 "Wine Spectator" praised Anderson's spaghetti carbonara in 2010.In 2012, Elements was voted both best brunch and best lunch in "New Jersey Monthly"s 29th Annual Jersey Choice Restaurant Poll and was ranked the 35th-best restaurant in the United States by OpinionatedAboutDining.com, as reported by "Forbes".In 2013, "New Jersey Monthly" named Elements as a Top 25 restaurant, praising Scott Anderson for his revival of artisanal techniques of preserving food.