Be sure to check out Appellation America's feature and interview with Black Star Farms' operating partner Don Coe and winemaker Lee Lutes titled Black Star Farms: Wine Agritourism Grows Up by Eleanor & Ray Heald.
Emily Betz Tyra tracks down 41 of the best eats in Northern Michigan in the March issue of Traverse magazine. From the lobster cakes at Grand Traverse Resort's Aerie restaurant, to homemade baklawa at the counter of the 14th Street Mobil Station in Traverse City; a cookie dough frosted brownie (yum!) at Blue Heron Cafe in Cadillac, Apple Yum Salad at Thai Orchid Cuisine in Petoskey, to the kraut dogs at Bunting's in Cedar. I can vouch for those kraut dogs, having enjoyed them several times last year. Sounds like the other 40 delectables are a good excuse for some road trips this summer!
In Prosperous Farms, Well-Fed Kids, Diane Conners of the Michigan Land Use Institute shares several local success stories to connect northern Michigan farms and schools. These stories and more will be featured at a conference on March 12 at the Hagerty Center in Traverse City. Seventeen organizations, including public school districts and private schools, will share their expertise in bringing fresh local food into cafeterias, classroom curriculum and school fundraising efforts.
I've always liked honey, but for some reason, this winter it is really hitting the spot. On Christmas, my mom, sister and I sampled some my mom had received from a friend. The honey came from Julius Kolarik's farm in Northport, and its taste immediately brought to mind a field of wildflowers for all of us. I'd never experienced such an obvious connection to "place" from a food. And in the middle of winter, a connection to that field of flowers felt good! Then last month I tried Sleeping Bear Farms' Lemon Honey Creme. They're not kidding when they label it "sunshine in a jar!"
Traverse City hooked a third-place finish in Field and Stream's recent list of Best Fishing Towns of America. The magazine looked at towns with populations under 100,000 and cited TC's fishing diversity as a plus.
Crooked Tree Breadworks founder/ head baker Greg Carpenter takes you through the ups and downs of running an artisan bakery in northern Michigan.
Looking for a way to spend a saturday afternoon? Check out the Black Star Experience. You'll board a bus at the Village of Grand Traverse Commons to take a four-hour tour of northern Michigan wine country, with wine and food samples along the way. The first two dates are February 2 and March 1. Cost per individual is $75 and per couple $125 and includes all day transportation, wine and food samples, and a souvenir glass.
The snow outside is piling up, but local farmers are thinking spring. CSA farms are starting to sign up members for the 2008 growing season. CSA, or Community Supported Agriculture, is a partnership between a farmer and members who purchase a share in the harvest before the season begins. Doing so helps spread both the risk and the rewards of farming. And it's always fun to see what's available in the weekly pick-up. Check out the local CSA farms to find one right for you. Don't delay...many of them have waiting lists!
Check out the piece on Up North Foodies that Pat Stinson wrote for the Glen Arbor Sun. Thanks Pat!
Check out NPR's The Challenge of Eating Local: Distribution, which features Cherry Capital Foods, a local-food distribution company recently launched by Charlevoix native Eric Hahn.
Food For Thought will appear on the Food Network's Unwrapped program on Monday, January 14, 2008. Food For Thought's Cherry Salsa Atento will be featured in a special report on cherries and their usage in different food lines. Host Mark Summers will demonstrate the journey of a cherry from the tree to inside a salsa jar.
Check out this video, narrated by Black Star Farms winemaker Lee Lutes about the 2007 ice wine harvest. After two hours of pressing, the grapes must be removed by hammer, pickax and chisel. Talk about a labor of love!
The addition of Michigan locales to Chuck and Blanche Johnson's Savor Cookbook series is an inviting look at some of our favorite area restaurants. Traverse Epicurean Classic's Matt Sutherland's involvement in this publication lends credence to the choices therein. An interesting bit of history about each restaurant prefaces recipes just waiting to be tried.
Just came across this great article by Nancy Krcek Allen in the Record-Eagle, titled Make a 'Locavore's Holiday': buy local.
"I woke to the knowledge that my chef colleagues and I are merely window dressing. It's the farmers and growers who should be lauded superstars with their own television shows," writes Allen, who's been a chef and culinary educator for 16 years. "But farming isn't sexy. This holiday season I cast my food dollar vote with my neighbor-growers."
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