| When I was at Zingerman's Roadhouse during their fabulous Harvest Dinner, I ran into the delightful Jan Longone, curator of American Culinary History at the Clements Library. She told me about her... | |
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| One Saturday afternoonThree empty stomachsFour taquerias in Detroit's Mexican TownAh, yes, it's the Taqueria Tour of 2008. Most local Ann Arborites who have been to Detroit Mexican Town are familiar... | |
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| Stop #2: Tacos El Primo, the taco truck"Hey, I've always wanted to check out that truck!"One U-turn later, and we were parked across the street from Tacos El Primo. The menu is painted on the board.... | |
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| Stop #3: The King of ChickenJoe spotted these guys grilling outside along Vernor Hwy, and said "we've got to check this out." It turns out that they were grilling chicken, and selling it by the half... | |
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| I've been remiss in finishing out our taco-tour. I did say "three empty stomachs and four taqueries", so time to finish this off because I have a ton of exciting restaurant reports from our... | |
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| Joe says to me, "We have that stale brioche. I bet it'd make fantastic French toast." And it would. No betting about it. But I didn't really want French toast. I was thinking that buttermilk waffles... | |
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| For many years Chia Shiang has been the Chinese restaurant of choice for local vegetarians with their wide range of soy and wheat gluten faux-meat dishes, as well as being one of a couple that serve... | |
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| Joe and I often do things on a whim. After our morning walk, my friend Patti and I met up with Joe at everyday lunch for — what else — lunch. That evening everyday lunch would be hosting their... | |
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| Chiu Chow-Style Pork Spring Moon from The Breath of a Wok I've been seeing Grace Young's The Breath of a Wok around for several years now, but had always skipped over it. Though I do love a good Hong... | |
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| Brach's Bunny Basket Eggs Proper celebration of Easter requires an Easter Basket filled with candy. Today there is a plethora of bad inexpensive chocolates of various sorts, but when picking out... | |
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