The Star Ledger‘s food reporter, Teresa Politano, was recently back at CulinAriane, the Montclair restaurant owned by Verona’s Ariane and Michael Duarte. Here’s a small piece of the story that ran in Friday’s paper: “It would be wrong to compare Duarte to a phoenix; there was no crash and burn. And it would be...
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The judges for “Top Chef Masters” have gone home. The bizarre ingredients that the show foisted on the chef contestants for drama have been locked back in a pantry (or hopefully discarded). Floyd Cardoz can revel in winning $110,000 for a cause dear to his heart, and take a few moments to just be...
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The building that had housed Verona Camera has been reduced to a pile of rubble. John McEvoy, who owns the building, had it demolished to make way for a new restaurant that will span the former Verona Camera site and the adjacent building that now houses Sonny’s On The Avenue. McEvoy currently owns Cleveland’s...
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Maybe you’ve been into DiPaolo Bakery recently a noticed a new face behind the counter. Younger, taller, but still familiar. Chances are, this new person introduced himself and asked what kind of baked goods you like. Then, he probably told you about some of the new things he’s doing at one of Verona’s oldest...
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One of Verona’s master chefs is among the final three contestants on Bravo’s “Top Chef Masters”. The finale is tonight at 10 p.m. and Verona’s Floyd Cardoz will be up against Mary Sue Milliken and Traci Des Jardins. Cardoz has finished second to Milliken in several of the series’ challenges, but he may have...
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The owners of Wood’s Dog House, who were arrested in late May on drug charges, will have a plea conference on July 5 in Newark. Mark N. Benevento and his son Mark J. Benevento, both of Cedar Grove, were arrested May 24 after a joint effort by police from Verona and Cedar Grove, together...
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Beginning this weekend and for a few short weeks New Jersey will once again live up to its “Garden State” tag line. The Montclair Farmers’ Market re-opens on Saturday for its 18th season. It is the first of the 15 farmers’ markets in Essex County to open; Millburn and Maplewood will be next in...
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This recipe is a loose adaptation of this one from a Williams Sonoma catalog. I”ve always been a sucker for their recipes and this one looked easy and delicious. However, I ended up veering so far away from it based on what was in my pantry, that my adaptations are so far from the original it’s almost not worth mentioning. I’d...
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The Junior Women’s Club of Verona has a new fundraiser that could save you some money in Verona. The club is selling a discount card, a card the size of a credit card that fits into your wallet and holds discounts to 22 local businesses. The cardholder shows his/her card and the featured businesses...
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For restaurants in New York City, online ordering is a given. Here in Verona, not so much. If fact not at all until last week, when Hobcaw Cafe introduced online ordering. You can set up an order for immediate consumption or for later in the day, and as much as two weeks in advance....
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