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Freshmen in the Kitchen: Mushroom Barley Soup

Freshman in the Kitchen, From Clueless Cook to Creative Chef by Max and Eli Sussman takes the reader through the skills needed by the aspiring cook from how to set up your kitchen or how to shop locally and organically to how to flip your omelets…
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Michigan Good Food Tour: Fair Food Matters in Kalamazoo

beets450 by CreateWithKim The Michigan Land Use Institute's Patty Cantrell is reporting on how communities across Michigan building stronger communities with healthy, local food in the Good Food Tour. The latest, Kalamazoo: Oh, the Webs…
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Cook's House: Classic French Onion Soup Gratinée

Chefs Eric Patterson and Jennifer Blakeslee have assembled a yearlong series of menus and recipes that draw deeply from nature and the desire to nourish body and soul. The pair are partners in the small Traverse City bistro The Cook's House…
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Absolute Michigan Holiday Shopping Giveaway

ABSOLUTE MICHIGAN GIVEAWAY The contest is now complete and our winner has been notified. Even if you were not a winner we encourage you to support Michigan business and check out their Ultimate Holiday Shopping Packages. The Baronette…
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Think Globally, Gift Locally: the 100-mile Cultural Diet

Sweet! by Vision Three Images - Michael Koole In the 100-Mile Cultural Diet, Timothy Young of Food for Thought writes: Local food is hot. As we continue discovering evidence of all the social, environmental and economic benefits of eating…
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Year-round at the Flint Farmer's Market

market vendor. by sarah. reed. Flint Farmer's Market Slideshow Last weekend's Chicago Sun Times featured a great writeup on the Flint Farmer's Market, nothing that one thing Vehicle City has over the Windy City is a year-round, enclosed…
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Cyber Monday and Holiday Deals in Michigan

Screen Head by Chancellor Monnette AnnArbor.com has a look at Cyber Monday that notes that online sales are expected to increase slightly in 2009, but that an overall dip in holiday spending may make it a wash. Price remains the driving…
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Weird Wednesday: Please Pass the Gizzards

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 at weirdmichigan.com, follow her on Twitter…
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2009 Absolute Michigan Holiday Gift Guide

Photo by Cherie S. Think Globally, Shop Locally with our Michigan Holiday Gift Guide, designed to help you find the perfect Michigan gifts online or off. Feel free to add your Michigan based gift suggestions in the comments section below! The…
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Detroit innovation lives on

model T, by artsy T by artsy_T Our battered Michigan auto industry still has a trick or two up its sleeve. A couple of weeks ago, Michigan Radio had a feature on inflatable rear seat belts that will be offered as an option on next year's…
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Report on the Grand Rapids International Wine Festival

Michigan By the Bottle has a great report on last weekend's Grand Rapids International Wine Festival which featured over 100 Michigan wines for tasting (and I'm not just saying that because the interviewed me): Grand Rapids International…
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Selecting wines for Thanksgiving dinner with Claudia Tyagi

This article appears courtesy the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association. In Five questions with wine expert Claudia Tyagi, the Detroit Free Press asked Master Sommelier* Claudia Tyagi about selecting Michigan wines to go with a Thanksgiving…