Turn the ‘Dog Days of Summer’ Into the ‘Salad Days’ of August

Local Independent Restaurants Are Great for Summer Salads   You don’t have to look at a thermometer to say that we are in the “Dog Days of Summer.” Well, that is unless you actually know what the phrase means. Originally the term had nothing to do with dogs or summer, but it referred to the
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Gluten Free Cooking

After a cold and rainy spring, summer has officially begun, making gluten free cooking as easy as possible.
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We Salute Our Sponsors

Local Businesses That Encourage Other Local Businesses Our cadre of local creative chefs that cooperate under the sjhotchefs.com banner are indeed fortunate that some of our fellow business people recognize that it is in the community interest to help us succeed as independent restaurants. So, let us say, a tip of our toques to 1st
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Seafood is IN season!

Seafood Menus Abound Thanks to Jersey Shore’s Abundance of Fish Even though we just concluded our popular Farm to Fork Week on 30th, we cannot forget that often Garden State produce that we highlighted that week is used to round out a meal featuring another New Jersey fresh favorite: seafood. When our chefs plan their
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Farm to Fork Week. It’s About Local Farms & Fisheries

South Jersey Products Featured on sjhotchefs.com Menus July 24th-30th is Farm to Fork Week when sjhotchefs.com celebrates the wonderful bounty of produce farmed and harvested throughout South Jersey, as well as the abundance of fresh fish netted by fisherman at nearby shore points. Our more than 40 independently owned and operated restaurants all feature four
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The Hype is Ripe. And so are the Tomatoes.

Tomato. Vegetable? Fruit? Doesn’t Matter.                                   Jersey Tomatoes are Delicious! Because it has seeds, a tomato is technically a fruit. But, not in New Jersey. Here there was a decade old effort to make the tomato officially a vegetable. The New Jersey Legislature tried to name it the Official State Vegetable. We already have an Official
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Farm to Fork Week is a Seasonal Harvest Celebration

Featuring Produce From Local Farms. Listen! Hear that sound? It’s the “Horn of Plenty” that you should be hearing. The horn of plenty refers to a Cornucopia, a symbolic, hollow horn filled with produce. That should be New Jersey’s icon because, after all, we are the “Garden State.” Summer is the time for bountiful harvest
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Kids Benefit When the Whole Family Eats Together.

Our Restaurants Welcome the Kids. And Eating Out Can Be a Learning Experience for Children.   It seems like it is increasingly difficult for families to eat together these days. Everyone is just so busy! Today, in many families, both parents work. And even if there is a stay-at-home spouse, he or she is constantly
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June 19. Make a Date to Celebrate Dad.

Fathers’ Day is a Great Time to Take Dad to Dinner. Forget the tie! Men hardly wear ties anymore, so abandon the tie as a Father’s (or is it Fathers’) Day gift. What you should really do is take your Dad out to lunch or dinner on June 19. Your turn to pick up the
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Dining Out & Outdoor Dining

Why we enjoy dining out and dining outdoors even more. As it turns out, the reasons we enjoy dining out are many and varied. The reasons we like outdoor dining are fewer and easily understood. Today there is a dining out experience available to almost any pocketbook. These days people seek out restaurants for breakfast,
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