Ari's Picks

Taking a Trip to Piedmont, the Secret Culinary Capital of Italy

Truffles, wine, hazelnuts, cheese, chocolate, and more! Looking for a life-changing adventure? Something that will provide you with marvelous memories of great food and great people that you will carry with you for the rest of your life? Curious about crafting your culinary and cultural wisdom? Consider this, then: while students are settling into their […]

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Kyoto Cold Brewed Coffee at the Coffee Company

Nearly 500 years of tradition makes for a great tasting coffee If you come to the Coffee Company regularly, you might well have seen a strange sort of contraption sitting off to the right of the pastry case. If you don’t know it, it seems a bit like something one might expect to find ensconced […]

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Good Food

Catching Up with Chef Ji Hye

The soul of the Seoul food served at Miss Kim Sitting at a sunny summer patio table in Ann Arbor’s Kerrytown I caught up with Ji Hye Kim, chef and managing partner of Miss Kim, Zingerman’s Korean restaurant. We talked about her food philosophy, approach to running a business, what’s new, and what’s not going […]

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Good Food

Zingerman’s Summer Sale

. Find deep discounts during the Summer Sale at Mail Order and the Deli Every July, at Mail Order and the Delicatessen, we drastically discount dozens of products (nearly one for every day of summer) and savvy shoppers gather their go-tos like preserves and olive oil. The Summer Sale is an annual tradition that folks […]

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Good Food

Have You Had Your Confection Consultation?

Surrender to the Sweet Spell of Allison Schraf and Zingerman’s Candy Store I was thrilled to meet Candy Store manager Allison Schraf at Zingerman’s Coffee Company for some morning caffeine and a chat about what she’s been up to. Like so many Zingerman’s passionate food professionals, Allison’s career path began elsewhere. In her case, with […]

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Fried Hand Pies at the Roadshow (Made by the Bakehouse)

Fried pies are the perfect pastry to take on the road! Once upon a time, about 15 years ago, we started selling pimento cheese. Back then, only a handful of folks in Ann Arbor seemed to have heard of it. Anyone who grew up in the South was excited to see it on the Roadhouse […]

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