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A mural grows in Princeton Marlon Davila tells his story, page 8.

Historic House Sold

A Taste of France

The Real Man

Among notable recent sales in the Princeton real estate market: 75 Cleveland Lane, the former home of Kristina Johnson.

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Kristine’s chef Nicolas Demurge brings the simple culinary pleasures of his childhood in France to Princeton.

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Pia de Jong pontificates on the arts of ‘mansplaining,’ ‘manspreading,’ and a new category: ‘maneating.’

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LEADING OFF Public Library names new executive director

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ennifer Podolsky has been named Princeton Public Library’s 14th executive director by its board of trustees.

Podolsky, currently the director of East Brunswick Public Library, will take over for Brett Bonfield, who resigned to accept a position at the Cincinnati Public Library.

Podolsky will assume her new role in February.

“Jennifer is an accomplished and visionary librarian who is a consummate professional, a mentor, and a role model,” said board president Pam Wakefield. “I think she will build on the excellence to which we as a community have become accustomed.”

Podolsky holds a bachelor’s degree in English and anthropology and a master’s in library and information science, both from Rutgers University. She has previously worked as a youth services librarian at the Somerset County Library System and as a project specialist for business and technology outreach in the Lifelong Learning Division at the New Jersey State Library. She also worked as a senior research editor at Reed Elsevier, the British publisher of science and legal textbooks.

Affordable housing settlement reached

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n a special meeting on December 18, Princeton Council approved a resolution accepting a long-awaited settlement with the Fair Share Housing Center over the municipality’s affordable housing obligations.

The agreement, which now must be approved in Superior Court, obligates Princeton to build 1,394 affordable units and make renovations and repairs to 80 others. But taking into account renovations that have already occurred and units built since 1999, the net numbers for the town are 537 new units and 75 units to be rehabilitated, all before 2025.

The agreement also calls for changes to zoning ordinances requiring setasides for affordable housing in new residential developments and creating three new affordable housing overlay districts. It also sets the stage for the redevelopment of Princeton Shopping Center to include 44 affordable rental units; 24 new affordable units at Princeton Community Village; and the redevelopment of Maple Terrace, off Franklin Avenue, to include 80 affordable units, among other additions to Princeton’s affordable housing stock.

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REAL ESTATE Zoning updates

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he third time was the charm for Albert and Jenny Internoscia, the owners of 21 Battle Road, in their efforts to have plans approved for a new home on the property in the Institute for Advanced Study neighborhood.

In two previous appearances numerous neighbors had expressed concerns about the proposed residence, which had originally included a secondary carriage house as well as a U-shaped driveway that would have necessitated the removal of some of the beloved trees that line the street.

At the December 11 Zoning Board meeting, however, the applicants returned with a greatly revised plan that eliminated both the carriage house and the U-shaped driveway, leaving the only variance required one for lot width. The required width is 125 feet, but like most properties on the street, the lot at 21 Battle Road is only 100 feet wide. That variance was granted unanimously.

A second application, by Keith Nunes, owner of 437 Ewing Street, for C1 and C2 variances to build a singlefamily home on a non-conforming lot, was carried to the next Zoning Board meeting, scheduled for Wednesday, January 22.

Recent transactions

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he following listings of residential home sales are based on public records and tax files. The number in parentheses after the closing price indicates the amount it was above or below the original listing price.

75 Cleveland Lane. Seller: Grant Homes. Buyer: Sumit and Gina Mukherjee. 6 bedrooms, 6 baths, 2 half baths. $3,000,000 (-$1.5 million).

238 Mount Lucas Road. Seller: 238 Mount Lucas. Buyer: Mark McConnell and Connie Chen. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. $595,000 (-$54,000).

102 Snowden Lane. Seller: Craig and Monica Blessing. Buyer: Yueting Zhang and Roman Akhmechet. Two-story Colonial in Littlebrook. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $815,000 (-$130,000).

15 Poor Farm Road. Seller: Verna Matthews Estate. Buyer: David and Jane Kim. Contemporary. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths. $850,000 (-$20,000).

283 Mount Lucas Road. Seller: Oleg Chebotarev. Buyer: Alexander and Helen Kim. Two-story contemporary. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths. $1,195,000.

