Shout it from the rooftops! We’re super excited…

In the April “Sandwich Issue” of Saveur magazine, Jane and Michael Stern— “two aficionados of traditional Jewish rye”— embark on a quest to “track down the country’s tastiest loaves.”

“America’s very best rye?” they write, “No contest. We found it in Ann Arbor, Michigan…It comes from Zingerman’s Bakehouse, which makes loaves of rugged rye that are dense and springy, laced with the taste of hearth smoke.”

Wow! Check it out on newsstands now!

We had a busy couple of days here on Ann Arbor’s southside this month hosting the crew from the Food Network’s hit show Kid in a Candy Store. Host Adam Gertler and a great crew came to town to film Candy Manufactory managing partner Charlie Frank and his assistant Sara Fitzgerald making the raspberry Zzang! Bar. Adam was in the kitchen making the bars by hand every step of the way and we’re looking forward to seeing the final later this Spring!

The February 2011 issue of INC. magazine features an article that describes our approach to creating a vision and details the process. The piece is actually an excerpt from Ari’s new book, Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading, Part 1: A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Building a Great Business. Read “Secret #6: Revisiting the Power of Visioning” from the book here. Also, lots of folks have read the article and have written to get our 2020 vision. (pdf download)

Recently Jim Edelman and his crew from Under the Radar Michigan stopped by the Deli to chat with Ari, sample some oils, vinegars and cheeses and find out what’s going on in the artisanal food world.

The latest volume from Zingerman’s co-founder Ari Weinzweig recently made the list of Top Books for Business Owners put out by Inc. Magazine. A Lapsed Anarchist’s Approach to Building a Great Business is the first volume in the new series Zingerman’s Guide to Good Leading and hit shelves in October 2010.

Read the entire Inc. article here. Lots of great books on the list!

Recently, a wonderful crew from the MSNBC show Cool Runnings came through Ann Arbor to shoot a segment on the Zingerman’s Community of Businesses and our unique model for growing locally. The videos are now online. Check out Paul Saginaw, Ari Weinzweig, Candyman Charlie Frank, Coffeemaster Allen Leibowitz and more!