Tortelloni and house-made sausage from Buona Sera’s lunch menu. (Photo by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge)
By SUSAN ERICSON
On a warmer-than-expected spring day, the flung-open doors of Buona Sera Italian Ristorante in Red Bank offer a welcoming sight.
At night the restaurant, at the corner of Maple Avenue and Monmouth Street, can be crowded with party-goers and dates trying to impress, but lunchtime is a different, quieter scene.
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What looked like a shoving match among giant, drunken jellyfish at Sickles Field in Little Silver Sunday afternoon turned out to be a birthday party for a 10-year-old from Rumson whose parents had engaged Jersey Bubble Soccer for the occasion.
Owned by Point Road School phys ed teacher Tim Russoniello and his wife, Jennifer, JBS straps kids — or adults — into large, inflated suits for a couple of hours of nutty, head-over-heels soccer. (Click to enlarge)
Lauren Van Liew in the kitchen of her new catering business. Dishes include a classic fresh spinach salad, below. (Photos by Susan Ericson. Click to enlarge)
By SUSAN ERICSON
In the warehouse that formerly housed Adam Sobel’s Cinnamon Snail kitchen on River Street in Red Bank, chef Lauren Van Liew, a 32-year-old Middletown native has opened Chef Covas Catering.
Cooking in kitchens from Boston to Vegas to Boca Raton, Van Liew has been around the culinary butcher’s block more times than many of her much older contemporaries.
With her history and experience, she says “I want to bring families together at the dinner table.” She also says, “I want to conquer the central Jersey catering world.”