Sampling the Garden State

 

Photos by Mark Vanderhelm
A roasted pig on display at the Marketplace Lunch offered snot to tail offerings.

BY ALEXIS TARRAZI – Straus News

HAMBURG — Local and national chefs and wineries had a chance to tantalize the taste buds of guests at the New Jersey Wine & Food Festival held this past weekend at Crystal Springs Resort in Hamburg.

The three-day event was designed to allow food and wine lovers to meet and mingle with chefs, winemakers, sommeliers and fellow wine aficionados. Each day offered a variety of activities from wine tastings, book signing by James Beard Foundation Outstanding Chef Award Winner Jose Andres, a Lunch Marketplace, a Mac & Cheese Cook-Off and more.