11/21/2025
Let the festivities begin! Our Holiday ’25 / Winter ’26 has landed! Pick up your complimentary copy while supplies last at over 750 locations statewide. Or download a free copy of our digital edition here. https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?i=855437&p=1&view=issueViewer
The holidays, of course, are a season for sharing. Inside the issue, you’ll find our annual Holiday Food & Gift Guide packed full of good things from across NJ to enhance your gift giving and entertaining this season. There are stories about food traditions, sweet potatoes, a German Christmas Market in Augusta, a beloved tea shop in Chester, a new wine bar in Newark and, of course, a few glorious recipes to sweeten the season.
In this issue, we also take look at a few of the countless organizations who are doing their best to support their community via food pantries, fundraising events, food banks. And more. It’s a pursuit that has become more important than ever. As writer Jill Waldbieser writes in “Choosing Hope”, a look at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey, food insecurity in our state has risen by 65 percent in New Jersey since the start of the pandemic in 2020
Our cover story looks at the remarkable Cathedral Kitchen, a non-profit organization who has been providing meals, culinary job training, and hope for clients in Camden for nearly 50 years. In 2024 alone, CK served more than 351,000 free meals. In a story written by Ifrah Aktar and photographed by Miana Jun, CK’s Senior Development Director Noreen Flewelling notes “As inflation and housing shortages have affected our community, Cathedral Kitchen is the safety net for so many people.”
With thanks and ❤️ to our writers, photographers and advertising sponsors, e hope our Holiday / Winter issue helps you to celebrate and savor the season – and to remember how fortunate we are to live in the generous, delicious and ever-amazing Garden State.
