An artisan bread bakery is the last thing you might expect to find off the grid and on the road to Tahquamenon Falls in Michigan’s…
My favorite birthday surprise of recent memory: Paige got up at the crack of dawn to prepare and present me with these delish Blueberry Scones with…
Got blueberries? Get Grunt. It’s a recipe from a wonderful book published by the Saugatuck-Douglas Historical Society. The Village Table by Stacy Honson and Kit Lane…
Hungry for a taste of summer? Mix up a batch of classic blueberry muffins and serve with a jam made from local berries. Here’s a…
The quest for the best pasty continues. Since everyone cannot taste the wondrousness of the Pasties According to Mom that I occasionally (okay, rarely) whip up, I…
Pasties are to the Upper Peninsula as Starbucks is to a trendy neighborhood. US-2, the main east-west highway along the south coast of the U.P., is…
The sunny yellow house on the highway in Munising has been attracting crowds for Cornish-recipe pasties since it opened in 1989. Be prepared to stand…
After years of passing by the cute log cabin near the Mackinac Bridge in Mackinaw City I decided to stop at Hunt’s Mackinaw Pastie & Cookie Co. to sample…
Back in 1966 the spectacular, natural beauty of the region of the Upper Peninsula that hugs the southern Lake Superior shore between Munising and Grand…
It’s a long way from Decatur, Illinois to Munising, Michigan—about 550 miles on today’s roadways. But in 1840 Abraham and Anna Williams and their 10…
