Enough already

It really must stop.
All this roasting and mashing and gravy-making, this pie-baking and eating and socializing. So many delicious and impossibly heavy meals in the space of a week has my tastebuds kind of tired. Maybe–dare I say it?–even a little worn out.
As you may recall, it all started with a pre-holiday dinner with [...]

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Community Farm Kitchen and the CFAA Grand Finale

For a couple years now, food-conscious friends and co-workers have been telling me about their farm shares. For those who are unfamiliar, various local farms are part of the Community Supported Agriculture system. They generally practice organic or biodynamic farming methods, and sell “shares” in their harvest that participants receive on a weekly basis.
While intrigued [...]

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A Girl’s First Time

Like everyone else in the food blog world this week, I greet you with tales of Thanksgiving dinner. Although mine is already cooked. You read that right: my turkey, gravy, stuffing, and all the usual suspects have already been prepared. No, I wasn’t trying out some new fad in holiday cooking–make everything 48 [...]

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Alone in the kitchen with Alone in the Kitchen With An Eggplant

The subtitle for this post might be “an antidote to Thanksgiving.” Or it might be “the opinions stated here are entirely Maria’s and do not reflect the opinion of the management of G3.” Because this is the deal. I just Don’t. Get. That. Excited. About. Thanksgiving. I’ve been trying the past couple of years. [...]

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About Town: Brief Dispatches from the Ann Arbor Food World

This is mostly a post for the locals (and some local wannabes . . . Hello Ann Arborites in exile — or at least those of you having nostalgic moments!). I’ve had several little things come across the wires this week, so wanted to do a quick round-up of food news from the AA [...]

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Update on Everyday Cook Needs You

We recently told you that Mary Campbell of Everyday Wines and Everyday Cook would be speaking at the city council meeting, but we had the wrong date. Mary will be speaking on Monday, November 19 (not the 12th) regarding her pursuit of the one available liquor license from the city of Ann Arbor.

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Everyday Cook Needs You

From our friends at everyday cook in Kerrytown:
Hello everyone. We typically reserve these emails for announcing upcoming classes and events, but today we are asking for your help.
As many of you know, the city of Ann Arbor has one liquor license available that has been eagerly sought by more than 30 [...]

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Easy as . . .

I’m all for seasonal, fresh, local, all that. I’m all for the creative and spontaneous production of dinner based on what looks good, what unexpected or long anticipated treasure has come into the market. But, as George Bush once memorably said, you need to put food on your family (actually he said that Americans [...]

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