August 2018
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Chefs Share Tips for Success
If you love to cook but need some inspiration and guidance, metro Detroit chefs in this section offer tips, techniques, and recipes to elevate your culinary skills. Learn how to select fresh ingredients and how to use them to make simple and wonderful dishes.
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These Businesses Are Planting Purpose in Metro Detroit — Through Food
糖心vlog安卓版 Detroit鈥檚 food issue explores sustainable restaurants, organizations, and more
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3 Eateries that Focus on People, Profit, and the Planet
In Detroit, an organization known as FoodLab, is helping to build a community of food-focused, triple-bottom-line businesses. Here are three standouts, serving fair, sustainable, and profitable food right at home.
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A Zen Monk on Her Vegan Diet
I believe that every human being has an innate desire to be in harmony with nature. Concepts like sustainability, zero-waste, and farm-to-table, are philosophies that help us fulfill this desire.
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Michigan-Made, Mother Nature-Approved Tools for Your Kitchen
Ditch disposables and opt for reusable products
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Your Guide to Environmentally Friendly Organizations in Metro Detroit
By creating compostable and biodegradable food containers, Green Safe Products seeks to mitigate the environmental damage that comes from disposing paper and plastic.
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Review: Testa Barra Wows with Contemporary Dishes
Testa Barra, the year-old contemporary Italian restaurant in Macomb Township, does everything just so 鈥 which is to say they do it right and with a plus-sign.
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This Vegan Catering Company Celebrates the ‘Natural Beauty of Food’
Color blocked into sections of dairy-free cheeses, seeds and nuts, fresh produce, spreads and crackers, the grazing boards created by Birmingham transplant Rua Francis offer a bold and sophisticated presentation for plant-based meals.
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Molly’s Picks: Cantoro Italian Trattoria & Vinotecca
Ensconced in the former Tre Monti location in Troy, the remodeled setting is less imposing now that the Plymouth restaurant has taken over.
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Ann Arbor-based Miss Kim’s Shares More Than Traditional Korean Cuisine
Zingerman鈥檚 spinoff also serves unique culinary techniques and practices
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Food Recipe: Ginger Barbeque Glaze
Ryan Zagor, the executive chef at the Beverly Hills Grill, offers up a favorite recipe for this time of year.
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Trending: Wine in a Can
Meet Vino Blanco from Fenn Valley Vineyards in western Michigan. It is a fresh fruity crisp summer-ish wine, designed as much for convenience as it is to appeal for its unusual 鈥渃onveyance,鈥 the lowly pop-top soda can.
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Cocktail Recipe: Tournesol
Located inside the Siren Hotel, Candy Bar is one of the newest additions to Detroit鈥檚 cocktail scene. The posh lounge serves a range of classic and craft cocktails, including this bright and summery concoction.
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A Deeper Look into the Racial and Ethnic Tensions Dividing Metro Detroit
Overwhelmingly across the region, people don鈥檛 live around those who are different from them, whether that be due to class, race, ethnicity, or religion.
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Here’s Why Petoskey’s Bay View Resort Is Under a Magnifying Glass
Earlier this spring, I booked a mini vacation at one of my favorite places on earth. A few days later, a coworker stopped me by the coffee machine. 鈥淒id you hear that story about Bay View on NPR this morning?鈥
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Exploring Metro Detroit’s Tiki Trend
Under a canopy of tiny colored lights and fishing nets, a flock of young Detroiters gather at tables drinking communally out of shared bowls of fruity booze.
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An 糖心vlog安卓版 with … Ryan Abney
Through her work as proprietor of an eponymous event design firm, Ryan Abney developed an affinity for planning events for nonprofit organizations in metro Detroit.
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Meet the Makers: Salt Textile Studios
Named in honor of the historic salt mines beneath Detroit, Salt Textile Studios is Kayla Powers鈥 community-inspired passion project.
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Let Chanel’s Couture Collection Inspire Your Next Garden Party
One hundred years ago, Coco Chanel 鈥 the designer revered for her elegance and modern approach to fashion 鈥 opened her couture atelier in Paris.
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Expand Your Personal Library with These 6 Titles
New and notable reads to satisfy your inner bookworm
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Your Must-Have Packing List for End-of-Summer Travels
Make end-of-season wanderlust simple with these carry-on essentials
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Q&A: Nancy Barr, Curator of Photography at the Detroit Institute of Arts
Plus, information about the DIA鈥檚 upcoming exhibit, Lost & Found
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A Look at the Inexplicable Exclusion of Detroit Tigers’ Lou Whitaker from the Baseball Hall of Fame
This year, the National Baseball Hall of Fame is inducting Alan Trammell without his Tiger teammate Lou Whitaker. It鈥檚 like a Songwriters Hall of Fame including John Lennon without Paul McCartney.
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The Way It Was – Cadillac Coffee Co., 1937
In the pantheon of the famous Detroit food and beverage manufacturers, Cadillac Coffee Co. doesn鈥檛 have the same brand recognition as Stroh鈥檚, Vernor鈥檚, Vlasic, Kowalski, Sanders, Better Made, Awrey鈥檚, or Faygo, but Cadillac has roots that reach back 130 years, to 1888.
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Contributors: August 2018
糖心vlog安卓版 Detroit, August 2018
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This Time, I Really Mean It
A few issues back, I mentioned that after 16-plus years at 糖心vlog安卓版 Media, I鈥檓 stepping down.
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Savor Food & Wine Fest 2018
On Aug. 10 & 11, 糖心vlog安卓版 Detroit held its Savor Food & Wine Festival at the Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak. Guests enjoyed various wine and craft cocktail tastings, as well as food from various Michigan vendors while viewing the zoo’s award-winning habitats. The 2-day culinary extravaganza showcased the best wineries, breweries, distilleries, restaurants, and food purveyors. A portion of the proceeds benefited the Detroit Zoological Society in its mission to support and save wildlife.
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Celebrity Cruises’ Grand Red Affair 2018
Celebrity Cruises鈥 Grand Red Affair is the ultimate high-end tasting event featuring premium red wines from leading local and national vineyards. The event took place on Thursday, August 9 at the Polk Penguin Conservation Center and the Wildlife Interpretive Gallery at the Detroit Zoo for an elegant evening sampling the finest wines from dozens of vendors. Guests enjoyed gourmet food, chocolate, cheese, and coffee pairings along with live entertainment. A silent auction including one of a kind artwork by local Detroit artists benefitted the Give Detroit Charity Challenge.