201 Mercer Street. Seller: Cheng Chen and Paula Zhou. Buyer: Alexander and Sarah Brooks. Two-story Contemporary. 4 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. $1,044,475 (-$105,525).

218 Gallup Road. Seller: Andrew and Gretchen Eberhart. Buyer: Lenard and Charlotte Marcus. Two-story Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. $1,300,000 (-$99,000).

148 Fairway Drive. Seller: Colin Wright and Mary Skeels. Buyer: Marcello Santoro and Megan Walsh. Twostory traditional. 7 bedrooms, 6.5 baths. $1,200,000 (-$299,000).

246 Witherspoon Street. Seller: 246 Witherspoon Partners. Buyer: Oliver and Marion Gaillard. Two-story Cape Cod. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 half baths. $685,000 (-$14,000).

747 Kingston Road. Seller: Next Phase Development LLC. Buyer: Regal Build Group. Two-story Colonial in Riverside. 6 bedrooms, 5.5 baths. $1,525,000 (-$274,000).

92 Battle Road. Seller: 92 West Battle Road LLC. Buyer: Alexander and Irina Sidorenko. Two-story Colonial near the Institute. 4 bedrooms, 5.5 baths. $2,230,000 (-$69,000).

72 Knoll Drive. Seller: James Owen and Lori Ledford. Buyer: Gale and Marcia Shank. Three-plus story Colonial in Riverside. 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths. $1,625,000 (-$74,000).

51 Southern Way. Seller: John and Meytal Higgins. Buyer: William and Aileen Fair. Two-story Colonial in Riverside. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $1,035,000 ($10,000).

815 Mount Lucas Road. Seller: Beverly Moore. Buyer: Shivang and Bhumika Patel. Ranch. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. $450,000 (-$88,750).

214 Birch Avenue. Seller: Jane Okoth. Buyer: Wenfu and Zihan Li, Wen Xiao. Semi-detached twin in Abbott Commons. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $425,000.

302 Jefferson Road. Seller: Michael and Simona King. Buyer: Andrew Kim and Jonathan Finkelstein. Twostory Contemporary/Craftsman. 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. $1,510,000 (-$78,000).

41 Gulick Road. Seller: Thomas and Marjorie Elliott. Buyer: Yong Chang and Jingzhi Chen. Two-story Cape Cod in Stony Brook. 4 bedrooms, 3 baths. $875,000.

67 David Brearley Court. Seller: Lian Qi and Jia Ren. Buyer: Dan Liu. Townhouse in Griggs Farm. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $358,000 (-$2,000).

60 Littlebrook Road North. Seller: Laura Kruskal Estate. Buyer: Moiz Tayebaly. Contemporary, Ranch/Rambler in Carnassa Park. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. $675,000 (-$224,900).

12 Pelham Street. Seller: Gerard and Mary Brophy. Buyer: Lewis Tsai and Natalie Tong. Two-story Colonial in Riverside. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $750,000.

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The home was sold in 2015 for $1.6 million to Grant Homes, enticed by the possibility of subdividing the one-acre lot and constructing two new homes.

But a standard subdivision would have required the original house to be torn down, and historic preservation advocates convinced builder Jay Grant to abandon that plan.

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‘Journey’ muralist Davila has a story to tell

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simple idea. That was the starting point for “Journey,” the mural on the corner of John Street and Leigh Avenue. The painting features a magnificent tree adorned with hundreds of monarch butterflies as its branches reach skyward toward the big dipper and the north star.

“The monarch butterflies signify migration, and we are a country of migrants,” said the mural’s artist, Marlon Davila. “The butterflies look alike, but each one is unique. In that sense, they are like us. We each have our own story to tell.”

Davila speaks of the time and creativity he put into the mural — a project of the Arts Council of Princeton — as a way of giving back to the people from the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood where he grew up.

The Arts Council’s artistic director, Maria Evans, describes Davila as the perfect person to create the mural and receive the Anne Reeves Artist-in-Residence award. He had donated art to the organization’s annual Pinot to Picasso gala and had graduated from the “Artist as Teachers” program this past year. Evans has come to know Davila as a person with talent and compassion and a long-standing connection to the community.

