He’s been called a “walking historical encyclopedia of early American music”, and here at Zingerman’s, we call him a friend. Dom Flemons is a Grammy Award winning musician lauded for his unique interpretations of a spectrum of  traditional American music forms, from Piedmont blues and country to ragtime and jug-band music. He’s also a producer, […]

Appropriately dubbed “fizzmaster extraordinaire” by British wine writer Tom Stevenson in his Wine Report 2005, Larry Mawby has made a name for himself and the sparkling wines he’s created in northern Michigan vineyard L. Mawby. Michigan is not typically a region people associate with wine production, but Mawby has helped put the “Mitten State” on […]

On most nights, you’ll find Ari pouring water at The Roadhouse, but he’ll be taking a break from such duties on Wednesday, October 5. That’s when he’ll be hosting “My Beliefs about Cooking,” a very special dinner in collaboration with chef and partner Alex Young. The dinner will put Ari’s essay on his beliefs about […]

When we think about traditional food, we tend to view it as something complex, as something toiled over. An image comes to mind of an Italian grandmother, rolling out the dough for pasta, painstakingly shaping it. There is familial warmth and a dusting of flour, hands work the dough and words of encouragement are laid […]