Here’s a delish dish that’s easy and quick to pull together. Just be sure to allow time for the pastry to chill and then at…
Hoffa: 1992 R rated biography of labor leader Jimmy Hoffa Directed by Danny DeVito Written by David Mamet Starring Jack Nicholson, Danny DeVito, Armand Assante, J.T. Walsh and John…
When we were kids we picked blueberries that grew around our family’s cabin in Roscommon, and strawberries from the field behind dad’s childhood home in…
Pop the corn and settle in for a screening of Citizen Kane to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Great Laker Orson Welles, who was born…
Okay, maybe it’s not such a claim to fame; where didn’t the father of the beat movement toss back a few. But on an early…
“Happy, Carefree Days and Restful Nights…big fish—and lots of ‘em…scenic beauty…clean air…No Hay Fever!” Promises made and kept, according to tales told throughout The Best of…
On a gray and chilly June afternoon during the Scandinavian Midsummer Festival at Marquette’s Presque Isle Park, T.J. and I were warmed by a young artist…
The Great Lakes region is a top producer of pumpkins, with Illinois growing 90% of the seasonal fruit in the U.S. California is second in…
We all know that carrots are a good and important food, even when baked in a cake and slathered with a cream cheese icing (hey,…
Finnish cuisine isn’t likely (never say never) to have a following to rival the popularity of Italian, Mexican, Chinese and Mediterranean foods—and French, of course….






