Category Archives: Food, Health & Nutrition

Five Things You Need to Know for Tuesday, November 6 2007

November 6, 2007 – 7:35 am

It's an off-year Election Day edition of Five Things You Need to Know about Michigan. Despite the lack of big name offices to decide, there's a lot of the nuts and bolts decisions to make about schools and local government. The Secretary of State reminds you to bring your photo ID to the polls for [...]

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Michigan Word of the Week: Honey

October 29, 2007 – 7:50 am

Honey by kamerakara
The Word of the Week is honey. The hardworking bees & beekeepers have done their work and as the weather turns cold, it's time to think about ways to can use all that Michigan honey! The Michigan Department of Agriculture says that Michigan's annual honey production of 5 million pounds make it the [...]

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Word of the Week: Pumpkin

October 15, 2007 – 9:55 am

Extreme Pumpkin by John Clement Howe
I realize that we did a pretty good job of covering the official October veggie in our Michigan Pumpkins feature a couple weeks ago, but I want a pumpkin on the Absolute Michigan homepage, so there. You can check out farm markets and other pumpkin-related businesses at Absolute Michigan keyword [...]

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Michigan Pumpkins

October 4, 2007 – 9:56 am

About this photo, Larry the Biker writes "Linus may have found his spot in Bruce Township, Michigan. A farmer told me once that Macomb County, Michigan is one of the largest producers of pumpkins in the United States."
I couldn't find confirmation on that fact, but I did find a some pumpkin & fall harvest information [...]

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Word of the Week: Apples

October 2, 2007 – 9:30 am

The word of the week this week is APPLE. Taste the Local Difference says that Apples are ready to pick in Michigan. In addition to lots of apple facts and some cool apple recipes (Apple Nachos??), they say that:
Apples are the largest fruit crop grown in Michigan. There are over 8 million apples trees [...]

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Shop Michigan: Hummingbird Nectar Tea (and Chew) from the Light of Day

September 24, 2007 – 9:57 am

Hummingbird Nectar Tea is a delicious blend of local fruits; organic Montmorency Cherry, organic Hibiscus, organic Blueberry, organic Grape, organic Currant, organic Elderberry. Hummingbird Nectar also includes organic Maple Syrup bits. The tea has become so popular and is so delicious that people have started chewing it as Hummingbird Nectar Chew.
Light of Day is [...]

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Shop Michigan: Highland Humanity Blend Coffee from Higher Grounds

September 6, 2007 – 9:24 am

Higher Grounds Highland Humanity Blend coffee is "a robust blend with a rich, full body that has the caramel nuances of a medium roast and the bold flavors of dark roasts." The blend comes in 1 lbs, 3 lbs, or 5 lbs and it's just one of a number of fair trade and shade grown [...]

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Culinary delights at the Traverse Epicurean Classic

August 28, 2007 – 8:02 am

I took this photo of Perry Harmon (who now makes a very tasty and tender biscotti for a living) at the Traverse Epicurean Classic last year (slideshow). The Epicurean Classic is an amazing annual celebration of food, wine, brewing and cooking that gets better every year. It was founded to benefit the Great Lakes Culinary [...]

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Shop Michigan: Potato Brats from Nowicki's Sausage Shoppe

August 15, 2007 – 7:44 am

Featuring Delicious locally made sausages are the best for miles around and in business since 1917, Nowicki's Sausage Shoppe has been making homemade specialties for five generations. In 1979 Nowick's Sausage Shoppe created the world's longest sausage, totaling 8,773 feet. Featured in the Guinness Book of World Records, Nowicki's Sausage Shoppe will forever be remembered [...]

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Michigan raclette cheese named best in North America

August 8, 2007 – 10:10 am

Leelanau Cheese by Andy McFarlane
The Leelanau Cheese Company of Suttons Bay, Michigan beat out more than 1,200 entries to take the "Best of Show" award for their Aged Raclette at the 24th annual American Cheese Society cheese competition. This year's event was the largest cheese competition in U.S. history.
Owners and cheesemakers John and Anne Hoyt [...]

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