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News09/01/2016: 5 Tips for Getting Your Kids to Eat Their Veggies
School starts this week! There are mixed feelings in my house about another year starting - the girls are sad that summer is over, but they're excited to go back to school. One of the perks of summer is being able to indulge in sweet treats and othewise less-healthy options. If you can't stand the heat, eat ice cream. Amiright? Even though we've enjoyed plenty of ice cream at the Community Park Pool, I have also kept a regular routine of cucumbers and peppers as our afternoon snacks. Thankfully, they love their veggies and fruit, but if your kids are not feeling the love, I thought I would share some tips on how to encourage the healthy habit going into a new school year. I asked Megan McKeever, manager of the Princeton Farmers' Market, for her 5 tips for getting kids to eat their veggies.
What are your favorite healthy tips? Share your ideas and tell us where you love to shop for local food. Photo credit: Princeton Farmers' Market on Facebook Hilary Morris is the community manager for Princeton Online. Get a peek into her life as a marketer, NJ influencer, girls fashion blogger and mom of 3 girls at @mrsmonj 06/25/2016: Independence Day Fireworks in the Princeton Area
In the Princeton area, July 4th fireworks are like a week-long affair. This weekend's Freedom Fest at Mercer County Park is like the unofficial kick-off with music, food and, of course, fireworks! Keep reading to see where else and when the Independence Day fireworks are taking place. June 25 Hillsborough June 30 July 1 Hamilton Lambertville/New Hope July 2 Ewing
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05/24/2016: Cheers to Memorial Day! Toast the Weekend with These Drinks at The Clocktower Cabana Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer and we can't wait for more warmth, sun and sipping on yummy cocktails! This weekend is typically one for kicking-off the vacation getaways, but if you're staying local, we recommend taking a virtual vacation to Main Street Bistro's The Clocktower Cabana in the Princeton Shopping Center. The outdoor patio looks like it should be backing right up on the beach, but it's right in our backyard! Main Street Bistro's General Manager Jules Samojedny gave us some perfect summer party cocktails to either enjoy at their bar or make for your own holiday BBQ.
My Pick: The Rose Petal Martini
Jules' Picks Spiked Lemonade (on the rocks): we use organic blueberry and raspberry purees, fill a glass with ice, and add 2 oz of Stoli Blueberry or Raspberry vodka, 2 oz of raspberry or blueberry purée and fresh lemonade! Trinidad Taka (on the rocks): It has Suerte Tequila, Merlet Trois (which is similar to Cointreau), fresh mint, fresh pink grapefruit and topped off with ginger beer. First muddle the mint and pink grapefruit together in the glass, add 2 oz of Suerte Reposado Tequila, Merlet Trois, add ice, stir, and top off the glass off with ginger beer.
What's your go-to summer cocktail? 01/01/2016: A Cheesemaker's Guide for A Cheese Plate
Bobolink cheeses - yum
Holiday gathering season seems to get longer every year, now spilling over to January. But Holiday food doesn't always carry over so well. Post-Holiday gatherings are best accompanied by upscale nibbles, such good cheese, and good wine. Assembling an artisanal cheese plate is more complicated than slapping together some nameless cheeses from the grocery store. Think Manolo Blahniks as opposed to Payless Shoes. But with one notable difference - artisanal cheeses are affordable and edible. Follow these steps: First, find cheeses that have a story. A real cheese is the convergence of tradition, history, landscape, and a human story. So buy your cheeses from sellers who care. In our area, that entails artisanal food stores like Olsson's Fine Foods in Palmer Square, or Brick Farm Market in Hopewell. Or local dairy farms like Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse. Once you got to the right place, there are some rules to follow. 1. Go for variety with some unified principle. Get cheeses with different flavor profiles and textures for variety. Then find something that unifies them. Be it the country of origin, kind of milk, an individual farm. The latter is optional but creates a more harmonious cheese experience.
