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    Cuna de Piedra from Mexico

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Amazing artisan chocolate bars by Cuna de Piedra arrive in Ann Arbor The story of cacao cultivation starts something like 1500 years ago, a long way … Continued

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    (Better Than) San Francisco Sourdough

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A terrific taste of the Gold Rush era Just to be clear up front, the “(Better Than) San Francisco” piece of the name comes not from … Continued

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    Perky Pecan Pie from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A pie that plays just as well in Paris, France as it does in Paris, Texas Pecan pie is hardly hard to find—you’ll see one in nearly … Continued

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    8-Grain 3-Seed Bread from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A happy confluence of health and culinary excellence 8-Grain 3-Seed Bread is one of the first breads we started making at the Bakehouse nearly 30 years … Continued

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    Smoked Octopus and Smoked Herring

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews 35 years of canning high quality wild-caught seafood in Alaska As you may well likely know, I’ve long been a big fan of what people in … Continued

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    Valserena Parmigiano Reggiano

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Farmstead Parmigiano Reggiano from a 5th-generation family-run dairy, made from the milk of Sola Bruna cows Back in 1982 when we opened, it was hard to … Continued

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    Chocolate Cherry Bread Goes Bean-to-Bar

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A terrific upgrade to a long-standing Bakehouse classic! Recently at the Roadhouse, we’ve started to use far more flavorful spelt flour in our pancakes, freshly milled … Continued

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    Harissa-Roasted Carrots and Dates

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Delicious vegetable dish with a North Mediterranean spin Here’s a dish that’s terrifically delicious, nutritionally excellent, and easy to make! It features the incredibly tasty and … Continued

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    Roadhouse Bread from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A taste of America’s past to put on local tables today This bread has been one of my favorites for nearly 19 years now, ever since … Continued

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    Aloreña Olives at the Deli

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Crazy good, naturally-cured, cracked green olives from southeastern Spain I taste a lot of new foods. Rarely a week goes by that I don’t try a … Continued

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    Cheshire Cheese from Appleby’s Farmhouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews The last traditional Cheshire maker in Britain It’s been nearly three decades now that we’ve been selling the Appleby family’s very fine farmhouse Cheshire cheese at … Continued