We all know that carrots are a good and important food, even when baked in a cake and slathered with a cream cheese icing (hey,…
Finnish cuisine isn’t likely (never say never) to have a following to rival the popularity of Italian, Mexican, Chinese and Mediterranean foods—and French, of course….
We’re approaching mid-August and Perseid meteor shower time, potentially one of the best opportunities to see dozens of meteors streak across the night skies. I’m hoping…
It’s a candy store for book lovers. The long, tall shelves at Michigan News Agency in downtown Kalamazoo are packed with 15,000 neatly organized paperbacks, 6,000 magazines…
If the sign for “Free Admission – Free Bathrooms” doesn’t draw you in, the massive chain saw on the side of the road should make…
With five kids it was a rare treat for our family to eat at a restaurant, even while traveling. We became very familiar with picnics…
Here’s another idea for cooking with Vernors, Detroit’s delish ginger ale. This is an easy way to prepare salmon; you might say it’s deliciously different:…
Once in a while (maybe twice a year) I have a taste for onion rings, but last week when the mood hit I didn’t have…
I’m a born eavesdropper. A lot of people do it but when you’re a writer, it’s part of the job description. Do you know how…
