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    Buckwheat Honey Cake from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews A sweet Jewish New Year’s tradition Eating honey at Rosh Hashanah is a traditional way to ring in a “sweet new year.” As Arthur Schwartz wrote in Arthur Schwartz’s … Continued

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    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

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    True North Bread from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews True wheat, now available every day! The commitment everyone at the Bakehouse has made to this bread is a great example of artful thinking at work. … Continued

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    Cervelle de Canut from Zingerman’s Creamery

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Classic herbed cream cheese of Lyon I love little-known local specialties. Many of the most popular foods we work with at Zingerman’s began that way. Balsamic … Continued

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    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

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    Bonajuto Chocolate from Modica

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews An ancient way of crafting chocolate, carried on in Sicily I first heard about the Dolceria Bonajuto in the fall of 2002. Three different food people—all … Continued

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    Potato Dill Bread from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Super special midsummer Special Bake! One of my long-time favorites from the Bakehouse is making a rare special appearance this coming weekend. I figured I’d give … Continued

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    Valdueza Vinegar

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews The Marqués de Valdueza quietly makes even more culinary magic with this bright vinegar from Western Spain In the context of salads, I’ve started to see … Continued

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    Caraway Rye from the Bakehouse

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Jewish Rye the way it would have been 100 years ago In a previous Ari’s Top 5, I referenced the work of Anzia Yezierska, the late … Continued

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    Wild Cherrywood Bacon from Nueske’s

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews If you like their classic Applewood-Smoked Bacon, check out the Cherrywood! About six in the morning on Monday, March 15th, 1982, either Paul or I slid … Continued

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    Kintamani Bali Coffee

    Excerpt from Ari’s Top 5 enews Great balance & beautiful flavor from this small South-Asian island Bali is probably not the first place you think of when single-origin coffees come to mind. … Continued