Steak sandwiches, ice cream sandwiches and one-of-a-kind pasta most impressed food writer Kara VanDooijeweert this week.

This column publishes on Saturdays, and typically features standout eats from Morris, Essex, Bergen, Hudson, Passaic and/or Sussex Counties.

My pride has been all over the map this week.

On the one hand, I was riding high when I took second out of 511 competitors in my division at the New York City Hyrox race on Saturday (shoutout to any of you who also ran!).

Just 24 hours prior, though, one of our summer interns approached during the season's annual onboarding and asked, "So, do you... work here? Or are you an intern?"

I glanced down at my outfit of sweatpants, Ultraboosts and a cut-off barbecue t-shirt.

Peering back at the kid, I thought, " Girl . Look at

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