August 16, 2026

In the Kitchen with Martin Sorge: Recipes, Reality TV, and Really Great Bakes

Down to Earth at Sweet Frond Farm

How corporate America on the West Coast led one Rapid City farmer to regenerative agriculture
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Naturally Sparkling

Meet the northern Michigan winemakers embracing pét-nat wines
Pét-nat wine (short for pétillant-naturel) … Read More >>

Five Years for Ketch 22

The Arcadia food truck keeps growing and putting down deeper roots
Among food trucks, Ketch 22 … Read More >>

An Outdoor Medicine Cabinet

Culinary and medicinal herbs at Heartwood Forest Farm
Heartwood Forest Farm is like … Read More >>

Recipes for Peak Summer Flavors

Inside the Ingredients
Blink and you’ll miss it; … Read More >>

Mastering Mixology

Malted Vinyl on the art of the cocktail
What makes a good cocktail? … Read More >>

Feature

Film Review: Cookie Queens

As a middle-aged man who has never been a Girl Scout, I was probably not the top target audience for the new documentary Cookie Queens, a sweeping portrait of innocence and capitalism that follows …

Aug. 15, 2026 |

Dining

Oryana’s Turkey Brats

We’re all about squeezing a proper holiday into Michigan’s fleeting summer season—and this month, Thanksgiving’s coming early in the form of Oryana’s turkey brats. Inspired by America’s favorite bird (and our go-to lunch for …

Aug. 15, 2026 |

Opinion

Just Another Deflection

We have now decided who or what was to blame for the COVID-19 pandemic. No, it wasn’t the wet market in Wuhan, China, where it was transferred from an animal to humans. It wasn’t …

Aug. 15, 2026 |

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FAMgrove Festival at Interlochen

Northern Michigan supergroup The Accidentals is headed to Interlochen Center for the Arts on Saturday, Aug. 22, at 6:30pm, f… Read More >>

Traverse City Food & Wine Festival: Year Two

It’s year two for the Traverse City Food & Wine Festival, held Aug. 19-23 at locations throughout northern Michiga… Read More >>

Enemies Within

Since our nation’s birth, Americans have cast one another as worthy winners and hapless losers. Embracing these roles … Read More >>

Tunnel of Trees Art Trail 2026

As summer winds down, the Good Hart Artist Residency pulls out all the stops for their Tunnel of Trees Art Trail, an immersi… Read More >>