THE VILLAGE VOICE

February is Dining Month on Absolute Michigan ~ Overcast October in Traverse City ___________________ TRAVERSE CITY DRIED CHERRY SALAD ~ Fa...

~ Super Bowl XL (Detroit, Michigan) ___________ Super Bowl Recipes

Here Ye! Here Ye! Here Ye! On Gobbler's Knob on this fabulous Groundhog Day, February 2 nd , 2008 Punxsutawney Phil, the Seer of Seers,...

"Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow. It's what sunflowers do." ~ Helen Keller

"To feel safe and warm on a cold wet night, all you really need is soup.” ~ Laurie Colwin ~ Sunflower _____________ SOUTHWESTERN CORN ...

"Winter either bites with its teeth or lashes with its tail." ~Proverb ~ Ice Crystal Patterns _________ WINTER WALNUT PESTO ~ Deli...

"Leaves like rusty tin for the desolate mind that has seen the end—the barest glimmerings. Leaves aswirl with gullsmade wild by winte...

"It glimmers on the forest tips And through the dewy foilage drips In little rivulets of light ." ~ Longfellow (The Golden Legend)...

"Every gardener knows that under the cloak of winter lies a miracle ... a seed waiting to sprout, a bulb opening to the light, a bud st...

~ Stone Garden Squirrel _____ Squirrel Appreciation Day When : Always January 21st "Squirrel Appreciation Day is an opportunity to enj...

~ PRIMROSE (I Can't Live Without You) The Language of Flowers TYROLEAN BEEF TENDERLOIN ~ Perfect for a 'special' person on a ...

SALMON & WILD RICE CHOWDER ~ Perfect fare for a blustery night (adapted from The Gunflint Lodge Cookbook ) 2 Tbsp. unsalted butter 1 fi...

" Winter must be cold for those with no warm memories." ~From the movie An Affair to Remember ~ Fond memories CHAMPAGNE CHICKEN w...

MANHATTAN-STYLE SEAFOOD STEW ~ 'Tried & true' keeper recipe from Bon Appetit /Jan 1991 _____ 5 slices bacon, chopped 1 1 /2 lar...

~ Syringa vulgaris (purple lilac) New Hampshire State Flower ___________ FUDGE WALNUT TORTE with CARAMEL SAUCE ~ Delicious dessert complim...