Category Archives: Recipes

Ready to Pick: Michigan Cherries

July 6, 2010 – 7:12 am

Untitled by jenny murray First Michigan Cherries by RichardDemingPhotography Taste the Local Difference says that sweet cherries are ready to pick! A quick check of Real Time Farms and the photos in the Absolute Michigan pool shows that cherries are available across Michigan. They were available so early this year that the National Cherry Festival [...]

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Michigan Rhubarb: Ready to pick!

June 16, 2010 – 6:02 am

emil hates rhubarb by yodraws Taste the Local Difference says that rhubarb is in season. They note that rhubarb is high in Vitamins A and C, calcium and fiber and that one cup of diced rhubarb contains about 26 calories. It’s often called the “pie plant and for centuries, the dried root of the plant [...]

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March is Michigan Maple Syrup Season!

March 29, 2010 – 8:10 am

Although 2010 hasn’t been the best of years for maple sugaring, Megan from Spoon Blog took a visit to the 320 acre Currey Farm near Charlevoix to check out the maple syrup making process. In , she writes: Head over to Michigan Maple to read all about it and check out The Cycle of Sweetness: [...]

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Make a Sour Cherry Preserves Tart for National Cherry Month!

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 [...]

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Freshmen in the Kitchen: Mushroom Barley Soup

December 16, 2009 – 7:31 am

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 or make the perfect pasta. With engaging writing and [...]

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Cook’s House: Classic French Onion Soup Gratinée

December 8, 2009 – 7:25 am

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. Cooks’ [...]

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Selecting wines for Thanksgiving dinner with Claudia Tyagi

November 15, 2009 – 7:24 pm

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 dinner. They’ve since removed it from the web, but she recommended: I always like Riesling with turkey, although with poultry [...]

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Michigan apples, not only delicious but prized

October 7, 2009 – 2:32 pm

Local Apples by nasunto Fall is here and that means it is once again time to enjoy Michigan’s largest and most valuable crop – the apple. With temperatures unseasonably flirting with the freezing point, the race is on to harvest the prized fruit. Adding to this challenge is the fact that Michigan is enjoying it’s [...]

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Ready to Pick: New Potatoes

August 25, 2009 – 9:26 am

Taste the Local Difference is produced in Northwest Michigan and promotes local farm foods, helps schools serve them, links new farmers to land and other resources, and supports food and farm business networks. They have all kinds of articles and resources for local food that you’ll appreciate even if your growing season is a little [...]

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Absolute Michigan Giveaway: 2009 Epicurean Classic in St. Joseph

August 13, 2009 – 10:19 am

Tasting Tent II by farlane The 2009 Epicurean Classic takes place St. Joseph August 28 – 30, 2009. It’s one of the premier annual celebrations of culinary artisanship, drawing big name chefs from around the nation and world who lead classes & cooking presentations and mingle in a relaxed and unimaginably tasty setting. Add in [...]

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