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Holiday meals and the traditions behind them

The holiday season is a time for thanks, a time for tradition, and a time for family. Hosts want to serve their loved ones only the best food as they gather around the table with Christmas trees and Menorahs lighting up the room. Here are some traditional recipes and the holiday stories that accompany them.

Sweet Soiree

Coffee meets chocolate—and suddenly you've got a surefire holiday affair

Gifts galore and more

A refreshing alternative to cookie-cutter mall shopping at THE DEPOT, a charming, three-level gift and home décor shop in Morristown.

Farm Fresh

Farm 2 Bistro in Rockaway obtains most of its fruits and veggies from small farms within a 100-mile radius, and they’re purchased (and sometimes personally plucked) by staffers each morning.

Tomato Fever

Bergenfield-based Two Guys Food Group create canned tomato sauces made with only Garden State tomatoes.

Chocolate, Jersey style

Chester-based Jersey Brands chocolate promises to leave your taste buds in a blissful state indeed.

Stop Bullying Online

All of the academic and social life lessons can be diminished if your child is struggling with bullies.

Fare of gold

Fresh, light, airy— it's how you feel when you walk into D’Oro on Chatham’s Main Street.

A Walk in the Stalks

To exercise mind and body alike, check out the multiple mazes at WIGHTMAN’S FARMS in Morristown. Each fall, Wightman’s commissions an elaborate design that is cut into a 2 1⁄2-acre cornfield.

Where the Hawks are

Rockaway Township boasts one of the best places in the state for birdwatching: the HAWK WATCH AT WILDCAT RIDGE

No-Fuss French

Resto, a tiny BYO on Madison’s main drag offers an innovative menu of contemporary French fare every four to six weeks, depending on what’s in season.

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