In the process of obtaining the town’s approval for the mural’s location, ACP faced challenges from the Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood Association, which contended it should have been consulted earlier in the proposal process. Another mural project, illustrating the African American experience in Princeton, is in the planning stages and is slated to be installed at the Mary Moss Playground on John and Lytle streets.

Davila’s completed mural was unveiled in a dedication by Mayor Liz Lempert on November 9.

“The wall was so inviting to me. It exists on the street where I grew up. In the process of painting the mural, I made new friends,” he says. He recounts that people driving by would pull over to watch him work, and people who were walking by would stop and talk with him. Sometimes a parent would come by with a kid who would ask if he could help, and Davila would let him paint a few strokes.

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avila’s work is influenced by nature, romanticism, and surrealism. Recurring themes in his work reflect spiritual seeking and the influence of the subconscious mind. He explores life journeys of individuals seen from both the long view and day-to-day living. He values all of life’s

experiences including joy and pain.

“At a young age of seven, I had a firsthand experience with death when my baby brother passed away unexpectedly from a serious viral disease. He was only five days old,” Davila says. In one of his online portfolios, he writes: “This left me really traumatized and fearful of losing any more loved ones in my life.”

But, he continues, over the past couple years he has come to realize that we are all eternal beings and that endings are not our destiny. “We just transition into different paths in our lives,” he says.

Davila decided to pursue a career in art about 10 years ago, but his journey there began before he was born. He was conceived after his biological father had kidnapped his young mother.

Through the efforts of his grandmother, his mother was rescued, and her family helped her move from their hometown in Guatemala to Princeton, where she could live with an aunt.

Davila was born in 1974 at the old Princeton Medical Center on Witherspoon Street. He and his mom lived in Princeton for about one year before re-

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His mom fell in love and married the man who became Davila’s stepfather, but their happiness was short-lived.

After discovering that Davila had been sexually abused by a step uncle, they moved back to Princeton when he was eight years old. His stepfather worked at Princeton University as a janitor and also worked part time as a mechanic.

After high school Davila took a job at a pharmacy and as a security guard.

When he was 19 he discovered he had gay leanings and because of his religious upbringing feared that he would literally go to hell when he died. “For many years, I struggled with drinking,” he says, recalling “a dark time.”

One day, in a moment of introspection, he heard an inner voice that told him he was loved and there was nothing wrong with his sexual orientation.

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Artist Marlon Davila, at left, working on his mural, ‘Journey,’ at the corner of John Street and Leigh Avenue. The completed image, above, features a tree with hundreds of monarch butterflies.

experience that marked a turning point switched his major to fine arts. He in his life, renewed his sense of self- graduated with honors and was awardworth, and inspired him to pursue a ed the Jack Harris Memorial Scholcreative career. arship. He further honed his love of He moved to Florida, where he stud- painting by attending “Art Escape Itaied fashion design at the Art Institute ly,” a workshop held in the province of of Fort Lauderdale and later worked Lucca and led by Norwegian oil painter at the Boca Raton Resort Hotel in the Henrik Uldalen. party and events department setting Davila continued working at the up props, lighting, university while and bonfires. painting in his He had no in- ‘The wall was so inviting free time. In Febtention of movruary his work ing back to New to me. It exists on the was shown in an Jersey until he re- street where I grew up. exhibit sponsored ceived a call from by the university’s a family member In the process of painting Center for Colinforming him laborative Histhat his mother the mural, I made new tory. Based on was very sick. He the exhibit theme, moved back in friends,’ Davila says.

“From Within,” 2005 and landed a Davila entered a job at Princeton University as a library self-portrait, a likeness of his face surspecial collections assistant. rounded by images, among them, a tiHe also enrolled at Mercer County ger, a Buddha figure, the number 1111, Community College to study graphic and a skull. design. “I knew nothing about paint“I believe in the power of symbols,” ing then,” he says. “But my teacher saw he says. “Tiger is my spirit animal. something in me and encouraged me A tiger roams on its own. It moves to to take a painting class.” the beat of his own drum. I’ve never Davila enrolled in a course, dis- been persuaded to do what everyone covered that he loved painting, and else does.” The number 1111 reflects

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nother artist with deep connections to the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, Ben Colbert (The Echo, February 2018), is also leaving his mark on the community through his work. In honor of his retirement from the board of Princeton Com-

the frequency with which the number appeared to him on clocks or other devices during that period of his life.

