New Jersey

At the 9th Street Manco & Manco counter in Ocean City, most eyes naturally drift toward the thin,…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 14

There is a moment when a steak dinner stops feeling like an ordinary night out. At Mohawk House,…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 14

There is a particular kind of New Jersey lunch that requires two hands, several napkins, and a willingness…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 14

Twelve pints of blueberries, picked straight from the bush under the South Jersey summer sun, will set you…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 14

A proper Jersey crumb cake can leave more cinnamon rubble on your shirt than actual cake on your…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 14

You can smell the apple cider donuts before you have any business thinking about dessert. That is usually…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 13

There is a particular New Jersey morning ritual that starts with a white paper bag already turning translucent…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 13

A cinnamon bun with a thick swipe of cream cheese frosting. A blueberry pop tart with real fruit…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 13

At 2 p.m. on a late-August trail, the difference between “pleasant walk” and “why did I leave the…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 13

A rack of $4 clothing can make even the most disciplined shopper forget why they walked through the…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 13

One bakery turns a cinnamon-swirled fried pastry into something called a “Frie.” Another sends you home with loaves…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 13

A canvas bag can get dangerously heavy before 9 a.m. at the Burlington County Farmers Market. One minute,…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 13

One awkward landing. One hamstring that suddenly says “absolutely not.” One shoulder that starts barking halfway through a…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 13

Walk through the doors of Princeton University Chapel and your eyes immediately have a problem: there is simply…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

A whole Muscovy duck gets carved tableside in Collingswood, with its sauce finished using an antique French press.…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

Wall Stadium Speedway is one of those New Jersey places that still feels alive with local tradition. Near…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

A mine tunnel glowing electric green and red under ultraviolet light. The cracked roads of a long-dead safari…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

It can be 85 degrees in Ocean City, with sand still stuck to your ankles and the smell…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

There is a dangerous moment at an Amish market when the smell of warm butter, cinnamon, and fresh…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

There is a red-roofed diner on Route 130 in Westville with a backstory that sounds less like restaurant…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

A rusted wheel half-buried beside a stream, a mansion wall with trees growing where the ballroom once stood,…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 12

A few steps off the Rutgers–New Brunswick orbit, there is a restaurant where the menu treats stromboli less…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

At one New Jersey museum, you can stare down a primitive human-powered submarine. At another, a 20-million-year-old walrus…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

Take Exit 13A off the New Jersey Turnpike, follow the signs toward Jersey Gardens Boulevard, and a routine…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

There’s a particular kind of optimism required to pull into a New Jersey waterfront restaurant at 7 p.m.…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

By the time the lunch crowd starts thinking about brisket, the brisket at Local Smoke BBQ has already…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

There is a particular moment every serious flea-market shopper knows: you arrive planning to browse for 20 minutes,…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

A black-and-white owl above a storefront on Berlin-Cross Keys Road is about the only clue that something interesting…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11

One minute you’re crawling along a North Jersey road with strip malls in the rearview mirror; the next,…

By Duncan Edwards · Sep 11