You don’t need a Mexican background to love guacamole, carne asada, and margaritas. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo, a holiday commemorating a victorious Mexican battle, this Saturday at one of these Jersey Bites-recommended restaurants: ATLANTIC COUNTY Las Lomas Grille features authentic Northern Mexican cuisine in a family atmosphere. Meals are prepared to order — no fast [...]
By Beth Christian On a recent evening, we were invited to a media event showcasing the new spring menu at Seasons 52 in Cherry Hill. Events like this are always a treat, but this one used the power of social media to kick things up to a whole different level. We walked into the private [...]
It was one of those rare weekends where no commitments loomed on the horizon. This turned out to be a good thing, since I never would have gotten the opportunity to attend the wonderful “Cooking With Nunzio” class that I attended if my dance card had been full. When my friend Allison called to offer [...]
FireCreek Tail-Gate Party Super Sunday February 5, 2012 Firecreek Restaurant and Bar is located On the Boulevard at Voorhees Town Center, Voorhees, NJ. The restaurant’s ambience pairs unrefined surfaces with contemporary accents The Tail-Gate Party Menu Includes: STEAMED LITTLENECK CLAMS: Prepared with zesty imported Chorizo sausage shallots and fresh Thyme $10.00 MARINATED CHICKEN NACHOS: Char-grilled [...]
Robert Sliwowski aka Bobby Chez is well known in South Jersey for his delicious crab cakes as well as his earlier days as the chef/owner of Chez Robert restaurant in its’ three different locations from 1976 until 1995. Chez Robert was a landmark French restaurant “back in the day” as they say nowadays. People still talk about [...]
The New Jersey Agricultural Society awarded Betsey Cook and David Hodges of the Collingswood Farmers Market the Tony Russo Farmers Marketing Award, for excellence in promoting New Jersey’s agricultural products on January 18, during the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention in Atlantic City. The market first opened in 2000 as a project of the civic [...]
It’s the start of a brand new year and that means brand new resolutions…or in many people’s case, an old resolution with a new approach. Almost everyone would like to be a little trimmer, especially after all the tasty goodness of the holidays, and I myself would like to shed more than a few pounds [...]
I was treated to a fantastic dining experience during my recent lunch at FireCreek Restaurant and Bar which opened in early November 2011 at Voorhees Town Center, South Jersey’s all new shopping and dining destination. FireCreek brings an option for fine dining featuring New American cuisine to this Voorhees neighborhood and surrounding communities. My first [...]
For the past couple of years, we’ve enjoyed locally grown New Jersey produce and other local products at the annual Farm to Fork restaurant event sponsored by South Jersey Hot Chefs. Held each summer, the event provides participating chefs in the Burlington, Camden and Gloucester county areas to strut their culinary stuff and showcase local [...]
When trying to cook in season some of the hardiest riders on the produce truck are peppers. One of my personal favorites with an exceptionally long growing season, March to about September or perhaps October with this year’s weather, are long hots. They are a great addition to any dinner but beware. While they don’t [...]
