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Michigan Comes Up Gold - Belgian Golden Ales that is

The New York Times Beers of the Times recently did a tasting of Belgian Golden Ales that Michigan - precisely the Leelanau Brewing Company and Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales - dominated, taking home the 4th best and the top beer! Of the 20 beers…
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Make a Sour Cherry Preserves Tart for National Cherry Month!

February is National Cherry Month, and over at the Spoon Blog from American Spoon, Megan baked up a tasty treat that she was kind enough to share with us. Dig in! Ordinarily I would not insist that you drop whatever you're doing and…
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2010 Michigan Brewers Guild Winter Beer Festival

The 5th Annual Winter Beer Festival will take place Saturday, February 27th, 2010 at the Fifth Third Ballpark in Comstock Park, just north of Grand Rapids. The Winter Festival is a unique opportunity to sample some of the best beers in the world,…
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Tweet & Taste Michigan: Wines of Black Star Farms

Shannon Casey is the publisher of MichiganByTheBottle.com, a blog that features original content like tasting notes, articles, in-depth winery video features and weekly video podcasts, as well as links to news stories on Michigan wine from across…
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Photo Friday: Deep in the Depot Town Jungles by allthingsgrow

In addition to making some pretty cool prints, allthingsgrow has some cool pictures in her the rest slideshow. She took this picture in Ypsilanti's Depot Town. Check out her Flickriver.
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Love & Wine in Northern Michigan

Taste the Passion 2011 - February 5&6, 2011. Cabin fever taking hold? Well here are a couple of great reasons to embrace winter in northern Michigan. The Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association presents "Taste the Passion ~ Wine, Chocolate…
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Michigan Books: Annie's Ghosts: A Journey into a Family Secret by Steve Luxenberg

Annie's Ghosts: A Journey into a Family Secret by Steve Luxenberg (Hyperion). The fear of mental illness hits deep into the psyche, and that terror brings about this fascinating book of research into family genealogy, personal history and secrets…
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Missing Michigan: Checking in with Jim Harrison

Grand Marais Harbour by ETCphoto We're looking at Michigan Notable Books this month on Absolute Michigan, so how about a notable Michigan author? The Detroit Free Press has a feature on Jim Harrison by freelance writer Christopher Walton…
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Michigan Books: American Salvage: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell

American Salvage: Stories by Bonnie Jo Campbell (Wayne State University Press). In these stories about cold, lonely, working-class Michigan life, Campbell creates a world where salvation counterbalances loss and despair, and she leaves the reader…
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Michigan Ice Wines: The chill is the thrill

In The thrill of the chill, Michigan wine writer Michael Brenton says: Grapes for ice wine are hand-harvested while rock-hard. Water components of the grape juice stay frozen during the pressing process. Sugars, acids and other flavor components…
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Weird Wednesday: 3-2-1 Happy ... UFOs?

The last Wednesday of every month is a "Weird Wednesday" on Absolute Michigan, when Linda Godfrey gives you a sample of what's weird in the Wolverine State. You can listen to Linda's latest podcasts and report your own strange encounters at…
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Lansing Family Christmas 2009

A group of gifted musician friends from Michigan decided to get together by recording some holiday music and posting it up for all to hear. We think the songs sound great so pop over to their web page and hear their renditions of classics such…