The Deli Dish

  • Tunisian Pimento Cheese Recipe

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Handmade Tunisian Harissa combined with handcrafted Creamery Cream Cheese Fifteen years or so ago, we did a T-shirt at the Roadhouse to promote our then-new Pimento … Continued

  • Five Easy Appetizers for Your Entertaining

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Great appetizers made with two ingredients in under two minutes If you’re having folks over to watch football or celebrate the New Year, are making something … Continued

  • Harissa and Seasonal Vegetable Soup

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews An easy meal to keep you warm as the colder months come in This is a wonderful warming meal that, if you have broth on hand, … Continued

  • Paw Paw Gelato from the Creamery

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews America’s secret fruit shows up on the Southside It was nearly twenty years ago that we started this project to make Paw Paw Gelato at the … Continued

  • Fire Parched Wild Rice

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A Salute to Really Wild Wild Rice If you’ve never tried really wild wild rice–I mean the real thing, not the commercial replica—you’re in for a revelatory … Continued

  • Cauliflower and Harissa Salad

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A terrific taste of Tunisia to make at home Local heirloom tomato season is coming to an end for 2022, but cauliflower is still going strong! … Continued

  • How to Use Varietal Honeys

    7 of Our Favorite Ways to Put Honey to Good Use If you’ve been following along with our honey series, you know all about the history of honey, how it’s … Continued

  • Lamb and Honey Stew Recipe

    This recipe is originally from the Zingerman’s Guide to Good Eating by Ari Weinzweig. This stew brings together a medieval combination of Spanish flavors. The aroma released as it’s cooking will … Continued

  • Making Greek Salad at Home

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews An August homage to Ann Arbor’s Greek community In his inaugural address as University of Michigan’s president in 1852, Henry Tappan shared a piece of his … Continued

  • A Simple and Tasty Tomato Sauce

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews You can make this tomato sauce in your own kitchen in as few as 15 minutes! When August arrives, it marks the start of the six … Continued

  • Introducing Filotea

    One of our favorite pasta makers Filotea is located in the Marche region of eastern Italy, between the Apennine Mountains and the Adriatic Sea. They are a small company, dedicated … Continued

  • Introducing Mancini Pastificio Agricolo

    A Pasta Maker with Thoughtful Agricultural Practices Mancini Pastificio Agricolo makes their pasta in a wood, glass, and concrete factory located in the middle of one of their wheat fields. … Continued