Section: Food
Crock It! Barbecued Baby Back Ribs
During the most recent Verona Family Night we debated: Take the kids out for dinner, or have dinner at home and just go out for dessert. Guess which won? To really get into the spirit of family fun night, I avoided the stress of making dinner at dinner time and went for my Crock Pot. [...]
Kids Gardening Class
The Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland has scheduled two classes to teach kids how to grow great food. Billed as the “Green Thumb Club: Gardening for Health and Nutrition”, the class will teach children ages 7 to 12 how to garden for optimal plant growth, production and food quality, as well as gardening methods [...]
Crock It! Chocolate Pudding Cake
Desserts scare me. Well, that’s actually not entirely true. I love dessert. Anything chocolate, cream cheese based, or involving fruit with a crumb topping makes me happy. It’s dessert in a slow cooker that scares me. Uncharted territory. So what better challenge to give myself than to try a dessert on a Thursday afternoon. I [...]
Did You Have An Affair At The Richfield?
No, not that kind. The Richfield Regency is turning 45 and it’s calling on anyone who booked an event there over the years to come help it celebrate its milestone on Wednesday, April 28 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The Richfield is promising complimentary cocktails, passed hors d’oeuvres and live entertainment, as well as door [...]
Starbucks, Do We Have A Spot For You
Lack of caffeine makes people do strange things. Like be grumpy. And drive badly. And start Facebook groups. To weather the recession, Starbucks has closed some 900 stores in the past two years, like the one next to the Whole Foods store in Montclair, its closest location to Verona. That may be good for its [...]
‘Crock It!’ Simple Chicken
This is one of my staple recipes. It’s in my head (and therefore easy to share), uses ingredients which are probably already mostly in your kitchen, and one of my kids favorites. It also happens to be the only way they will eat carrots. If you are new to using a slow cooker, today’s “Crock [...]
Food Video: Passover, With An Indian Twist
Indian cuisine might not be the first thing you think of when you plan a Passover meal. But Floyd Cardoz has made a career of surprising people with his cooking. Cardoz, a native of Bombay, is the executive chef at Tabla restaurant in Manhattan, a restaurant that, like that of Carmen Quagliata, the Verona chef [...]
Junior Women’s Club, Chili’s Partner On Charity Dinner
The Junior Women’s Club of Verona is inviting residents to dinner at the Chili’s restaurant up Route 23 in Riverdale on Tuesday, March 30. Diners will get a break from cooking, enjoy a night out with neighbors, and help Verona’s needy families in the process. Chili’s has agreed to donate 10 percent of the proceeds [...]
Crock It! Beef Burgundy
Any recipe that involves a full bottle of wine and relatively easy prep-work is going to get my attention. So in a world where plans changed and we unexpectedly didn’t get home from gymnastics until after 5 p.m. having dinner ready upon entry was great. This recipe took me about 35 minutes of prep work [...]
How The Claremont Diner Got Its Cheesecake
An amazing thing happened after we published this story about the appearance of a Claremont Diner-style cheesecake at Jack’s Cafe. Greg Langan, the spouse of MyVeronaNJ.com co-founder Julia Martin Langan, was at Jack’s with one of their children having lunch when a deliveryman popped in with a box. It contained a cheesecake, and a most [...]