All the Hazan cookbooks (I have Marcella's Cucina, both Classic and the first one, her Italian Kitchen; Bugiali's comprehensive tome, Giuliano Hazan's wonderful pasta cookbook, James Beard's American Cooking, Olney's Simple French Cooking.
Listen to your wife, man! Bent Spoon's good, but it's not gelato—which is semifreddo, made with ice milk, while American "gelato" is made with cream—and it's too sweet. Halo has terrific, honest ice cream, too: the coffee ice cream is superb. Princeton food in general is student food, cheap and dirty, not worth a detour.
Jolivore wrote: "Princeton food in general is student food, cheap and dirty, not worth a detour." Agree, but also would quickly add, "...and at the other end of the continuum, it is Credit Card food, way over-priced for what you get, mediocre at best, and forgettable. Having lived in Princeton for over 20 years, we head out to New Brunswick, Philadelphia, Lambertville, etc., for dining. For simple eats, Blue Point Cafe is fine, Conte's works for pizza at a table (it turns to cardboard as takeout), and sadly, the best Chinese food is now out of town, as well."
Bent Spoon, Small World, and Hoagie Haven are all cheap eats (and not really restuarants), and far more memorable than any other establishment in town.
Hi Brian, great reporting. You mention soul food on route 27. I've tried all the other cuisines on that strech but was not aware of soul food. Could you please post the name and location so I can give it a try? Thanks.
There's also a Thomas Sweets in New Brunswick on the Rutgers U campus.... they have homemade chocoate as well there and those mix-ins....man, I remember those from years ago............. it's too bad I live in Texas now or I'd be running out to get one now!
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