See that eggplant up there? That was about as big as my head. And the tomato was like two of my fists! After picking apples at the Wasem Fruit Farm last Wednesday, Greg and I returned home to drop off the apples and on the way decided to stop at Budd's Produce, located just down the road from our apartment. Despite having lived along this stretch ( Read more... )

I realize I have been neglecting making posts here, and for that I apologize. Life has become so much busier, and my computer accessibility has grown rather tenuous, which is a problem when you have a lot of online obligations! But here is my latest entry for Life From Ann Arbor.I spent the majority of yesterday in one of my favorite elements; I ( Read more... )

This past Saturday, July 13th, after working long days, Greg and I headed out to Hartfield Lanes and Lounge in Berkley, MI to check out Midnight Mas Detroit, a show for "pre-1965 traditional hot rods & customs." I've been to classic car shows before with a friend's family whose father did a lot of restorations while we were growing up. Midnight ( Read more... )

You may not think a restaurant with a flaming skull and crossbones as its logo would be capable of a little double entendre, but in the case of Bone Heads BBQ in Willis, MI, you'd be incorrect in that assessment. They make no secret that "spirits" does not only refer to the bottles behind the bar. More on that later. Click here to keep reading.

I've had this fig butter from Trader Joe's in my fridge for quite a while now. Since it still seemed good, I decided to use it as a glaze on some fresh chicken legs. Some may recall when I used this same fig butter with balsamic vinegar on chicken breasts, and also how delicious it was! Click to read more.

While cleaning up at work one day, I picked up a flyer for Camp Bacon, a weekend event that, apparently, Zingerman's (Ann Arbor's own food aristocracy) has put on every year since I moved to Ann Arbor and that I had never heard of before. Probably because the focus is pig bacon, which I rarely eat. Read more about the Bacon Street Fair and Taste of ( Read more... )

My favorite place for fun new recipes is Pinterest, but to find this recipe, I didn't start out there. First, I was at the Catching Fireflies Blog, which is often full of fun crafts and cute recipes. The pictures and links to recipe and craft blogs made me think of Pinterest, so once I had exhausted Catching Fireflies, I sent my browser right over ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, Greg came home with a pamphlet for a new fast food restaurant near his job in Dearborn Heights called Moo Cluck Moo. Their menu is pretty simple, basically comprised of hamburgers for $3 (called Moos), specially seasoned buttermilk battered chicken sandwiches for $6 (called Notorious Clucks), fries with sea salt or garlic for $2 ( ( Read more... )

When Greg and I moved in together, I realized just how much partially empty bags of rice we have. So I decided to look through my Japanese recipes and see what I could serve over steamed rice. One of my favorite foods in the world is the mushroom, preferably slightly cooked in butter. And bingo! Chicken and mushroom donburi! Click to read on!

I collect a lot of recipes in my notebooks and on my computer that don't get made. (Or, as in this case, aren't looked at for a long, long time.) When my boyfriend Greg told me that he had a box of couscous that he didn't know what to do with, I knew I had a few tasty-sounding possibilities on hand. Since we had a few ingredients on hand already, ( Read more... )