Category Archives: Michigan Grown

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 start baking now, but ordinarily I don’t run across tarts as easy to [...]

Celebrate Valentine's Day the Michigan Way

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 [...]

February Michigan Event Calendar

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 [...]

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 remain concentrated in the grape nectar, which ultimately will become ice wine. The process of pressing precious [...]

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 They Weave!, begins:
The rise of Kalamazoo’s strong Good Food movement is a story about people—and about how one good thing [...]

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 and believe that food preparation must embrace seasonal variety and ripeness without complication. [...]

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 farmer's market:
In September, the market was named “Most Loved Market in America” in a nationwide contest sponsored by Care2.com [...]

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 photo in this post was taken by Cherie S. and is titled "Don't worry about the [...]

A Very Michigan Thanksgiving

Turkey by Vaughan
Thanksgiving is just around the corner and Michiganians will soon be hitting the road to attend family get togethers and enjoying annual traditions. To help get ready for the upcoming holiday we have compiled a bunch of informative and entertaining Thanksgiving related links for you to enjoy.
Head over to Michigan.gov and learn all [...]

The Conference on Michigan's Future

Wind farm in Ubly Michigan by Ray Dumas
The 2nd annual Conference on Michigan's Future will be held Friday November 13 through Sunday, November 15, 2009 at Crystal Mountain Resort near Traverse City.
The conference will explores visions of a sustainable future for Michigan, from the critical challenges facing our economy to strategies for developing a [...]