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From vegan cafes and food trucks to custom apparel and calligraphy, check out some of the many Black-owned businesses that call South Jersey home.

Whats your favorite wing flavor? Garlic Parmesan, buffalo? Barbecue? Here are some tasty options for the big game.

Whats your favorite wing flavor? Garlic Parmesan, buffalo? Barbecue? Here are some tasty options for the big game.

Whats your favorite wing flavor? Garlic Parmesan, buffalo? Barbecue? Here are some tasty options for the big game.

Then a global pandemic gave millions of people a hankering for delivery wings. Then a deep freeze in Texas affected chicken production. Then restaurants reopened and dining capacity limits relaxed. All these threads came together to cause a chicken shortage in the United States, consequently making chicken more expensive, especially wings. The chicken shortage has put financial strain on restaurant owners, who must either raise their wing prices to match the market price or keep prices stea...

Super Bowl and chicken wings are paired for life – at least for some people. The National Chicken Council released its annual Chicken Wing Report – yes, there really is a Chicken Wing Report –  before Super Bowl LIV last year. It predicted Americans would consume a record-breaking 1.4 billion chicken wings during the game. Odds are, the numbers will be greater this year, as most football fans nosh from takeout on the couch. Super Bowl LV is Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa Bay,...

So, let’s take a look at a wrap-up of some of the stories I did in 2020. I spent the first six months of the year in the News department and the latter six in the Features department, but oddly enough, quite a few of my stories were in the features, food or lifestyle realm even before I was officially in the department. My stories ranged from sports-related stories about former area athletes who are still involved in their sports decades later, to stories about good habits people formed durin...