The Buddha represents his meditation practice, and the skull is a reminder that we don’t live in this form forever but for a limited time.

When he was invited to paint the mural, the timing was right. He describes the theme and title, “Journey,” as a cohesive conclusion based on conversations with students from the Clay Street-based Pannell Center’s Princeton Young Achievers class and members of the Art Council.

As an artist, Davila’s signature is 7ove Child. “Early on in my career, I needed to do something to get out of my box and let go of any inhibitions,” he says.

“I wanted to be fearless and carefree about creating a masterpiece. I am literally a love child, and thought, ‘Why not use that name and turn around the stigma?’ When I go into the studio, I become 7ove Child. I am set free from my inhibitions.”

munity Housing, Colbert presented his painting, “Borealis,” to senior affordable housing communities Elm Court and Harriet Bryan House on December 13.

Colbert, who will remain involved as an emeritus trustee, served as a representative to the board from the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church for more than 10 years.

Today Davila works as a full-time artist and teaches art at the Paul Robeson Center. “I love how children have a natural ability to create something without questioning themselves. I was inspired as a kid, and so I love to inspire others,” he says.

He currently lives with his partner, Rich Friedman, in Edison. His mother still lives in Princeton in the apartment complex on the site of the former Princeton Hospital where Davila was born.

Despite the traumas he experienced while growing up, Davila says that now, as an adult, he believes that he was protected as a child.

“The important thing is that you can turn a tragedy around if you listen to your inner voice and love yourself,” he says. “Everyone has a story. If I can be of help to anyone, I have made my day.

With all the bad things in the world, we need to spread love.” And the mural on the corner of John Street and Leigh Avenue does just that.

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Wednesday January 1

HAPPENING

New Year’s Day. Bank and postal holiday.

Friday January 3 Princeton Men’s Hockey, Baker Rink.

Dartmouth. 7 p.m.

Saturday January 4 Princeton Men’s Hockey, Baker Rink.

Harvard. 7 p.m.

Sunday January 5 Fiesta del Dia de Los Reyes Magos: A Three Kings Day Celebration, Arts Council house.org. Bring your favorite polenta dish to 1/8 • Art by Toral Patel at Small World of Princeton, Paul Robeson Center for the share with others; bring it piping hot as oven Wednesday January 8 Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-8777. space is limited. Free. 5 p.m.

Toral Patel, Small World Cafe, 14 WithFlamenco dance performance. $10. 3 p.m.

Monday January 6 erspoon Street. www.smallworldcoffee.com.

McCarter Live at the Library, PrincContinuing Conversations on Race, Art exhibit runs through February 4. 6:30 eton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, a.m.

609-924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon So It’s 2020: What We Can Expect, McCarter Artistic Director Emily Mann and Street, 609-924-9529. www.prince­tonlibrary. playwright Rachel Bonds in conversation on org. The last in a series of four sessions on ra- Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon “Art, Life, Mentorship, and Motherhood” in cial bias in the United States criminal justice Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonliconjunction with Bonds’ play, “Goodnight system features “Prison Abolition and the brary.org. Steve Kornacki, national political Long Freedom Struggle,” a presentation by correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC, Nobody,” at McCarter. 3 to 4:30 p.m.

Ruha Benjamin. Presented in partnership looks at how the Democratic race is shaping Annual Polenta Festa, Dorothea’s with Not in Our Town Princeton. 7 to 9 p.m. up. 7 to 9 p.m.

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1/10 to 2/9 • Playwright Rachel Bonds Meaningful Learning Through Self-Directed Education, Princeton Learning Cooperative, 16 All Saints Road, 609-851-2522.

Teen panel discussion. Free. Register. 7 p.m.

From Golden Age to Expulsion: The Transformation of Sephardic Culture, The Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, 609-921-0100. Three-part series led

by Benjamin Gampel. $95. Register. 8 p.m.

Friday January 10 Small Jazz Group X, Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall. music.prince­ton.edu. Free. 7:30 p.m.

