Apr
30
One thing I love about visiting different grocery stores is discovering new products I have never seen before. I imagine it’s the same feeling archaeologists get when they discover a new find or when a movie pirate discovers buried treasure. I discovered a new find on my own yesterday, while visiting Westborn Market in Berkeley, …
Jan
04
North Carolina has been famous for it’s college basketball, it’s tobacco production, and it’s Cheerwine. In case you aren’t from North Carolina or you have never heard of this drink, Cheerwine is a cherry flavored soda pop. It is produced by the Carolina Beverage Corporation in Salisbury, North Carolina. It has been around for quite …
Dec
10
I look out my window today and see a dusting of white covering the ground. But just the other day I got to taste a taste I haven’t had since the summer – cherry. There are a lot of cherry sodas on the market, but most of them never get close to a real cherry. …
Dec
01
Since 1984, HOTLIPS has been making pizza to the delight of the people of Portland, Oregon. On a growing national level it isn’t the pizza they are known for, but their soda. In 2005, they began producing soda using fresh fruit grown in Oregon and Washington. In 2008, they began bottling their soda. Now in …
Oct
04
I am someone who likes their carbonated beverages without caffeine. The difficult part is that some drinks like colas are not often found to be caffeine free. It is even more rare to find a cherry cola that is caffeine free. That is why I was excited when I got to pick up some Sprecher …
Jul
19
Question: Where Can I Find U-Pick Cherries in Door County (Wisconsin)? Answer: Lately I have found that several people found my site when searching for places to pick cherries in Door County, Wisconsin. This happened despite the fact that I do not have that information. However I decided that if people wanted to know I …
Jul
18
Question: What is the Difference Between Rainier & Queen Anne Cherries? Answer: Here are pictures of these two types of cherries. From looking at the pictures, it’s difficult to tell the cherries apart. They also taste pretty much the same, although the queen anne cherries I purchased this year were more tart than the rainier, …
Jul
18
We have reached the end of the u-pick cherry season in Michigan this year. There wasn’t much u-picking going on in my area of the state (Washtenaw County) this year, due to a freeze in last April/early May. I did hear about u-pick going on in the western side of the state, so it seems …
Jul
13
One of the great treats of the early summer are fresh cherries. One of the best varieties is the Michigan Black Cherry. These cherries are black in color without any red hint. If you find a cherry in a store that looks black but has some red tint to it, then you don’t have a …
Jul
07
The U-pick cherry season is starting to wind down. Here are some updates from the farms I mentioned in previous weeks. 1. Fruit Acres Farm Market (Coloma, MI) may still have sour cherries for picking (the sweet are all gone, but they still have some already picked). Call ahead to confirm they had some to …
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.
