There are many places in the Great Lakes region where Whitefish is listed in the menus of restaurants as being “fresh” as well as being labeled with, “caught locally”. The Straits of Mackinac, located between Michigan’s upper and lower peninsulas where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet, is one of those places where this designation […]
Category: Fish
Father’s Day, A Tribute to Dad
Many of you know my dad passed away late December in 2008 at the tender age of 85. I’ve written before of his signature dish, Eggs In A Frame, and of his despising melted cheese in any form even though I have a photo of him eating pizza. But while I’ve posted a lot more […]
An Odd Way to Make New Friends, and Jeanne’s Café, Grand Haven, Michigan
The Smoked Salmon Omelet with cream cheese, capers and dill at Jeanne’s Café in Grand Haven, Michigan I didn’t eat this omelet. Neither did Mary. Oddly enough, some biker we met at a rest area ate this particular Smoked Salmon Omelet. Already, you’re definitely getting the wrong image of the guy. Believe you me, we had […]
Jeanne’s Catering, Grand Haven, Michigan
Baguette Slices with Roast Pork Loin and Pumpkin-Chipotlé Ceviché This past Wednesday evening as the Michigan Association of Mayors Summer Workshop got underway in Grand Haven, Michigan, I got the chance to make a new friend. I tend to leave Mary on her own in these situations as we’re most certainly not at these events […]
Photos: Lenten Fish Fry Dinners, American Legion Post 193, Luna Pier, MI
A plated Lenten Fish Fry Dinner at American Legion Post 193, located here in Luna Pier, Michigan. Coming out of American Legion Post 193 after shooting these photos, while still looking forward to having dinner there with Mary, my right foot hit the front edge of the bottom step out the front door of the place. […]
The Passing of My Father, & A Review: Scalawags Whitefish & Chips, Brighton, Michigan
This particular blog post has been a long time coming. I began writing it Monday December 29th and was interrupted by a phone call from my sister Barb telling me our dad had passed away. He was 85. Looking through the draft of this post I found an odd coincidence. Early on I mention the […]
Eat This Blog & Recipe: Grilled Cedar Plank Salmon
Salmon grilled on a cedar plank. I’ve never done this before, but man is it good! (Click on any of these three images for a larger version.) I’ve been meaning to try this for almost a year now. Mary had bought me these cedar planks for grilling fish and such, but as she doesn’t really […]
Recipe: Whitefish-Stuffed Salmon
This picture is from June 2006 when I first developed this dish. The camera I used was an original circa 2000 Kodak DC3200, with its 1.2 megapixel CCD sensor and an additional 256M flash card. While the camera still works and is sitting right behind me, we’ve been using duct tape to keep the battery […]