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Summer Garden Food Rules!
August 25, 2010 - I've been remiss in not reporting much about the best part of summer: the fresh garden food!
8/23: We've been rockin' it hard -- peaches, tomatoes, basil, sweet corn and beets.
...Let's hear it for the BLT!
Now our raspberries are hittin' it hard and heavy. The plants are taller than I am, by far, yet they're arching way... > Read
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Internet Dinner
August 24, 2010 - The rest of the family ran away for the evening so I had this humorous scenario going for dinner while doing backup and working on a few YouTube Hollerfest videos...
fresh salsa
fresh garden ratatouile
...and such > Read
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Green Cuisine courtesy of Food for Thought
August 08, 2010 - The local food farm folks at "Food for Thought" hosted a big local food fest a few weeks ago. About a dozen local vendors gave out samples of their wares -- meaning: wine, beer, pork, veggies, apps -- the works! The event was at their farm. Hundreds showed up for the fun.
This whole summer up north we've seen local food and far... > Read
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Legs Inn: Always Rocks Hard
August 08, 2010 - Whenever you're up north near Cross Village you have to stop in at Legs Inn, right? Right!
It's an oldtime Polish place, that hires Polish summer workers and serves up tons of made from scratch Polish food. It also rocks hard at night.
Years ago our various friends had bands that played at Legs. It was always worth the pilg... > Read
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A Few Spots to Visit in Chicago
March 25, 2010 - We visited Chicago a few weeks ago and stayed with friends. They showed us a few neat places that were new to us that you might find to be of interest if you ever get over that way and if the description sounds good.
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Highlights:
*Billy Goat Tavern -- Local newspaper reporters still go there for lunch. It's hidden benea... > Read
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Laura Zindel: Dishware featuring the Back Yard
October 06, 2009 - I happily discovered the dishware art of Laura Zindel on our family roadtrip this summer. So I thought I'd pass the tip along to you.
She makes plates, bowls, cups and things with a mix of artwork applied to them that you don't usually see.
Sure, she has birds. But she also includes snakes and spiders!
I like the idea of... > Read
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Berry Time!
October 02, 2009 - It's too bad that I don't have a photo of it -- forgot -- but it's red raspberry season now and for the first time Henry pitched in and helped with the weeding and the picking and he set up a roadside stand and made $20 all told. But he's about done with berries now. 20 minutes a day was a BIT too much.
Well, it didn't help t... > Read
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Rare "Direct Access" Wine Tasting
March 27, 2009 - I’m sorry I wasn’t able to let you know ahead of time about the sweetest, swankiest event that went down last night. But at least I can give you a little report about it.
A very rare situation happened and I was able to understand a wee bit of the amazingness of it.
OK, nine French and Italian Estate Vintners got together in... > Read
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The Egg Nog Time of Year
December 14, 2008 - It's the mulled wine and egg nog time of year. OK, hot toddies, too.
I have a story here elsewhere about Glug, the superstar of winter wine, but for now let's look at The Nog.
Here's a link to a bunch of egg nog recipes.
My fave is the Traditional.
You haven't had nog until you've had Real Nog.
You whip up your... > Read
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It's Time for Apple Pie and Strong Beer!
October 14, 2008 - All I have to say is that this time of year is perfect, according to my druthers, for a big slice of apple pie and a glass of rich, strong beer. Somehow they really go good together this year.
We've been buying local unprocessed cider. And there are a couple apple trees along our nearby dirt road that are full of red feral app... > Read
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Raspberry Rawkin'!
September 13, 2008 - [BUMP from 9/13. UPDATE: The berries are still rockin'! Over a quart a day from 60 feet of bushes.]
Berries grow best for me of anything, so I grow the most of them. I also think they're WAY tasty. So it's win-win. (Toms grow fine, too---lots of stuff does---but berries rock the best.) I like letting nature do the work.
[... > Read
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MBC: *Really* Rocking Now!
September 12, 2008 - Michigan Brewing Company took a huge step up last year.
Bobby Mason, the owner, had long been mentioning his plan to buy the huge factory building behind his medium-size polebarn. And last year he finally did it.
I've posted about MBC here before. And MBC has been a longtime advertiser with OYB. They're what we're all ab... > Read
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Short's: I heard of 'em for years, finally visited!
September 12, 2008 - If you hang out an hour or so around roots-music buffs in Michigan, or around beer enthusiasts, or up north local-spirit type folks in general, I think the odds are good that the name SHORT'S will come up.
That's how it's been for me for a few years now.
Short's is a brew pub up north in downtown Bellaire, Michigan.
I'... > Read
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Raspberries & Peaches: Oh Yeah!
September 09, 2008 - Our raspberries are coming on strong right now. They're the seedless, red, everbearing kind.
They rank among my favorite top ten foods.
...Right up there with them is the Peach!
Peaches are interesting and they're like most of my favorite foods: I couldn't eat them all that often. There's a "too much" flavor factor in... > Read
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DIY Restauranting: picnics!
July 27, 2008 - In this day, when gastronomy has sunk into a desuetude, as Jack Saunders said, why go eat slop in a cavern served by sullen teens? Or, are primped-up displays of food actually relevant? Food really isn't fussy. Make it right and enjoy...fuel up. Is that so hard? ---Only when someone is trying to rip off someone else. Then we start o... > Read
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