Irish New Jersey

March 15, 2017

We are all Irish on St. Patrick’s Day, but some New Jersey towns are more Irish than others. (more…)

New Jersey’s Feast of the Seven Fishes

December 24, 2013

For many Italian-American families in New Jersey, Christmas Eve means seafood. Every year in mid-December, family cooks from Bayonne to Bellmawr start to count fishes, making sure that the Holiday menu includes at least seven. (more…)

New Jersey’s Inca Food Trail

July 25, 2013

The hike to reach the Incan ruins of Machu Picchu is an arduous five-day trek along Peru’s Urubamba River. New Jersey’s Inca Food Trail starts along the Passaic and winds through six North Jersey counties. You can navigate Jersey’s Peruvian food route (by car) in just a few hours, depending on how long you linger over the heaping plates of food. You are unlikely to glimpse magnificent Andean cloud forests or the ruins of any 15th-century civilizations, but you will enjoy wonderful food.

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