Inside FORGE with The Next Iron Chef, Marc Forgione
Blind Tasting At Gary's Wine & Marketplace #2
Check out our new blind tasting video from Gary's Wine & Marketlace in Wayne. Will Gary and Brian demonstrate their professional expertise?
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Spiedini Experts, We Need Your Help!
Richie Cecere has posted a new column, Francesco's Spiedini. Richie loved this Speidini , but hasn't had one like it since, and can't quite nail down the recipe. Give him some help by offering your best Spiedini advice. Click here to read Richie's Place!
Steven Fumosa has offered this bit of advice:
Easter Eats!
Easter is a great foodie feast! Lamb, pork, fish, and pies all make an appearance. So what’s appearing on tables around town this weekend?
If you prefer to dine out on Easter, the always elegant Highlawn Pavilion, 1 Crest Drive, West Orange, will be hosting a special Easter Brunch priced at $59 per adult and $29.50 for ages 4 – 13. The menu, prepared by Executive Chef Mitchell Altholz, will offer fresh burrata with grilled eggplant and roasted peppers, and Berskshire pork tenderloin, grilled Filet Mignon with truffle mashed potatoes and more. For the entire menu, click here.
Rose Mediterranean, 435 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell, is a great BYOB option for Easter. In addition to the regular menu, Chef Joe Albergo is preparing two special Easter soups, Andalusian Gazpacho, a chilled tomato soup with cucumber, bell peppers, pimentos and garlic with a hint of jalapeno, as well as Rose’s Straciatella, a riff on the traditional Italian egg drop soup. The menu will also feature orange and fennel salad, lamb meatballs, lobster ravioli, rack of lamb, and more.
I checked in with my favorite local foodies on Summit Avenue, the gastro-mechanic Lou Palma, the founder of Cooking With Friends Club, Alison Bermack, and Christina O’Neill. This year, Lou will be serving guests appetizers, including Curried Chicken Empanadas, which he made with the help of Alison and Christina. Also on the Palma menu will be an outstanding homemade porchetta- pork belly filled with homemade sausage, fresh fennel, garlic, rosemary, ground fennel. Lou will also be preparing a home smoked Turkey. If you want to take a peek at the smoker, click here.
Remember Panoramic Eggs? I do!
I was strolling through Dulce Candy Boutique with my brood when all of a sudden I encountered a blast from Easter past: Panoramic Easter Eggs.
I remembered receiving these confections as a child, and enduring the bitter-sweet torture of not being allowed to bite into the sugar shell. So, I would stealthily whittle a chunk of sugar from the back, or simply lick the egg all over just to get a taste of the sugar. Fond memories!
So when I saw these eggs, I was so excited, I bought one for each of the kids and one for myself - just kidding! The point is timeless Easter candy does exist.
Co-owner, Melissa Tripoli, says the retro eggs have been very popular this year, and another big seller are the Barley pops, and foil carrots (pictured below).