If you read my blog regularly, you know that I am as brutally honest as they come. I highlight the positives as well as the negatives. In fact even when accentuating the positives as well as the negatives, sometimes I will receive backlash (well, once) for the slightest negative comment. I have even been told…
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Foodie Fun at The Culinary Institute
Lately I’ve found myself saying “I’ve missed my calling” an awful lot. Today I said it again when I visited The Culinary Institute in Hyde Park, NY. Obviously I love cooking and I love food. I have a food blog. I have wanted to go up to CIA for a long time. Our bus arrived…
Asbury Park’s Porta
What comes to mind when you hear “A trendy Italian Restaurant”? Do you think of an upscale place? A modern place? A place with small plates? If you search for the exact definition of trendy you will see it is defined as “Very fashionable or up to date in style or influence.” Over Labor Day…
Cost Effective Dinner for the Work Week
Did you ever clean out your drawers and find a gift card you forgot you had? That’s what happened to me. I found a 25.00 gift card to BJs Wholesale Club and it couldn’t have shown up at a better time. I was at the tail end of my paycheck. I drove to BJs and…
Bum Rodgers Crabhouse & Tavern No Bummer
Normally when I go to a new restaurant to eat and review, I follow them on Instagram for a while first. This time I did some due diligence and asked around to individuals that have beach houses in the Toms River area. I had a hard time finding restaurants that served alcohol in Toms River….
Sights, Sounds, and Smells of Coney Island
I’ve been told by multiple people I need to expand my horizons. What prompted this was me explaining in casual conversation that I had never been to Long Island or Brooklyn and the only time I have been to the Bronx or Queens was to attend a baseball game. Well, I can cross Brooklyn off…
Maggie’s Tavern: A Place for Gatherings, Friends, Family, and Fun
If you are a long time resident of the Morris County or Passaic County area of New Jersey, you know 1082 Hamburg Turnpike near the Wayne Hills Mall used to be a Chinese restaurant called China Paradise known for their powerful Mai Thais. The landmark is now the home of Maggie’s Towne Tavern. This is…
California Dreamin’ by Guest Blogger Eric Holgerson
I have gone on many adventures for food with Lisa, but this adventure was a solo one. I travelled across the country to Venice, California. As I truly enjoyed the sand and sun, I also enjoyed some great food. Let me tell you about a place called Simmzy’s . Simmzy’s is a gastropub known…
Food Truck Fun
I’ve been wanting to hit up a food trust festival for a long time. A friend and I attended the Just Jersey Food Truck Festival in Mendham on June 16th. It was $5.00 to enter at which time they gave you a smiley face wrist band. The cost of food and drink was the responsibility…
Simply Sushi at Aozora
If you’re going to a show at The Wellmont Theatre in Montclair, NJ and are looking for a quick bite on a whim, stop into Aozora right across the street. It’s a trendy little byob sushi spot on Bloomfield Ave. They offer other scrumptious dishes on their menu but that night we wanted soup and…
Margaritas Anyone?
If you live in South Jersey near Toms River, head on over to one of two New Jersey locations called Tio Juan’s Margaritas Mexican Restaurant. This was the first Margaritas location I visited. My mother is moving down to Toms River and in trying to learn the area, frequented this location often. She wanted me…
Baking on a Budget
If you fancy a baked treat in your own oven but just don’t have the money to buy all the needed baking products or kitchen appliances, Sticky Fingers Bakeries makes a “only add water” scone mix. My mother, God bless her, picks me up packages of this stuff when she goes to Homegoods. “I know…
The Food Connection 