Recently it seems the standard Green Bean Casserole is falling out of favor with a lot of families for holiday meals. There have been considerably more hits on this particular recipe in the holiday months than ever before, climbing to more than 700 views on Thanksgiving Eve in 2018. I hope you enjoy its wonderful […]
Michigan Cherry Burgers à la Hockeytown Café
This past Wednesday evening we were fortunate to snag tickets for the opening night of the latest national tour of Fiddler On The Roof. The first two performances were at the Fox Theatre in downtown Detroit before the company moved on to Wisconsin … they’re currently in North Dakota and will tour nationally till June. […]
KFC Advertising & Products Continue Their Blatant Deviation from The Colonel
photo from kfc.com Update, Sept. 23rd; ‘KFC Executive [Yum! Brands President Roger Eaton] Denies He Is Favoring Grilled Products Over Crispy Chicken‘ – Bloomberg In this post I’m combining news from this week with information I’ve previously posted. As time goes on, the current management at KFC is deviating further and further from Col. Harland […]
Eat This Blog: Sage Apple Onion Pork Loin
I happen to have a 13-year-old who is enjoying growing his own herb garden. Ryan’s not a member of 4-H, FFA or any of those other organizations which generally promote this type of behavior. He simply has an herb garden. And loves it. Ryan is quite proud of this garden and has begun bringing me […]
Dinner at Hillside House, St. Ignace, Michigan
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 […]
Review: Michigan-Made National Coney Island Hot Dog Chili Sauce
A couple 1.5 lb bricks of National Coney Island’s Hot Dog Chili Sauce with a package of Koegel Viannas. Yesterday Sylvia Rector of the Detroit Free Press published an article promoting the fact that Meijer stores in the midwest are now carrying Hot Dog Chili Sauce from National Coney Island of Roseville, Michigan. Since a […]
My Father’s Day 2010 Dinner: Kid-Made Stuffed Burgers & Fruit Salad
My kids have been busting their butts all day long. The day started with a knock at the bedroom door. On the other side was 13-year-old Ryan. In each of his hands was a large mug of Biggby Michigan Cherry coffee, a mug each for Mary and I. He’d brewed it himself and to tell you […]
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 […]
Recipe: Phillips/Chesapeake Bay-style Crab Cakes
The finished crab cake sandwiches. Zack and Chris ate these two. I hadn’t really planned on making crab cakes for Memorial Day. But I’d been looking for these cans of Phillips crab meat for some time and when I found them to be available at Meijer in Toledo last week for $10/can, I went ahead […]
Mother’s Day 2010: Kielbasa and Pierogi for Mary
One of our “standard” meals in the six years Mary and I have been together has been a fairly traditional meal of Polish Kielbasa and Pierogi. We served this meal at our small wedding in late 2004, our wedding reception in mid-2005, to the administration of the Village of Carleton, Michigan, during Luna Pier’s portion of the 2008 Mayoral exchange, […]