Local Fusion Cooking: Beef & Potato Potstickers
This recipe is an ode to my life in Seattle. Folding dumplings was one of the most therapeutic tasks from my kitchen time there. Mostly, it was a…
A Challenge to Support Local
This summer, I was the catering manager for Rock River Farm, a flower farm in the central U.P. They are focusing their efforts on flower production, so they…
Young Professionals of the Upper Peninsula
Where are the young people? It’s a question I have been asked a lot this past year as Upper Peninsula Local Food Coordinator for Taste the Local Difference.…
Culture, Collaboration, and Local Food
When we look back through the history of festivals, events or gatherings related to farming, food, and harvests – you’ll find that each will have their own version…
Kombucha Culture
What is kombucha exactly? The simplest answer is “fermented tea” – a statement that rarely encourages a first time sipper to indulge in the sweet and tart flavors…
The Revival and Growth of the County Fair
When I say the words “county fair,” what comes to mind? For me there is nostalgia that rolls in as I think of my own Menominee County Fair…
Superior Celebration: An Upper Peninsula Collaboration
This month, Taste the Local Difference, wants to highlight a special relationship happening between institution, NMU Dining in Marquette, MI and Superior Angus of Rapid River, MI.
Collaboration in the Upper Peninsula: Four the Water
I remember how excited I was to first see the ocean when I was younger. It was an experience that I had been missing out on my whole…
What’s Cooking in the UP
I am not sure what I was thinking when I asked the owners of Belgiumtown Bar & Restaurant if I could host a locally sourced Chef Dinner in…
Say Hey to the Yooper, eh?
Excuse me if my writing feels a bit exhausted, walking fifteen miles uphill in two feet of snow, just to get wi-fi for this post has drained me.…