Featured recipe: SEAFOOD SCALLION PANCAKE

    Korean food is in the news. First came a press release about a Korean cooking demonstration at the Princeton Fitness & Wellness Center of the Princeton HealthCare System. Then The New York Times wrote about the first lady of South Korea doing a cooking demonstration with Jean- Georges Vongerichten. Next came an article in The Wall Street Journal about Korean chef David Chang’s new cookbook (he owns the Momofuku empire), and the weekend right before the demonstration, I happened across a PBS show on Korean food. Then, just today, I found a feature article about kimchi, “Korea’s Miracle Food,” in my brand new issue of Saveur.

Photos courtesy of Atlock Farm

    Halloween: the time of year when people go to great lengths to disguise themselves in costumes fanciful to frightening. But in the plant world, where fantastic to fearful specimens live year-round, disguises are superfluous. Every day is Halloween.

   You can blame it on Daniel Boulud or on the recession. Either way, the once humble burger has become the iconic food of our time. In the heady days of 2001 — which seem a short lifetime ago now — the celebrity chef made headlines with his extravagant burger that included short ribs, foie gras, and black truffle in addition to the more expected components. Then came Kobe beef burgers, first a rare treat and now almost commonplace even on mid-range eatery menus.

 

Featured recipe: YOGURT CAKE WITH LEMON AND CARDAMOM

    Taste of Crete, a charming little store that opened on Route 206 in Hillsborough in September, represents what is for me the most dangerous form of shopping. Esther Luongo Psarakis, the proprietor, stocks an intriguing selection of imported Greek artisanal foodstuffs that are all natural, often organic, and uniformly delicious. I go in with a half-baked intention to stock up on hostess and holiday gifts but come away laden with delicacies that somehow never make it out of my own kitchen.

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Friday, Nov. 6

   ”The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” — Attributed to Albert Einstein.

And a whole lot more going on in town

   The Cranbury Historical & Preservation Society will hold its Annual Meeting and Potluck Supper at 6:30 p.m. today (Friday), in the Fellowship Hall of the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury.

   It is both a school and a day-care center and, for one new Hillsborough business owner, she hopes that this unique distinction will help her business grow.

Help wanted

   Clean Communities Cleanup Day is scheduled for Nov. 7. Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space, working together with Hopewell Township, invites groups and individuals to participate and earn money for the nonprofit organization of their choice.

    Theater-goers may want to look over their shoulders after they leave the Lawrence High School Theater Club’s production of “The Phantom of the Opera,” which is set for a three-night run next week.

   Tell us about you. If your local nonprofit organization plans a special event and you would like to have the information published in The Manville News, send a note to Manville News Calendar, P.O. Box 350, Princeton, NJ 08542.

   Fall Fest ‘09 was held Sunday in downtown New Egypt. The event featured live music and country line dancing, face painting, pony rides, lots of food and more.

   BORDENTOWN CITY — Chocoholics beware — the downtown may be an irresistible source of temptation next week.

   Mazen Oudeh told himself he was done running marathons.

Featured recipe: WIENER SCHNITZEL

    As I write this, Oktoberfest in Munich is nearly over. But that’s OK — I celebrated early. Last April, in fact, when the café where I work at Princeton University offered a lunch menu that included grilled bratwurst and onions, beef rouladen, red cabbage and spaetzle. Go figure.