1/15 • Maria LoBiondo

1/18 & 19 • Clarinetist Kinan Azmeh with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra

Goodnight Nobody, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. A McCarter commission by Rachel Bonds that tells the story of becoming an adult and the complexity of new motherhood. Through February 9. 8 p.m.

celebrates the company’s 35th anniversary and the power of Women(+). Free. 4:30 p.m.

Saturday January 11 Princeton Men’s Basketball, Jadwin Gymnasium. Penn. 4 p.m.

Sunday January 12

Scheherazade and Tales from The Thousand and One Nights, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Soundtracks presentation features professional storyteller Maria LoBiondo. Free. 7 p.m.

Thursday January 16 Newcomers & Friends’ Social Coffee, YWCA Princeton, 59 Paul Robeson Place. www.ywcaprincetonorg. 9:30 to 11 a.m.

The Pirates of Penzance, Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, Friday January 17 50 Cherry Hill Road, 609-466-4479. Choral Anne Hills, Princeton Folk Music Socireading. 3 p.m. rehearsal followed by 4 p.m. ety, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut reading. Choral singers welcome. Free, $10 Lane, 609-799-0944. www.princetonfolk. singers. 3 p.m. org. $25. 7:30 p.m.

Monday January 13

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, 1-800-255-3476. www.

Faculty Print Show, Lewis Center for the Arts, Hurley Gallery, Lewis Arts Complex. njsymphony.org. “Winter Festival: Wagner’s arts.princeton.edu. First day for exhibition of The Ring Without Words.” $20-$92 8 p.m. recent prints by faculty in the Program in ViSaturday January 18 sual Arts. On view through February 10. Free.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Bank and 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. postal holiday.

Tuesday January 14

Workshop with Illustrator/Author Chen Jiang-Hong, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. www. princetonlibrary.org. Illustrator and author Chen Jiang-Hong leads a workshop on the technique of Chinese painting. 4 to 5:30 p.m.

Legacy + Lineage + Liberation, Lewis Center for the Arts, Hearst Dance Theater, Lewis Arts Complex. Urban Bush Women rehearse works in their touring program that

Open Archive: World War II on the Princeton Homefront, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-9249529. Documents and other materials that illustrate how Princeton residents participated in World War II. 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Saturday January 25

Wednesday January 22

The Prophetic Quest: Stained Glass Art of Jacob Landau, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street. www.morven.org.

Illustrated lecture by David Herrstrom. $10.

6:30 p.m.

Westminster Choir, Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, 68 Nassau Street, 609-258-9220. Homecoming Concert 2020.

Free. Tickets required. 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday January 29 Richard Stockton: Revolutionary Unsung Hero, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, 609-924-8144, ext. 103. morven.org. Talk by local historian John Baxter. $10. 2 p.m.

New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Author Jeffrey Colvin, Princeton Public Street, 609-924-8144, ext. 103. morven.org.

Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924“Mythos.” $25. 3 p.m.

9529. The author discusses his debut novel, The Songs and Sounds of Robert Burns, “Africaville: A Novel,” a family saga set in a Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon small Nova Scotia town settled by formerly Street, 609-924-9529. www.princetonli- enslaved people. 7 to 8:30 p.m. brary.org. Singer Fiona Tyndall and a five piece band that includes fiddlers and a harp- Thursday January 30 ist performs a program featuring Scottish Palmer Square: A History, Princeton poetry and songs from Robert Burns. 3 to Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 4:30 p.m.

609-924-9529. Witherspoon-Jackson neighThe Mikado, McCarter Theatre, 91 Uni- borhood historian Shirley Satterfield gives a versity Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter. presentation on the history of Palmer Square org. A beautiful school girl loves a romantic and the lasting effect of urban renewal on wandering minstrel, but she is engaged to an Princeton’s African-American community. 7 executioner, leading to a triangle of thwarted to 9 p.m. love. 8 p.m.

Scheherazade, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium. www. Sunday January 26 princetonsymphony.org. Kinan Azmeh, clariBack-to-Back Beethoven, Princeton net. $30-$100. Register. Also January 19 at 4 Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609p.m. 8 p.m.

