Cheesy tacos, Roman pizza and a cookie "surprise" 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.

Happy back to school season, North Jersey!

While most kids find this time of year utterly traumatic (it's a tough blow going from swimming, slime-making and Guitar Hero to homework, computer lab and locker rooms), I personally adored returning to the hallowed halls of my town's learning institutions.

On the one hand, I liked the structure of school days, and showing off my JCPenney tracksuits to friends. I relished the trinkets I was able to collect at the school store, and I lived for sports practices under the falling autumn leaves.

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