2. Tell the story. Chat with your cheesemonger (or with Google), get to know where your cheeses are coming from and how they are made. You will often find cool stories to go with (maybe the most famous of all is that of the Roquefort. Google it!) Make little signs for each cheese that describe the cheeses provenance, type of milk, age, and little tidbits you've found.
3. Now it is time to set up the cheese plate, and there are many ways to do this. I asked Nina and Jonathan White of Bobolink, who make incredible cheeses for tips. Being cheesemakers who also grow the cows, they started from the very beginning. But you can jump to step four ;)
4. Tips from Nina and John White at their farm, Bobolink Dairy.
07/10/2015: "Cool" Art in Princeton You're out and about in downtown Princeton, and the intense heat is getting to you. Duck into these FREE art hotspots for a touch of culture (and air conditioning)! If you're a lover of tea or fancy a delicious vegetarian meal, Infiti-T Cafe is the place to go! Currently on display are the paintings of local artist, Liz Amaral, who uses acrylics, ink, and paper marbling to create beautiful and memorable art.
If you're itching for a coffee break, check out Small World Cafe. Not only do they have delicious pastries and every kind of coffee drink you wish on display, they also have Chelsea Villega's artwork lining their walls, including a unique style of painting called "encaustic painting". If you're cooling your feet in Princeton University's Fountain of Freedom, duck into the Woodrow Wilson School basement to check out Samira Abbassy's "Narratives, Hearts , Minds & Mythologies" exhibition, depicting pieces with multicultural influences, such as Indian, Persian, Tibetan and Hindu. If you're a fan of history and art, head over to the Princeton University Firestone Library's Main Gallery for a look at Louis XIV and the construction of Versailles. Through prints, books, maps, medals and manuscripts, we can understand the immense scale of the Sun King's undertaking, and how the Palace of Versailles came to be.
Honorable mentions: The Princeton University Art Museum offers collections in Asian, European, and African art, photography, prints and drawings and more! The Arts Council of Princeton has something for everyone, with exhibits in the Taplin Gallery, sculptures on the Michael Graves Terrace, and community art in the Solley Lobby Gallery. 05/19/2015: Taco Truck Princeton Shopping Center The moment I walked into the Taco Truck, a newly opened restaurant in the Princeton Shopping Center, I was confused. The counter and kitchen was built like a truck, in the middle of a furnished space. Now, it wasn't an entire truck, but was designed to emulate the Taco Trucks that the restaurant runs. Immediately, I was welcomed by the friendly, out-going cashier with a little southern twang in her voice. She was very talkative and funny – quick to crack jokes and make conversation. Great service. Besides the truck design inside, another unique aspect is the restaurant’s very progressive green initiative. Glass bottles stocked the refrigerator shelves to be recycled in the bin located next to the composting where all waste is placed. To date, the restaurants have kept nearly 200,000 pounds of waste from entering landfills. When opening the Taco Truck chain, the founding partners held sustainability as one of their main goals when opening the chain. Taco Truck is committed to using all-natural chicken, beef, and pork without hormones and antibiotics. The menu consists of tacos, tortas, salads, sides, and pastries. I had the Pollo Asado Taco: grilled chicken, lime-pickled onion, red roasted salsa, a side of corn tortilla chips with habanero salsa, and a coke. The glass bottled coke was cool and refreshing but was at times needed to dowse the spicy and flavorful habanero salsa. The taco itself had a dry texture and wasn’t exploding with flavor. I enjoyed and appreciated the fresh, organic ingredients, but these tacos didn’t exactly blow my mind. They were good and I’d eat there again, just not amazing. Taco Truck operates trucks in New Jersey and Boston, as well as restaurants in both states and New York. This new location has floor-to-ceiling windows that provide great natural lighting and a view of the shopping center square. Overall, with the fantastic service, green initiative, and fresh ingredients, the Taco Truck is a great new face in the formerly lackluster shopping center. 05/12/2015: Original PJ's For years, PJ's Pancake House has been a staple of Princeton's Sun-Thurs: 7am to 10pm 11/11/2014: ACE Dinner 11/11/2014: ACE Lunch |