924-9529. www.princetonlibrary.org. Pianists and other musicians from the communiMonday January 20 ty perform a wide variety of works by Ludwig Open House, Princeton Learning Co- van Beethoven. Musicians of all abilities may operative, 16 All Saints Road, 609-851-2522. register to perform. 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Free. Register. 8:30 a.m.

Lawyers Without Rights, Jewish Center

Women in Development Open House, Mercer County Women in Development, YWCA Princeton, 59 Paul Robeson Place. widmercer.org. Open house for non-profit Big Band Jazz Night, Princeton High professionals. 6:30 p.m.

School Jazz Bands, Princeton High School, League of Women Voters Princeton 151 Moore Street. www.princetonjazz.org.

Area, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stock- Music, dancing and international food tastton Street. www.lwvprinceton.org. National ing. $5-$10. 7 p.m. program planning. 7 p.m.

Wednesday January 15

Thursday January 23

1/22 • Jacob Landau lecture at Morven

Friday January 31

Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. Documentary examines the life of the American novelist, essayist, editor, and teacher. 6 to 8 p.m.

Princeton Men’s Hockey, Baker Rink. www.goprincetontigers.com. Colgate. 7 p.m.

Princeton Men’s Basketball, Jadwin Gymnasium. www.goprincetontigers.com. of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, 609-921Dartmouth. 7 p.m.

0100. www.thejewishcenter.org. Reception The Big Time, Princeton Symphony for an exhibit that provides a portrait of the fate of Jewish lawyers in Germany under Nazi Orchestra, McCarter Theater, 91 University rule. On view through January 30. 4 to 6 p.m. Place, 609-258-2787. www.princetonsymphony.org. Staged reading of a new musiMonday January 27 cal comedy from Douglas Carter Beane and The Hobbit, Princeton Public Library, Douglas J. Cohen. $25 and up. Register. 8 p.m.

65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529.

Vicki Ray and Flux Quartet, Wolfenwww.princetonlibrary.org. Raconteur Radio sohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study, 1 presents a staged radio play recreating J.R.R. Einstein Drive, 609-734-8228. www.ias.edu.

Tolkien’s famous story. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

Free, ticket required. 8 p.m.

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Mercer County Curbside Recycling Information All recyclables must be in official buckets and at the curb by 7:00 a.m. • NO ITEMS IN PLASTIC BAGS WILL BE COLLECTED

2020 MERCER COUNTY Curbside Recycling Schedule MONDAY Lawrence

Jan. 13, 27 Feb. 10, 24 March 9, 23 April 6, 20 May 4, 18 June 1,15,29

July 13,27 Aug.10,24 Sept.12,21 Oct.5,19 Nov. 2,16,30 Dec.14,28

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SPECIAL RECYCLING EVENTS Household Hazardous Waste Collection and Electronics Recycling Events Dempster Fire School (350 Lawrence Station Road) March 28, June 6 and September 19 / 8am - 2pm

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His interest in cooking originated with his mother. “My mother was a home cook, my grandmother was Italian,” he explained. “My mother was cooking very classic, simple French food, with products from the farm, and Italian food, which was simple too, because Italian food is all about the product (ingredients), and you have gorgeous product in Italy, maybe even more so than in France.”

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emurge described a typical family meal. “On Sunday the family would gather around the table and we would typically have roast chicken with potatoes and green salad. That would be very classic.”

“I was very curious when I was a kid, so I wasn’t making traditional dishes,” he said. “I was always mixing different ingredients and trying to make something different. I was not always very successful. As a kid, cooking is something like magic, to create something from flour, eggs… magic!”

