enough to interrupt the conversation. Butter races toward…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 24

A bright red door and a Union Jack sign are the only clues that one of South Jersey’s…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 23

The hot dog hits the oil, its casing splits with a snap, and someone at the counter orders…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 23

A bartender flips a 10-ounce burger over a smoking grill just a few feet from someone nursing a…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 23

A shrimp-stuffed chicken wing crowned with caviar is not an everyday New Jersey dinner—and that is precisely the…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 23

A plain envelope replaces the check at one Voorhees restaurant, and what goes inside is entirely up to…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 23

A hawk circles above Cape May while, 170 miles north, hikers scramble across a rocky ridge with three…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 23

A steel bridge rumbles overhead while a great blue heron stands perfectly still in the shallows below. That…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 23

A thin ribbon of water slips through a wall of rhododendron in Sussex County, almost invisible until the…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 23

A Tiffany clock still keeps watch over rooms lined with Persian rugs, hand-stenciled walls, and furniture chosen before…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 22

A bald eagle watches from an outdoor aviary in Millington. In Jackson, a wolfdog raises its muzzle and…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 22

The loudest thing on an Avalon morning may be the click of a bicycle freewheel as someone coasts…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 22

Manhattan starts glowing across the Hudson, a boat noses toward a dock on the Mullica, and the Delaware…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 22

A hulking F-14 Tomcat waits behind the enormous doors of a wooden hangar near Cape May, looking as…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 22

A black bear resting in a tree beside the Teaneck Armory sounds like the setup to a North…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 22

A wall of brightly colored boxes can make choosing a game surprisingly difficult. Do you revisit the family…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 22

By 6 p.m. on a summer Saturday, the parking lot is circling, the outdoor tables are spoken for,…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 22

The first sign that this is not an ordinary evening on the farm comes when the tractor rolls…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 21

A single bolt of fabric can derail an entire Saturday—in the best possible way. You walk into a…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 21

A pirate ship appears to be sinking behind nearly 700,000 gallons of churning water, while swimmers brace for…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 21

A bald eagle circles above the Delaware while your tube spins lazily past a wall of trees. Two…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 21

A goat pauses several feet above the ground, looks down at the people passing beneath it, and continues…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 21

At 6:15 on a Jersey morning, the best sound in the room is not the coffee machine. It…

By Duncan Edwards · Aug 21