A little more than a year after opening Bucks County’s first food truck, Evan Asoudegan moves his kitchen indoors and grows his Americana menu. By Colin Marsh Evan Asoudegan’s come a long way since his days as a 14-year-old dishwasher at Hamilton’s Grill Room, the venerable Lambertville, New Jersey, restaurant. This winter he opened one [...]
Lambertville’s Caffe Galleria grows up, but loses none of its personable character, thanks to its perceptive owner and chef, Dawn Raia. By Lynne Goldman The overwhelming impression made by Caffe Galleria’s new digs in Lambertville, New Jersey, is, well, comfy. Which, apparently, is just what its owner and chef, Dawn Raia, wants to hear. This [...]
A field guide to kid-focused culture and, until you can reclaim your life, the preservation of some of your soul. By Courtney Greisman and Kari B. Cairone If you’re a parent of a young child, live concerts and movies watched in theaters must feel like alien concepts. Music, and only the age-appropriate kind, is reserved [...]
Last summer, two of the region’s most formidable art institutions changed their leadership for the first time in 25 years. In fact, it was the first time at all for one. The new influences won’t require even a fraction of that to be felt, if they aren’t already. By Scott Edwards Unfinished Business On an [...]
It’s still raw and very much in a formative stage, but a surprisingly-large, and growing, community of artists is establishing the sort of presence in Trenton that was starting to feel unimaginable. More improbable still, it’s not a hostile takeover in the name of some short-term attention. Just the opposite, in fact. By Scott Edwards [...]
Last summer, two of the region’s most formidable art institutions changed their leadership for the first time in 25 years. In fact, it was the first time at all for one. The new influences won’t require even a fraction of that to be felt, if they aren’t already. By Scott Edwards Unfinished Business On an [...]
It’s still raw and very much in a formative stage, but a surprisingly-large, and growing, community of artists is establishing the sort of presence in Trenton that was starting to feel unimaginable. More improbable still, it’s not a hostile takeover in the name of some short-term attention. Just the opposite, in fact. By Scott Edwards [...]
It’s been almost three years since Cathy Snyder, a Lumberville mother of two college-age children, started canvassing Bucks and Hunterdon farms in the massive Ford Excursion that she won, gleaning leftover produce to supplement the too-often lacking pantries and shelters. Back then, she was a one-woman, grassroots movement that went by the name Gas Guzzling [...]
A field guide to kid-focused culture and, until you can reclaim your life, the preservation of some of your soul. By Courtney Greisman and Kari B. Cairone If you’re a parent of a young child, live concerts and movies watched in theaters must feel like alien concepts. Music, and only the age-appropriate kind, is reserved [...]
While furniture makers squeeze aboard the faux-weathered wagon, The Farmhouse Store, which opened in October in Princeton, New Jersey’s Palmer Square, is angling to outlast the fad by laying claim to actual weathered wood, of all things. Husband-and-wife owners Kristin and Ron Menapace, Princeton residents, feature a unique line of furniture made from boards reclaimed [...]
Nothing makes Dr. Christina Davis happier than watching a child, as she puts it, go “mainstream” in the serene milieu of Peace Valley Holistic Center, which sits along a northern edge of Peace Valley Park in Chalfont. After nearly five decades of administering alternative therapies to those with special needs—and often pioneering them—the naturopathic physician [...]
A little more than a year after opening Bucks County’s first food truck, Evan Asoudegan moves his kitchen indoors and grows his Americana menu. By Colin Marsh Evan Asoudegan’s come a long way since his days as a 14-year-old dishwasher at Hamilton’s Grill Room, the venerable Lambertville, New Jersey, restaurant. This winter he opened one [...]
Lambertville’s Caffe Galleria grows up, but loses none of its personable character, thanks to its perceptive owner and chef, Dawn Raia. By Lynne Goldman The overwhelming impression made by Caffe Galleria’s new digs in Lambertville, New Jersey, is, well, comfy. Which, apparently, is just what its owner and chef, Dawn Raia, wants to hear. This [...]
Well removed from the fast times of the start of the millennium, it was through a gradual and necessary coming-to-terms that we’re about to arrive at an entirely fresh eating culture. By Cailen Ascher Tastes are always evolving. But, talking strictly within the confines of our eating habits, it’s felt, for some time now, as [...]
Being someone who is fairly active this bit of information came as a bit of a shock. I’m no couch potato, but I do sit in front of a computer, sometimes for hours on end. Check out these statistics and you may want to get up and walk around. As soon as you sit: • [...]
