Crop Spot: Rutabaga
Rutabaga is an underappreciated winter root vegetable, often just noted for its funny name. While it may not seem special compared to other winter delights like potatoes and…
Life Lessons From Culinary School
I recently finished a journey through culinary school, graduating with my fresh Culinary Sales and Marketing degree from the Great Lakes Culinary Institute. While I did learn a…
Winter 2021 Cookbook Club: Zingerman’s Bakehouse
Michigan winters are filled with perfect baking days: the cold invites you to preheat the oven, snowy days ask for warm freshly-baked bread, and sweaters allow for extra…
Crop Spot: Potatoes
I’m a potato kind of person. Not only is the tuber ingrained in my personal heritage of a Midwestern girl with Irish ancestry, I am one to know…
Fermentation as Preservation
This year, everyone is concerned with staying healthy — and staying occupied. One way people are experimenting in the kitchen is through food preservation. Fermentation is an age-old…
Foraging and Cultivating of Fungi
There is more to mushrooms than your average portobello! Each week, the owner of Mycophile’s Garden, Chris Swinson, fills his table with a rainbow of fungi at the…
Crop Spot: Tomatoes
It’s tomato season and tomatoes are everywhere! There are dozens of varieties of tomatoes, and they come in all shapes, sizes, and colors—even purple! Easy to grow and…
2020 Michigan Good Food Summit: Moving Forward with Equity and Resilience
Since 2010, people across the state and country have gathered at the Michigan Good Food Summit to network, share, reflect, and learn about good food work happening in…
Detroit Food Academy Goes Virtual!
Detroit Food Academy, a non-profit that teaches youth about food, cooking, and leadership, will host their after school and Advanced Leadership programs virtually this school year. Through a…
Take Action with Food Gatherers this Hunger Action Month
September is Hunger Action Month, a time when people all over America stand together to fight hunger in their communities.