Demurge studied engineering with an emphasis on finance and manage-

ment. Since engineering is a very pre- many aspiring chefs. “When I was cise and logical discipline, is he able 33 years old, I was looking to make a to make a connection between his en- change,” he explained. “I wanted to gineering studies and his approach to cook for a lot of reasons. I was always cooking? into cooking. I was kind of a geek, with “That’s interesting,” he said. “Yes and a full professional kitchen at home. I no, because for me, cooking is more got my CAP, the Certificat d’Aptitude about feeling than logic. When you try Professionnelle, which is the first desome food, it’s experienced more in gree in France you earn when you want your reptilian brain. But it’s true that to cook. You usually get it when you you add this scienare 16, but I did tific element with it as an adult. It molecular cook- ‘My mother was a home is typically a twoing. There’s Herve year program, but This in France, cook, my grandmother because I had exFerran Adria in perience I did it in Spain, Grant Ach- was Italian. My mother one year. atz in Chicago and was cooking very classic, “Then I did others. some internships, “There’s also simple French food, with and as always in the need for conlife you have to sistency,” he con- products from the farm, meet the right tinued. “We are and Italian food, which person. I was in an opening so lucky to have process (at Kris- was simple too.’ some great teachtine’s), and what ers, Auro Bucci we are looking for (Chef at a highly now is consistency. Anyone can cook a regarded restaurant in Chamonix, in nice dish one day, but to be able to do the French Alps) is amazing, the most it over and over is another question. So, personal chef I ever met, when he’s creyes, I organize my kitchen with some ated a dish, you know it’s his dish, so process. When we develop a new dish when you work for him you know that we are classic in our approach, because when you leave him you will do somewe are a bistro. When we add a dish to thing different. the menu I have a process in place to “Cooking may be a bit like painting ensure a consistent result.” in that you cannot do something that’s Demurge shared that his formal cu- not from deep inside you. Developing linary training began later in life than your own style of cooking is a learning

process.”

Demurge connected with Greg Vassos, executive chef at Brick Tavern.

“I’ve only worked at one restaurant in the U.S., Brick Tavern in Hopewell with Greg Vassos, for almost two years,” Demurge said. “He’s very impressive about consistency. I never saw him let a dish leave the kitchen that wasn’t exactly the way he wanted it.

“Since I did not speak English when I came to the U.S., I started working for him as a line cook. Cooking in a restaurant kitchen is all about communication, that’s the key, that’s what’s fun, and I met some very nice people, too.

“After two years I wanted to make a move, and I was thinking of going to work in New York City for a French chef,” he said. “A friend of my wife made the connection, she knew Jack Morrison, who had in mind a project to open a French bistro with a French chef, to make some simple dishes.

When I met Jack he was very involved in the project, he went to Paris and visited some places that I recommended to him, a lot of research. It sounded like the kind of project I wanted to be involved in. It could be a joyous thing.”

While the design of Kristine’s interior was underway, Demurge turned his attention to the menu and the wine list.

Laura Estey (Kristine’s general manager) and I did the wine tasting,” he said.

“We wanted to stick to the bistro style, so we selected wines that were well priced, easy to drink, and enjoyable.”

Kristine’s chef Nicolas Demurge.

Kristine’s wine list online recently featured several bottles (red, still white, sparkling white and rose) priced at a reasonable $32 and ranging up to $44, with just two outliers (a Champagne and a Sauterne) for those with the urge to splurge. Wine by the glass, beer, and cocktails are on offer as well.

“Construction was delayed for a while, so we had months to talk about the menu,” he said. “So basically with Jack, Laura, and Jess (Morrison, Jack Morrison’s son), who is part of the company, we built the menu around classic French bistro dishes. We started with as basic as can be, with steak frites, because that’s what you expect to find in a French bistro, steak tartare, duck confit.”

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One appetizer that’s proven popular with diners is the Mousse de foie gras, accompanied by brioche toast, onion & raisin chutney, and Demurge cited the dish as an example of the care that goes into sourcing the ingredients at Kristine’s. “We work a lot to source our products and I tried a lot of foie gras before we finally found this one,” he said, from Quebec.

“It’s very difficult to find the right meats, too, because we don’t have the same breeds of cows in the U.S. that we have in Europe. My feeling is that for the premier cuts U.S. beef is fantastic, but when you want a tougher but more flavorful piece of meat to make your stew that’s fatty enough, it’s very difficult.

You cannot imagine how many pieces of shank, of top round, of short rib from different suppliers I tried before finding meat that I’m satisfied with.

Does Kristine’s feature what Demurge would call a signature dish? “Ah, great question,” he replied. “Our best seller is the steak frites. Snails are a big seller, and why not? I’m very proud of the duck confit, because we are making the confit ourselves.

