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I'm going to Green Cuisine. See you there!

Back when the morels and the leeks were just popping out of the forest floor, I spent a whole day foraging with the Young family. Tim and Kathy Young operate the all-organic Food For Thought preserves and wild foods company in Honor. We had such a blast together. While Tim and their tw… Continue

Posted on July 9th, 2009 at 10:00am —

Summer's New Salsa

I first made this fresh cucumber-pineapple salsa go alongside a Crock-Pot of Huli Huli turkey meatballs when I had a bunch of girlfriends over for a backyard Bunco dice game a few weeks ago. By the next day, I started getting requests on Facebook for the secret ingredient. The surpri… Continue

Posted on June 30th, 2009 at 11:30am — 4 Comments

Who needs May mint juleps? We have May wine, beer, cheese...

May is off to a good start…with three fantastic food & wine events Up North. Taste the creations of T.C.’s up-and-coming chefs at Siren Hall’s Scholarship Dinner! On Sunday May 3rd, Siren Hall Restaurant in Elk Rapids is hosting a scholarship dinner to benefit Great Lakes C… Continue

Posted on May 1st, 2009 at 1:00pm —

Poppylust!

photo by David Williams I am in the process of transforming one of my flowerbeds, which (in my dreams) I want bursting with billowy poppies and funky purple allium flowers. I planted allium bulbs last fall and they’ve already started to pop up! I cannot wait to see their Dr.… Continue

Posted on April 24th, 2009 at 4:00pm — 1 Comment

Kalkaska Love and Tasting Trout

I (Heart) Kalkaska. It is quite special to witness the culinary prowess in Kalkaska, a very small northern town in the heart of blue-ribbon trout streams. Every small town has one dinner spot secret—the place that all the locals go. This town has several. Wednesday night I had t… Continue

Posted on April 24th, 2009 at 4:00pm —

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At 5:51am on January 7th, 2009, Daar Fisher said…

Hi Emily , I’m the Internal Communication Director for the Michigan FairTax Assn. As you’re aware, our state legislature has recently enacted the Michigan Business Tax [MBT] as a response to ending the Single Business Tax [SBT] (a gross receipts tax). Our goal is to inform Michiganders about a proposed Michigan FairTax alternative that would both simplify, and stimulate, Michigan's business / jobs climate in order to stem the mass-emigration of businesses and families currently taking place.

The proposed Michigan FairTax would REPLACE the income tax and current sales tax, with a consumption tax (sales tax at point of retail sale). Under this plan, no more state tax will be withheld from Michigan wage-earners' paychecks. What's more, every Michigan resident-family will receive a monthly "prebate" check, in amount based on family size. This will ensure that NO Michigan family will EVEN BEGIN paying the MI FairTax on goods / services unless, or until, they exceed poverty-level spending.

Under the MI FairTax plan, points of collection are substantially reduced to just retailers, many of whom are already collecting sales tax. Because service providers must account for income tax withholding and compliance costs, their prices carry a hidden tax which a FairTax will make visible. (Business-to-business purchases would not carry the tax, as this would, again, hide the cost of taxation in prices.)

Because of the "prebate" (advance rebate calculated as .0975 x $ [poverty level spending per family size]) to ALL Michigan-resident households, the MI FairTax rate would effectively be 0% on all monthly family spending to the poverty level; thereafter it's 9.75%. A reasonably inferred average effective rate would be ~5.5% (see p.2 of pdf brochure, also review an economic analysis [pdf] on MI FairTax effects prepared by the Hillsdale Policy Group).

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At 10:28pm on November 6th, 2008, Darren King said…: I really enjoy your essays. I went back and read An Orchard Upbringing. I love the sentiment within your work. Very nice. Best, Darren King

At 7:36pm on November 4th, 2008, Nancy said…: Hi Emily! I just joined via an email. Looks like a fun place to be. What could be better? Good food, good conversation, good friends! Hope to see you at Lil Bo again soon.

At 11:03am on September 29th, 2008, Deb Fellows said…: Welcome, Emily! It wasn't quite right not seeing you as a member. Have fun fooling around. Load pictures, write a blog, comment in a discussion, start a new discussion. Just get comfortable!