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 we tasted, 10 were from Belgium, nine from the United States [...]
February 25, 2010 – 10:30 am
The list of Restaurant and Chef semifinalists for the 2010 James Beard Foundation Awards has been released. The Beard awards are the nation's most prestigious recognition program honoring professionals in the food and beverage industries. Michigan has an impressive five chefs in the running for Best Chef: Great Lakes:
Myles Anton, Trattoria Stella, Traverse City, MI
Randy [...]
February 23, 2010 – 7:39 am
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 start baking now, but ordinarily I don’t run across tarts as easy to [...]
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February 15, 2010 – 11:40 am
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, all brewed in Michigan. The organizers are expecting more than 35 Michigan [...]
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February 8, 2010 – 2:40 am
Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius by Church of One
The day for lovers, sweethearts, paramours and chocoholics is drawing near. Like it, love it, or hate it, Valentine's Day has become an annual tradition. Such a tradition, that according to the Greeting Card Association, over one billion valentines will be given [...]
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February 1, 2010 – 10:20 am
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 the Web. The site’s purpose is to educate consumers on the state’s presence in the wine industry, expose [...]
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January 28, 2010 – 2:54 pm
Cabin fever taking hold? Well here are a couple of great reasons to embrace winter in northern Michigan. On Febraury 6 & 7 the Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association presents "Taste the Passion ~ Wine, Chocolate & Love". The following weekend as part of the Cherry Capital Winter WonderFest is the "Traverse City Wine & [...]
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January 21, 2010 – 7:18 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 the [...]
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January 6, 2010 – 5:36 pm
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 remain concentrated in the grape nectar, which ultimately will become ice wine. The process of pressing precious [...]
December 17, 2009 – 7:31 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, fireworks and more! Did we get them all? Not likely!! Be sure to add the ones we missed to the comments and be [...]
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