The biggest nutritional difference-makers come in the smallest packages. By Todd Soura Beans and seeds rarely seem to surface in discussions of restructuring diets. Maybe it’s the fart jokes from junior high resonating. Or the perception that they’re too hard to incorporate into non-vegetarian cooking. Either way, you’re missing out. Don’t infer from their small [...]
Interchangeable elements, purposeful details, and new custom finishes offer an unprecedented level of personalized luxury at an affordable price point Tobias Design (tobiasdesignllc.com), based in Hopewell, NJ, is offering a new customizable and more affordable line of SieMatic cabinetry for its clients. The new line provides more customizable design and function elements aimed at pleasing [...]
Your hip flexors and upper abdominal muscles are the main movers in a standard crunch. But, remove the hip flexors from the equation and you’ll actually end up with a more engaging crunch that’ll engage more parts of your core. It’s a fairly simple thing to do. The hip flexors and the hamstrings can’t work [...]
If you’ve mastered the ab wheel from your knees, it’s time to try it standing up. Be prepared for a much more difficult exercise. What qualifies as mastering? Twenty reps. Though, consider yourself off to a good start if you can manage one from the standing position. Don’t be discouraged. Do the exercise daily, and [...]
I’ve been hearing a lot about being happy lately. It reminds me of the song we used to sing in the late 80s, “Don’t Worry, Be Happy” by Bobby McFerrin. There was something to that song — it took you away from the challenges in your life for a little while. I started to think [...]
Sure, you need it. But, with rates consistently and excessively escalating, eventually the time will come when it becomes too much of a burden to bear. And then what? By Sara Scully People are amazed when I tell them that I don’t have health insurance. I stopped buying it in 2010 when it became unaffordable. [...]
Fantasize all you want about having someone else do the heavy lifting in your life. Just realize, sooner rather than later, preferably, that such a person exists. By Avery Greene The Age of Convenience is a false façade. Sure, most everything that comprises our daily lives is easier to do and to manage than it [...]
Tomorrow morning, when you’re filling your cereal bowl, try to envision the origin of that gallon of milk. Or, better yet, visit the farm itself. Really. They’re looking for an audience. By Lynne Goldman If you’ve never been to a working dairy farm, you owe it to yourself—and your children—to visit one before the endangered [...]
Ruthie Bzdewka’s ambitions were modest. Still, when the recession settled in a month after she opened her shop, she feared the worst. But, opportunity soon came calling, literally. And once the world was familiarized with her cupcakes, there’d be no more worrying. I’m pinching myself a lot these days. Fortunately, never once has it snapped [...]
The name of a certain Ottsville caterer delivers a distinct impression, which makes it worth noting that we do not live in a box of Lucky Charms, and food is not magically delicious. Whimsical as a brand like The Flying Avocado Whole Foods may seem, it gets you through only so many doors. The owner [...]
As food trucks finally begin to gain traction along the Main Line, we peer into a few of the most magnetic of the cramped kitchens for a taste of their ingredient-driven, meticulously-prepared innovations. By Mike Madaio Food trucks are a true sign of the times: Talented, uncompromising chefs determined to make a name for themselves [...]
The long-awaited opening of Nomad Pizza’s Philly restaurant (611 S. 7th St., between Bainbridge and South streets) finally arrived this week. In honor of the occasion, I’m offering up my extended interview with Nomad owners and chefs Stalin Bedon and Tom Grim, who are featured as two our favorite food people in our current issue [...]
The Anderson Cooper Diet and Other Lures to Writing
Writing about food on a regular basis has come to feel like a sacred trust after several years, the most recent one with nearly weekly posts. It’s actually tons of fun. Cataloging ideas as they present themselves on any given day, working them over in my mind and shaping the content of a choice one [...]
Your hip flexors and upper abdominal muscles are the main movers in a standard crunch. But, remove the hip flexors from the equation and you’ll actually end up with a more engaging crunch that’ll engage more parts of your core. It’s a fairly simple thing to do. The hip flexors and the hamstrings can’t work [...]
When Health Insurance Becomes Cost-Prohibitive
Sure, you need it. But, with rates consistently and excessively escalating, eventually the time will come when it becomes too much of a burden to bear. And then what? By Sara Scully People are amazed when I tell them that I don’t have health insurance. I stopped buying it in 2010 when it became unaffordable. [...]
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