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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A lovely late-summer picnic or a perfect light supper Looking for something a little different to brighten your August evenings? Here’s a fantastic couscous … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A wonderful, wow-evoking culinary improvement This past Sunday morning, around maybe 10 o’clock, I was working on this e-news, and I realized I would be wise … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Compellingly crisp and tasty brown olives from Marina Colonna in Central Italy Some of the tastiest, crispest olives I’ve had in the last 10 years, these … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Angel food cake to celebrate summer berry season A Bakehouse favorite for many, many years, this one’s named after Co-Managing Partner Amy Emberling’s son, Jake—who’s all … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews The first picking of the 2026 spring harvest arrives in Ann Arbor This terrific, hard-to-find tea was harvested on April 1 this past spring, but don’t … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Hit the farmers market and cook some up at home in a matter of minutes While tomatoes tend to get most of the glamour in … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Special Bake of traditional simit this weekend at the Bakehouse This coming weekend, we have what is now a quarterly opportunity to buy some simit at the … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Slightly sweet, slightly hot, 100 percent delicious! One of the tastiest treats we craft at the Candy Manufactory, these Sweet Chili Peanuts are ideal for this … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews One of Ari’s all-time favorite spices The Nigella seeds we have come from Egypt—thanks to the good folks at importer Burlap & Barrel—produced by farmers in an … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A delicious vegetable dish to make at home Years ago, I discovered the difference between the standard-issue 20th-century celery I’d long grown accustomed to from … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews On the Mail Order website or in the Deli’s freezer case Blintzes have been part of Eastern European Jewish cooking for centuries. Closer to home, … Continued
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Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Continued culinary and emotional engagement with apricots As many of you know, I’ve had apricots on my mind over the last year or so, ever since … Continued