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Michigan History: A wok down memory lane with La Choy

As America began its experiment with Prohibition in the early 1920s, some Michiganians concocted illegal spirits in their bathtubs. However, at least one Detroiter reportedly used his bathtub to grow bean sprouts. From such modest beginnings…
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Spotlight: Food, Wine & All That Jazz, October 10 - Grand Rapids

Van Andel Museum by DarrinW As an autumn evening descends, WGVU and D&W present Food, Wine & All That Jazz, West Michigan's premier wine tasting event at the Grand Rapids Public Museum. Enjoy more than 35 tables filled with over 300 domestic…
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It's "Hello World" for Michigan wine drinkers

Barrel room at Merryvale by star5112 Tom Wark's Fermentation wine blog says: Michigan Consumers should be smiling. A Federal District Court Judge in that state ruled on Tuesday that the state's law that bars consumers from buying and having…
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Get your Green(s) at the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference

SEEDS director Sarna Salzman talks about the Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference which takes place October 17-19th, 2008 in Traverse City, Michigan @ Northwestern Michigan College (click through to view in high quality). The music is "Greens" by…
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The Week for September 22-28, 2008

Untitled by Sara Behm Today is the autumn equinox and fall starts in about 15 minutes (11:44 am), so I hope everyone has a chance pay their official respects to summer 2008. After last week's Event-a-palooza, this weekend's Four Flags…
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Michigan's Small Business Advocate ... and cider

cider by yodraws Crain's Detroit has a neat "Small Talk" series of videos. One of these is a Q&A with Michigan's Small Business Advocate, Chris Holman. His job is to connect small businesses with services and programs. I had no idea there…
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Visit the Capitol September 18 for the Select Michigan Day Farmers Market

Farmer's Market @ the Michigan Capitol The Michigan House of Representatives passed a resolution last week naming Thursday, September 18, 2008 the fourth annual “Buy Fresh, Buy Local – Select Michigan Day,” and to celebrate,…
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The Week for September 15-21, 2008

Rain or Shine (since 1922) by paulh192 Welcome to a special Monday evening edition of The Week on Absolute Michigan. While the stock market falls, folks on Mackinac Island are getting ready for the Festival of the Falling Leaves Moon (Sep…
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Ready to Pick: Michigan Plums!

Michigan's Plums by PhotoLab507 Taste the Local Difference says that plums are ready to pick. Janice Benson, TLD's dynamic coordinator writes: Last summer, our friend Angel took us for a ride to see all of the fresh fruit he so proudly had…
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Road Trip: Oktoberfest, Frankenmuth September 18-21

oktoberfest by 46137 In 1990, Frankenmuth, "Michigan's Little Bavaria," celebrated its first Oktoberfest. The Frankenmuth Oktoberfest celebrates German culture, heritage and love. Their goal is to incorporate as many of the sights, sounds,…
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Traverse Epicurean Classic video

Scott Allman & Eric Villegas of the TV show Fork in the Road visited the Traverse Epicurean Classic in 2006 - you can visit in 2008 if you enter Absolute Michigan's Epicurean Classic Giveaway! The winner will be announced on Friday so be…
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The rise of urban farms in Detroit

Currant harvest - get ready for jam! photo courtesy Earthworks Urban Farm Back in August, Detroit Make It Here - a site produced by Crain's Detroit Business that is targeted at young professionals - had an interesting article titled The…