Jul
31
Blueberries are one of my favorite fruits. So I jump at the chance to pick my very own. I did so today at Dexter Blueberry Farm in Dexter, Michigan (a short drive from Ann Arbor). The picking was excellent. To get there you pass through downtown Dexter, pass Jenny’s Farm Stand, and take a dirt …
Jul
31
Click here for the most up to date news. Many farms are starting to open up now for u-pick peaches. There is nothing like picking a peach when it is perfectly ripe right off the tree. Check out these farms below, so you too can enjoy that experience. 1. Kapnick Orchards located in Britton, MI …
Jul
31
Milk and chocolate, what a combo! Who doesn’t love chocolate milk? Problem is not all chocolate milk is created equally. Some chocolate milk is full of high fructose corn syrup. Some chocolate milk is 1% or lowfat. Some chocolate milk lacks a strong chocolate flavor and leaves you thinking you would be better off mixing …
Jul
29
Another trip to the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market, produced another variety of peach to talk about. The Sugar May is dark red skinned peach with a white flesh. You might think that white flesh is something different, but actually all peaches use to be white-fleshed. The orange-fleshed varieties were created and became the dominant peach …
Jul
29
I have been able to find the Calypso brand lemonades at several stores in my area. Upon looking at their website I discovered that the King Juice Company makes more than just lemonades under their Calypso brand. I never found any of these other products until I was in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. At …
Jul
27
It seems like there are a thousand names for steaks, and it can be difficult sometimes to pinpoint what you got. It took me a little bit of searching to discover what a petite steak was. The petite steak as it names suggests is a small steak that is cut from the chuck primal (or …
Jul
27
Click here for the most up to date blueberry news. Time again for my weekly update on the blueberry crop in Michigan. More varieties are becoming available and picking is pretty good across much of the state. Here are the updates from the farms I am following: 1. Dexter Blueberry farm (located to the west …
Jul
27
If you wish to read my all my posts on growing peaches & cream corn, click here. Good news, if you read my last post on my corn (click here if you didn’t) my corn has bounced back from being bent over by strong winds last week. More tassels are coming up and I saw …
Jul
27
On Friday, July 23rd, a strong storm hit my town, knocking down trees and power lines all over the city. The storm attracted the news from Detroit to my small little city. Many people were without power for over 24 hours (including me). Another victim of the storm was my corn crop. The strong winds …
Jul
27
Earlier today I wrote about one of the most exotic lemonade flavors – Triple Melon. Now I am going to write about one of the most common – raspberry lemonade. Raspberries and lemons go very nicely together. So how did the King Juice Company, makers of Calypso lemonade do at creating this classic combination. Surprisingly, …
Welcome to my blog! My name is Eric. I live in Saline, Michigan with my wife (Donna) and two daughters, Hannah (3 1/2) and Autumn (1). I started this blog in October 2009 to share my culinary experiences from making my own food from scratch to what I find at farmer's markets and grocery stores.
