Hackensack :

Special Korean food

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Image by wallyg via Flickr The H Mart in Ridgefield is the biggest of four in Bergen County. The four H Mart supermarkets in Bergen County are a great source of fresh fish and Asian greens, but they also stock some of my[...]

Our son chickens out

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Image via Wikipedia Nearly three months ago, we pledged to stop eating meat -- chicken, pork, beef and lamb. I've lost a little weight and spend less time and money in food stores. But our 13-year-old son is tiring of fish and[...]

Monotony is setting in

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Image via Wikipedia My 12-year-old son was the first to use the word "monotony" to describe the meatless, fish-heavy meals we have been preparing at home for the past two weeks. Today, that word echoed in my head as I[...]

A taste of the islands

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Image by wayneandwax via Flickr My wife and son didn't return from Jamaica empty handed. Her luggage contained nearly a dozen small fish that had been escoveitched, a spicy preparation that made a great dinner tonight with yellow[...]

Miss Mac takes a break

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Image by Unlisted Sightings via Flickr After nearly 20 years of running one of the best Jamaican restaurants in North Jersey, Parlet McLeod has bowed out and leased the Hackensack business to another operator. She also has[...]

Returning to Galapagos

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Image via Wikipedia The Galapago Islands are the inspiration for an Ecuadorian restaurant in Hackensack. I had breakfast again at Galapagos Restaurant in Hackensack, this time ordering the bolon I saw another customer[...]

A big week for seafood

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Image by malias via Flickr The H Mart in Little Ferry wasn't crowded when I dropped in on Monday, but a woman was ahead of me at the fish counter and her appetite seemed insatiable. She already had the Korean fish monger[...]

Contradictons at Costco

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Image via Wikipedia For about six months every year, Costco sells wild salmon and artificially colored farm salmon side by side. You'll also notice this in the chicken and meat sections -- organic poultry and organic or[...]

Food gifts from Jamaica

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Image via Wikipedia My wife returned from Jamaica on Saturday night with island specialties in her suitcase. She unpacked a container of fried parrot fish, four plastic bags of fresh ackee from trees in the yard,[...]

The Dented Can Can Sale

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Image via Wikipedia I shopped the first day of the 40th anniversary Can Can Sale at ShopRite in Hackensack this morning, but I don't think I came away with such great bargains. And I was disappointed -- again -- to see no big discount[...]