“I’m also very proud of the onion soup, because onion soup is usually made with beef stock or chicken stock, or both, which you cannot produce in big volume because you would have big pots everywhere. So for onion soup you usually buy beef stock, and I’m not into that, because I don’t think you can find a nice product, not only about quality but about how it’s made.

“So we decided to make it vegetarian, because it is a lot easier to make veg stock, and to add the concentration, to get the umami flavor, we developed a process to create a vegetarian soup that you cannot find elsewhere and that I think is the equal of a nonvegetarian one.”

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umors of the demise of Bon Appetit — the purveyor of fine foods at Princeton Shopping Center since 1967 — were greatly exaggerated.

Instead, the 52-year-old food emporium is under new ownership. Bill Lettier, the former Dean & DeLuca president and COO who has owned and managed the shop since 2008, has partnered with Princeton-based entrepreneur Russ White.

White, who left a career in publishing in 2006, has since launched a number of successful ventures, including Sourland Cycles in Hopewell (The Echo, July 2017).

It has been years since Princeton has had a proper bagel shop, but a few doors down from Bon Appetit the Bagel Nook is preparing for a January opening. In addition to standard bagel flavors the store, which also has a location in Freehold, offers “crazy” flavors such as flamin’ hot cheeto, coco puff, and fudge brownie, and cream cheeses including bacon cheddar, vanilla milkshake, and ghost pepper.

rant, does Demurge find time to cook at home? “I’m always cooking at home,” he said, “a little bit less lately because I’m always here, but I’m always cooking because I have two kids and I think it’s very important for kids to eat well, so in summer we buy all our vegetables from Cherry Grove organic farm.

“New Jersey is an amazing place when it comes to food, by the way. Between the shore, the vegetables… in summer just a tomato salad with a bit of mozzarella and some basil and olive oil ... It’s wonderful!”

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The real man Alps, I was sitting opposite a father with two daughters. He pointed out all the he man sitting opposite me in mountaintops. “There lies the Matterthe cafe is eating a sandwich. But horn, there Mont Blanc, and further on it’s not as simple as that. Every- Monte Rosa.” The girls listened meekone must relish it. He attacks the bun ly. But everything he said was wrong. like a caveman hunting a mammoth. He was totally in the wrong direction.

His jaws grind the food relentlessly, as When the youngest, a stubborn girl if it is a question of how long you can with glasses, cautiously questioned one of these geographical “facts,” the father keep the food in punished her. She your mouth. learned a lot.

It is not easy to It is not easy to be a real In addition be a real man in to being verthis world. You man in this world. You bose, you can have a lot to tell, make you take up a lot of have a lot to tell, you take literally space, and you are up a lot of space, and you yourself bigger.

Man-spreading very hungry. That is another way to is why there is are very hungry. manifest yourself mansplaining. The as a man. You need of men to explain everything to women. Preferably take up as much space as possible in things they don’t know or don’t under- the metro, train, and bus, so that no stand. Or about which they are clueless. one can get around you. You spread From Brexit to self-driving cars, from your legs as widely as possible, push the Trump’s impeachment to women’s ha- people next to you away, and take up rassment, they are all explained in great three seats. In doing so, you force the detail. They don’t need to read a book women in front of you to look at your or newspaper for that. You’re a man, so most masculine places. Nice bonus.

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eating.” Eat like an old man, as showy and slowly as possible. Like the man opposite me in the cafe. Preferably in the middle of a conversation. Now that I have started paying attention, I see it more and more around me — an army of Archie Bunkers. The simplest sandwich is eaten as if it is a bloody steak.

Most of us make every effort to keep our mouths shut while eating, not to make any sounds. But not a real man.

He is as noisy as possible. I eat, therefore I am. After the meal food particles between the teeth are ostentatiously

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removed, with pieces preferably landing on the dress of the woman opposite him. As a man you don’t let the steak be eaten by the bread. Certainly not by a woman.

Caesar, another real man, said it all: I spoke, I sat, I ate.

Pia de Jong is a Dutch writer who lives in Princeton. Her bestselling memoir, “Saving Charlotte,” was published in 2017 in the U.S. She can be contacted at pdejong@ias.edu.

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