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Ann Arbor Restaurant Week Menu

Miss Kim and the Roadhouse offer up delicious deals It’s time for the annual Ann Arbor Restaurant Week menu, which means cool meals and delicious deals at both Miss Kim and the Roadhouse! It’s Ann Arbor’s bicentennial to make the Restaurant Week work even more fun! Anyone around Ann Arbor likely needs a good excuse […]

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24 Carrot Cake from the Bakehouse

A whole lot of carrots and cream cheese frosting The Bakehouse 24 Carrot Cake is impressively excellent. Being more of a savory treat fan, it had been a while since I held a plate with a whole slice of cake, but with this one, I tried a bite, smiled, and went back for more! If […]

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Potato Bacon Rétes at the Bakehouse

Flaky, filled Hungarian pastry for breakfast, lunch, or dinner The Bakehouse’s work with Hungarian foods has been, for me, one of the most inspiring stories to come out of the ZCoB in the 21st century. It’s a testament to what the willingness to study deeply, to go to the source to learn, to stick with […]

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Champagne and Parmigiano Reggiano Risotto

Sparkling wine and the king of cheeses come together to make one terrific meal I learned this dish probably two dozen years ago from Laura di Collibiano, the woman who’s helped to revive the production of the terrific olive oil Tenuta di Valgiano estate in the western part of Tuscany. She makes it, she said, […]

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Zingerman’s Spiced Pecans

An annual holiday classic handcrafted across the ZCoB  I can’t remember when we first started making spiced pecans a holiday treat. What I do know for sure though is that over the years, they’ve become a Zingerman’s classic—people start asking me in August when they’ll be available. In our never-ending effort to always improve what […]

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Bûche de Noël from the Bakehouse

A sweet taste of northern European Christmas to grace your table The name of the classic French holiday cake, Bûche de Noël, means, literally, “Christmas log.” It seems to have its historical roots in the traditions of Celtic Brittany, where trees were used to celebrate the winter solstice. At that time, trees were believed to […]

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