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Bacon can be thought of as a close relative of barbecue. It can also be thought of the candy of the pig. And that’s exactly what Lazybones Smokehouse makes with its house-smoked bacon: pig candy. “We get a whole pork belly and smoke it over apple wood from a local orchard,” says Jenny Smiljanovki,...
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As soon as the first crops start coming up, the Kalamazoo Farmers’ Market opens, and on May 5, it was all about asparagus. As for me, there can never be too much asparagus. My favorite way to make asparagus is to steam it until just before it gets tender, drizzle it with some raspberry-walnut...
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As soon as the weather breaks, so do the crops that come from the ground, and what better way to get those just-picked vegetables than at the Mount Clemens Farmers Market, which opens for the season on Saturday, May 5. Located just between Downtown Mount Clemens and I-94, the Mount Clemens Farmers Market is...
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I’ve never met anyone who didn’t like bacon. Oddly, I don’t care for eating strips of bacon, fried or baked. Instead, it’s my go-to ingredient to kick up otherwise pretty ordinary dishes. It’s killer in the chopped turkey salad from Pronto in Royal Oak that I’ve replicated in my kitchen – sliced iceberg lettuce,...
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I had my first taste of Bakon Vodka a few months ago when my parents brought home a bottle they picked up at a duty-free store. At first, I thought it would just be a novelty, but I was blown away by the balance of an incredibly smooth and light vodka base and very...
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It seems as if every big city has a restaurant week, and Troy, with its Million Dollar Mile on Big Beaver Road, is no exception. Normally, you’d have to have shell out quite a few bucks to eat or wait to celebrate a special occasion at one the fine dining establishments in Troy, but...
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You want Mexican and your dining partner wants Italian. Is it an irreconcilable difference? Not at El Barzon. The creation of Chef Norberto Garita, El Barzon combines the food of his hometown, Pueblo, Mexico, and his experience creating Italian dishes in New York City and the former Il Posto in Southfield before he and...
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St. Patrick’s Day brings on those annual cravings for corned beef and cabbage, shepherd’s pie and fried fish. Maybe it’s the whole “everyone is Irish” feeling that March 17 conjures up, but Irish food has always been a good example of making the best of what’s available – hearty meats and root vegetables –...
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The Sopranos was one of my all time favorite shows. Great acting, dialogue….and eating! I mean, when they weren’t whacking people, Tony and the guys were quite the foodies. Yes, Paulie was kinda squeamish over the squid ink pasta—he’s strictly a red gravy (wise) guy. But Carmela with her famous baked ziti, Tony, the rest of...
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If you’re going to dream, then dream big. “We’d like to open a little salsa factory and knock on the doors of some bigger stores and broaden our client base,” says Al Pronko, the chef behind Maria’s House Made Salsa. For the past two years, Pronko and his family, who own Maria’s Comida in...
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