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    Noor Fès Olive Oil from Morocco

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Delicate and delicious new oil at the Deli If you’re looking for a lovely new olive oil to enhance the quality of your cooking and eating, … Continued

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    Kenya Kiawamururu Coffee

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A lovely Roaster’s Pick for the summer months I’ve been waiting many months for this coffee to hit our counters. While I’m big on Brazilian brew, … Continued

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    Oven-Roasting Asparagus

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A marvelous, easy-to-make meal As we enter the final days of the Ann Arbor asparagus season, it seemed a good time to advocate one of my … Continued

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    The Loveliness of Long Pepper

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews An inspiring spice from Indonesia As many of you will already know, I have a deep devotion and great love for the terrific Tellicherry black pepper … Continued

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    Tokaji Cream Cake from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A modern pairing of traditional Hungarian sweet wine and pastry One of the richest, creamiest, lightest, and most unusual of the many great Hungarian baked goods … Continued

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    Rolando Beramendi’s “Green Minestrone”

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A lovely gentle “Green Minestrone” to make at home Getting ready for next week’s visit to the Roadhouse and BAKE! by my longtime friend Rolando Beramendi, I was … Continued

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    Mushroom Fennel Salad

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A recipe right out of Rolando Beramendi’s Autentico As you might have noticed, I have mushrooms on my mind of late! The #5 sandwich is marvelous. This … Continued

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    The (New) #5: Rodger’s Big Picnic

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Local Asparagus on a Super Tasty Sandwich at the Deli One of my favorite sandwiches on the Deli’s menu this spring, the #5 “Rodger’s Big Picnic” … Continued

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    Asparagus and Bacon Salad

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A terrific taste of May in the Midwest you can make in a matter of minutes I wait anxiously each spring for the arrival of the … Continued

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    Peepal People Hot Sauce

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Spicy, Pakistani-inspired sauces from Atlanta Two of the tastiest new hot sauces to arrive on the Ann Arbor scene are coming from a couple of Pakistani-born … Continued

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    Ecuador Chocolate from Askinosie

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Good guy, Good Profit, great chocolate Late last week, I got the first in what turned out to be a series of emails from someone who … Continued