One of the reasons people drink so much soda pop is for the caffeine, they are addicted to it. They “need” that caffeine to get through their day. So they drink too much of it or the resort to drinking versions containing artificial sweeteners which may not be so good for you either. I enjoy …
Category Archive: At the Store
Jan
09
What is Gouda Cheese? – How It is Made & Used
This post is a part of my What is ____ Cheese Series? featuring | Muenster | Brick | Gouda | Colby The wonderful world of cheese. It’s a rather big world. You can spend a lifetime trying different types of cheese and a fun lifetime it would be. It’s amazing what you can do by …
Jan
09
Maple Leaf English Hollow Cheddar Cheese
Price: $5.99/10 oz package Strength: Sharp Purchased At: Meijer (Ann Arbor, MI) Would Buy Again: Yes Probably when most people are asked to name a brand of cheese, you will hear words like Kraft, Velveeta, or Laughing Cow rolling off their tongues. If I was asked the same thing one of the brands I would …
Jan
06
Towne Club Michigan Cherry
Last week, I read through a list of brands that were expected to disappear sometime in 2012. This list included things like A&W Restaurants, MySpace, and Kellogg’s Corn Pops. In today’s world these kinds of list are quite common. That is why it is even more amazing to see a brand that is making a …
Jan
05
Doodle’s Sugarbush Grade B Maple Syrup
When it comes to adding flavor to pancakes, french toast, and waffles, the only option in our house is the real deal, maple syrup. You won’t find any pancake syrup, full of refined sugars and high fructose corn syrup. If you spend your whole life drowning your breakfast in liquid that comes out of a …
Jan
04
Widmer’s Colby Cheese Review
Price: $4.99/lb Strength: Mild Purchased At: Holiday Market (Canton, MI) Would Buy Again: Yes Back in the spring time of 2010, my family and I made a trip to Madison, Wisconsin. One of the sites I wanted to see was Fromagination, a cheese shop located near the capital in Madison. It was one of the …
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Jan
02
Candy Crisp Apples
Happy New Year! Time for the first fruit variety review of 2012. I am at Whole Foods today, using their wonderful free wireless internet. As I walked in the door, I was immediately greeted by an apple variety never before seen by my eyes – the Candy Crisp. The apple is a nice golden color …
Dec
30
Where Can You Pick Your Own Oranges/Citrus in Florida?
Planning to make a trip to Florida during the winter this season? Why not come back with more than a tan? Why not come back with some freshly picked oranges, that you selected off the tree yourself. As a resident of a non citrus grower state and a big fan of u-picking, I have always …
Dec
28
Florida Orange/Citrus Crop Report 2011-2012
As a citrus lover living in a Midwestern state, I keep my eyes peeled to what’s going on to the west and south of me. Yesterday, I took a look at the California citrus crop for this year from the perspective of one farm. Tonight I am going to look at the Florida crop from …
Dec
28
babo (Ann Arbor, MI) – Return of the Neighborhood Grocery Store
Recently I heard about a brand new grocery store opening up in downtown Ann Arbor. I finally got the chance to check it out today. The store is called babo: a market by sava. The goal of this market is to bring back the neighborhood grocery store. The kind of place you would head into …
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.
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