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Saturday: Food & Drink

Keep healthy eating in mind during the holidays

Thoughts of ... holiday treats and Christmas goodies come more frequently to mind this time of year. Yet, holidays aside, people have to eat everyday. But what people choose to eat is contributing to steadily increasing obesity in the U.S. In 2011, the National Library of Medicine reported ...

Celebrate National Brownie Day

National Brownie Day in the United States is December 8. In fact, the National Brownie Committee estimates Americans consume about 1.45 billion of the chocolate treats each year. However, most brownie recipes require at least one egg, and egg prices have risen over the past couple of years ...

Historically speaking

ISHPEMING — Just 10 years after it opened with much fanfare, the Ishpeming Theater (aka Opera House) was in trouble. “A meeting of the stockholders of the Ishpeming Theater company was held this week to discuss plans for saving the property, as the company is heavily in debt, the ...

Buying local fresh produce benefits farmers

LANSING — Michigan is the second-most agriculturally diverse state, with farmers growing a wide variety of produce and specialty crops, such as cherries, asparagus and blueberries. Certain areas produce large amounts of such crops, such as cherries around Traverse City, juice grapes in the ...

Wishing you all a happy fall

Happy Fall, team. To celebrate this season, I wanted to make a gorgeous and hearty meal with you. Because the leaves have changed color, the air is getting cold and pumpkins are everywhere, today’s dish is going to feature pepitas, a very specific kind of pumpkin seeds. Before we get into ...