


DOOR COUNTY WELCOMES SUMMER AND SAFETY WITH RE-OPENING LODGING PACKAGES
Summer in Door County means cool breezes, mild temperatures, quaint harbor towns, farm-to-tablerestaurants, cheeseries, wineries, mead makers and distillers and sun-soaked waterfront vistas as well as300 miles of shoreline paralleling […]

Abra Berens of Granor Farms in Southwest Michigan Nominated for a James Beard Award.
Abra Berens, chef in residence for Granor Farm in Three Oaks was nominated for the Best Chef award in the Great Lakes Region by the James Beard Foundation.

Tim Vidrio is New Executive Chef at Chicago’s Michelin-starred North Pond restaurant
After 20 Years, Bruce Sherman Turning Over Kitchen to Chef de Cuisine Tim Vidrio. Since taking over what was a casual park café in 1999, Sherman has been the only […]

A Golden Lamb Thanksgiving: A Treat Since 1870
I’ve spent a lot of time lately traversing Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio following, so to speak, in Abraham Lincoln’s footsteps . And while it’s not recorded that Lincoln […]

Hot Chicken Takeover: Good Food & Second Chances
Hot Chicken Takeover hadn’t opened yet and already the line on the second floor in North Market, Columbus Ohio’s super food emporium was about a half hour long. “It’s always […]

A Visit to Julius Renner Weinhaus & Weinkellerei in Historic Oberkirch
Following the Muhlbach Stream as it gently flows through downtown Oberkirch, a marvelous collection of timber-framed, multi-stories houses, cobblestone streets, brightly painted shutters and window boxes overflowing with cascading blooms, […]

The Story of the Good Earth: Hoosier Restaurant Grows in Style
Story Inn’s Chef Eric Swanson has no need to visit a farmer’s market. Every afternoon the Chef picks it himself. “We’re not ordering much produce these days” he says. […]