Category Archives: Food & Dining

Celebrate Valentine’s Day the Michigan Way

February 7, 2012 – 11:15 am

Here’s a whole ton of Valentine’s Day ideas. YOU probably have some other ideas – share them in the comments or right here or on our Facebook! Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. – Confucius by Church of One Next Tuesday, February 14th is Valentine’s Day – a day for lovers, sweethearts, paramours [...]

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If you want to go to the Traverse City Winter Microbrew and Music Festival – Read This!

February 6, 2012 – 6:48 pm

Sooo… the person we selected to win 2 tickets to the Traverse City Winter Microbrew and Music Festivalhasn’t contacted us. The festival is this Saturday, February 11th – just days away. That means we have to give these away and give them away quickly to someone who wants to make the trip to Traverse City!If this [...]

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The Daily Michigan: Two tickets to the Winter Traverse City Microbrew & Music Festival

February 2, 2012 – 1:32 pm

Today’s offering in The Daily Michigan is a pair of tickets to the 3rd Annual Winter Traverse City Microbrew & Music Festival (must be 21 to win). The festival has so much to offer that probably the best thing we can do is give you the poster above to click on! Click here to sign up Shadows on [...]

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The Daily Michigan: 5# of Dried Cherries from Cherry Republic

February 1, 2012 – 8:46 am

Here’s the first of our new The Daily Michigan features, and one of our readers will win 5 pounds of tart cherries! All you need to do to be eligible is to let us know you want to win. We hope you’ll sign up to receive our daily email (Monday – Friday) but if that’s [...]

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February is National Cherry Month!

February 1, 2012 – 7:20 am

Michigan Cherries by jdurchen Did you know that Michigan is the largest producer of Montmorency tart cherries, growing 70-75% of the crop? February is National Cherry Month, and the Cherry Marketing Institute (link below) has bushels of info about the history and present state of the cherry industry including growing research showing that antioxidants in tart [...]

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February Michigan Event Calendar

January 30, 2012 – 8:30 am

Iron Works #2 – Cranbrook by MikeRyu Our Michigan February Event Calendar shows that the more the weather tries to keep us holed up, the more ways we find to get out and have fun!! Of course, there’s still many, many more and we invite you to fill us in on other February events in [...]

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Discover Michigan Wines at Regional Wine and Food Tasting Events

January 23, 2012 – 12:26 pm

Delicious Michigan is a regular column by Lorri Hathaway and Sharon Kegerreis, authors of the award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries and The History of Michigan Wines. Learn more and get autographed books at deliciousmichigan.com and read some of their past articles on Absolute Michigan at Michigan Uncorked! Michigan’s wine industry is booming, and the [...]

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Back to Your Senses explores work & pleasure

December 21, 2011 – 9:42 am

Back to Your Senses is an episodic series about people who take risks to do what gives them their greatest pleasure. The hostess, Andrea Claire Maio, produced a great interview for Absolute Michigan this summer at Electric Forest with Michigan musician Super Dre. Now she’s seeking support to develop Back to Your Senses through the [...]

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Michigan New Years Eve Happenings

December 20, 2011 – 9:45 am

We have assembled a list of some of the best New Year’s Eve events from across the state including a number from Detroit & Grand Rapids / Kalamazoo’s massive New Year’s Fest’s featuring fireworks, music and more! Did we get them all? Not likely!! Be sure to add the ones we missed to the comments [...]

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Absolute Michigan Giveaway: Cadeau Creations gift basket

December 9, 2011 – 9:54 am

Cadeau Creations was born and bred in the wild Upper Peninsula of Michigan. In addition to complete catering services, they have created specially-designed baskets of gourmet goodness from the people, places and soil of the U.P. using the freshest local ingredients and select organic and Fair Trade ingredients. They make a great gift for homesick [...]

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