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88% Super Dark Blend Bar from Shawn Askinosie

A contributor to happiness at so many levels! In 1980, while I was still learning to cook the line, Mother Teresa’s team in India rescued a small orphaned boy from the streets of Calcutta. He was … Continued

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Guatemala El Regalito at the Coffee Company

A beautiful brew from the coffee-growing star of Central America March means the rollout of a great newly-arrived single-estate coffee from Guatemala. What we’ve come to know here in recent weeks as El Regalito—“the little … Continued

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Bialys from the Bakehouse – Tuesday, March 3

A terrific traditional taste of Eastern Europe and the Lower East Even 43 remarkable years after opening the Deli, bialys are still mostly a mystery to folks here in Ann Arbor. While bagels long ago … Continued

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The Extraordinary Nature of the Unordinary

A judge’s call to action, a hip hop band’s act for justice, and other unordinary actions Four years ago, Rabbi Lauren Holtzblatt, the same thoughtful and widely respected rabbi who officiated at Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s … Continued

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Roadhouse Reopens Post Renovation

Dozens of oysters are cracked open to toast the occasion Last Wednesday afternoon, after six weeks of being closed for intensive and extensive renovations to the kitchen and a host of elements in the dining … Continued

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Our Annual Pie & Mash Pop-Up at Cornman Farms

British street food to warm up the final weeks of winter In the spring of 2024, BBC’s Paul Howard wrote, While I live ever more distant from my London birthplace, that doesn’t wholly quell its … Continued