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Oryana Natural Foods Market invites non-profits to apply for Community Grant

For the fourth consecutive year, Oryana Natural Foods Market—a community cooperative owned by thousands of area residents—will make a significant donation to a worthy non-profit.

Oryana currently seeks applications from local non-profit organizations for the Oryana Community Grant Program. Every profitable year, Oryana donates a portion of its end-of-year proceeds (pre-tax) to a local non-profit organization.

“Cooperatives work for the sustainable development…

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Added by Lydia Belanger on September 7, 2011 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Bear Creek, A favorite of mine.

One of the best things to do is to find a place that is out of the ordinary and right in your backyard. Fortunately for us we are in a rare area that has many of these gems a few miles away.

First off we took advantage of a little hiking trail down the road from home at the Spirit of the Woods Club. It was a dreary day with the sky unable to make a decision between spitting and downpouring. However we took to the woods anyway. Thank goodness that we did too.…

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Added by John Edward Yonkers III on March 7, 2011 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

Michael Moore to Help Save Manistee's Vogue Theatre

Critical mass: Manistee locals gather to hear Michael Moore inspire them to renovate the Vogue Theatre, in downtown Manistee.

Something important happened today in Manistee. On its surface, that something had to do with Manistee’s decrepit and shuttered old movie theater,…

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Added by Jeff Smith on February 9, 2011 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Holiday Entertaining Ideas: Sausage Breakfast Casserole and Jalapenos Stuffed with Sausage

This holiday season, check out Betty Neff's recipes for Jalapeños Stuffed with Sausage and Sausage Breakfast Casserole, both just right for a casual holiday gathering.

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Added by MyNorth Food & Wine Up North on December 17, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Best Eats 2010 Nominations Open! for Traverse City, Petoskey, Charlevoix, Benzie, Leelanau, Mackinac Island

The editors of Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine are taking nominations for the March 2010 Best Eats issue. Have you tried a dish at a Northern Michigan restaurant that has you licking your chops just thinking about it? Tell us what it is and where you had it in the comment box at the bottom of the Best Eats nominations page.

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Added by MyNorth Food & Wine Up North on December 17, 2009 at 12:50pm — No Comments

Can creating sausage save a life? In Northern Michigan it can.

Hunters' wives hear about Brian Neff while getting their nails done downtown. Others find out about his Old-World technique from their doctors. And hunters learn about him at camp, of course. In-the-know Petoskey locals and people as far flung as Iron Mountain in the U.P. and New York trust Neff with the spoils of their hunt, which he coaxes into natural, old-fashioned sausages and then hands over fresh, or deep frozen to last through the long winter.

Sausage is Neff's gift, and he… Continue

Added by MyNorth Food & Wine Up North on December 17, 2009 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Meet Tim Tebeau, a new wine and dining writer at Traverse Magazine

Tim has a master's degree in poetry from the University of Michigan and, since leaving college, has managed the gourmet food and wine shop Esperance, in Charlevoix, for the past 4.5 years. He recently left that position to piece together a living that combines writing with working as a wine importer. Watch for his stories on MyNorth.com, in Traverse, Northern Michigan's Magazine and of course here, in Food & Wine Up North.

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Added by MyNorth Food & Wine Up North on October 27, 2009 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Second Annual Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour is a Huge Success!

The second annual Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour is history—and everyone involved from the tour-goers to the designers agree it was historically fabulous. I was able to make it to 10 kitchens between Traverse City and Charlevoix and at each kitchen I overheard exclamations about how much fun people were having.

It was so energizing to see so many folks finding their way to these kitchens scattered from Manistee to Petoskey. I was able to make it to ten kitchens from Traverse City to… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Edwards on October 26, 2009 at 7:39am — No Comments

Second Annual Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour is a Huge Success!

Added by Elizabeth Edwards on October 26, 2009 at 7:30am — No Comments

Make it a Day: The Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour and a Glass of Wine at the Wooden Hammer Annex in Traverse City!

Put this date on your calendar: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, October 24—the day of the Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour when 25 professionally designed kitchens from Manistee to Harbor Springs open their doors to tour goers. Got that one down? Now add this footnote: plan your day of kitchen touring so that you end up at the brand new Wooden Hammer Annex in the… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Edwards on August 26, 2009 at 3:00pm — No Comments

Windy City (that'd be Manistee)

Gray and gusty, just how the Windspire vertical wind turbine likes it.

This is the fourth installment in a series of blogs about the entrepreneurial mettle that Manistee is relying on to move forward in Michigan’s changing economy.

Sometimes, when a company has to work its way out of a jam, it pays to just do the obvious thing. For John Holcomb, general manager at the MasTech Manufacturing plant in Manistee, that… Continue

Added by Jeff Smith on July 10, 2009 at 11:00am — 1 Comment

2009 Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour: Saturday, October 24

I can't believe it, but the second annual Ultimate Up North Kitchen Tour is rolling around again. Mark it on your calendar: Saturday, October 24.

The first tour was an incredible success. After spending the day yesterday reviewing photos and designer statements for this year's 25 kitchens, I can tell you to expect another spectacular tour.

These kitchens, located from Manistee to… Continue

Added by Elizabeth Edwards on July 9, 2009 at 2:00pm — 8 Comments

What If ... They Made Movies in Manistee

Harold Cronk, a partner in Manistee's new 10 West Studios

This is the third installment in a series of blogs about the entrepreneurial mettle that Manistee is relying on to move forward in Michigan’s changing economy.

Anyone looking for evidence that Michigan’s film tax credits are generating business for Northern Michigan should have been in Manistee last week when the filming of What If was in full swing.… Continue

Added by Jeff Smith on July 8, 2009 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

Back to the Future, Downtown Manistee

Moving Spirit wine shop and art gallery

This is the second installment in a series of blogs about the entrepreneurial mettle that Manistee is relying on to move forward in Michigan’s changing economy.

There is a phenomenon that historic preservationists talk about, how an economic downturn can actually help preserve the character of a place. Intuitively we can see how this makes sense. When a community faces closed… Continue

Added by Jeff Smith on July 6, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

Good Things Going on in Manistee County

This is the first installment in a series of blogs about the entrepreneurial mettle that Manistee is relying on to move forward in Michigan’s changing economy.

As Michigan continues the fight to right itself economically and scrambles to find models to follow and examples that inspire, our business and government leaders should take a look at a few things happening in Manistee County. I recently had the good fortune of taking a day to check out some of the success stories… Continue

Added by Jeff Smith on July 3, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

Finding Entrepreneurial Spirit at the Michigan Energy Fair

Saturday I headed to the Manistee County Fairgrounds in Onekama, about an hour and a half south of Traverse City, to check out the Michigan Energy Fair 2009, organized by the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association.

The fair, in its fourth year, is a gathering of what might be called technological optimists, people selling and buying and learning about ways we can reduce our energy use and carbon… Continue

Added by Jeff Smith on June 28, 2009 at 8:00am — 1 Comment