Author: sjwillis

  • Weekly Update for February 28, 2014

    Like the random patches of clouds blotting out swaths of the blue sky on a partly cloudy day, Facebook permits you to see only a few intermittent and unpredictable slices of the awesome, local food stories PieHole publishes. These are the stories we ran this week: The Red Bank Community Garden committee is kicking off…

  • Beats v. Spotify

    I’ve been bouncing back and forth between Beats and Spotify for the past couple of weeks. I’d love to know what other people are thinking. Here are my criteria/important features, in no particular order. Pricing Grateful Dead Catalog Classical title display Remote control for home audio system from iPad/iPhone Discovery Catalog Depth Both are identical…

  • There’s a Reason That Rye Is Having a Moment – NYTimes.com

    There’s a Reason That Rye Is Having a Moment – NYTimes.com The Sazerac sounds just about right for my next visit to Murphy’s in Rumson.

  • Good magazines, electronically delivered from Red Bank Public Library

    [see note below about creating a library-zinio account if you already have a personal one that you use.] I’ve used Zinio for a couple of years now on my iPad to read a few magazines that I used to subscribe to in print form (Stereo Review, the occasional Threepenny Review, Esquire, etc.) Zinio has come…

  • Figs from the ‘hood

    Here’s my latest food piece for redbankgreen.com. the food section now has it’s own branding called PieHole http://www.redbankgreen.com/2013/09/red-bank-getting-figgy.html

  • RedBankGreen » RED BANK: LAST OF THE GAGUTZ AND GARLIC

    RedBankGreen » RED BANK: LAST OF THE GAGUTZ AND GARLIC Just posted the Farmer’s Market update for this weekend.

  • Mahi Mahi with Roasted Corn, Avocado and Mango salsa.

    This sounds like a crazy-difficult recipe but it is really just an on-the-fly dish i put together last night that is the result of some sweet concurrent sales going on at Whole Foods and Foodtown right now and doesn’t take more than 20 minutes to make. This was really, really good and I’m just making…

  • To buy organic or not?

    Ever wonder which fruits and vegetables are definitely worth buying organic and which you could get by with conventional? Here’s a handy guide you can download from the Environmental Working Group.

  • Summer Things To Do Cheatsheet

    Hey, if you live in Red Bank and have kids, print this out and put it on your fridge.

  • Just got turned on to Sarah Jarosz. This track sounds especially like a Nick Drake song for some reason. Her song writing, both lyrics and composition are really something.