Battello: Refinement on the River Returns

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In the last decade, New Jersey entrepreneurs and business owners have capitalized on the Hudson waterfront’s appeal in every way possible: homes, highrises, restaurants. We’ve seen it all. A great view of Lower Manhattan hardly loses its majesty, but we’re no longer simply oohing and aahing at brightly-lit towers across the way. The truth is,…

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Mastering the French Cheese Plate

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The only people who love cheese more than Americans are the French. The difference being that in France, there are rules. Cheese is always served in odd numbers. You never cut it into cubes. And oftentimes, it’s eaten in lieu of dessert. America, a country notoriously known for being a rule-breaker, never quite took to…

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Hunan Slurp: An Expression of Family Heritage

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By Loannie Dao Contemporary Chinese eateries are sprouting up all over Manhattan and Hunan Slup is the newest on the scene. Chef Chao Wang opened the doors to the restaurant this past spring in the hopes of bringing his hometown flavors to New York’s East Village. The restaurant occupies the first floor of a classic…

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Jockey Hollow Meets the James Beard House

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You’ve heard of the annual James Beard Awards but have you ever wondered who James Beard was? Or where he lived? You can actually visit that same space where today, his legend lives on through the culinary delights of visiting chefs.   Beard made his name by being host of the first-ever televised cooking show…

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Meet #IRL This Summer

Summer is here and we all know what that means. The 2018 cuffing season has officially come to a close and relationships that once looked solid (“But Ashley, you just posted a picture of you guys apple picking two months ago.”) have dissolved faster than soft serve on the boardwalk. Now what? We can spend…

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Man on the Move with Engineered for Motion

Although met with massive amounts of praise, the athleisure trend of the 2010s managed to fall short. Maybe it was the questionable athletic capabilities of said apparel. Or perhaps it was the emphasis on leisure which suggested that the men and women of today didn’t care as much about what they wore, or how they…

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