Stout is an excellent canvass for flavor and winter brings dozens of unique varieties from North Jersey breweries.

Kara VanDooijeweert is a food writer for NorthJersey.com and The Record. If you can't find her in Jersey's best restaurants, she's probably off running a race course in the mountains. Catch her on ...

Ballantine House has been reimagined to be more inclusive, with a temporary exhibit on 19th- century Black women.