Food Blogs and Links

 

Cooking Classes

  • Artisan Cooking School
    Located in Grand Haven, Michigan this school offers classes for adults and children
  • Le Chat Gourmet
    Located in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, Executive Chef Denene Vincent teaches a diverse range of classes for a variety of age groups
  • Monroe County Community College
    Offers an Associate of Applied Science degree with specialization in Culinary Skills & Management, and a Culinary Skills & Management certificate program
  • un coup de main
    Georgeann Brown offers world-class cooking classes with small class sizes (six students or less) in a rural setting in Dundee, Michigan, including French, Tuscan, and seasonal and holiday classes.
  • Zingermann’s Bakehouse
    Located in Ann Arbor, the world-renowned deli has its own teaching bakery and also offers tours of the bakehouse itself

Luna Pier Cook’s Links

Monroe Evening News

  • BlogsMonroe
    A blogging community from monroenews.com, which LunaPierCook is part of

Monroe News Blogs

  • Blonde Highlights
    Writing from the Bedford area, 13abc’s Rebecca Regnier takes a news break
  • Expatriate Monroe
    “Notes from a not-so-distant native son”, the writer is LunaPierCook mega-reader Mike Ingels
  • Fishing Michigan
    Fresh-water fish is plentiful in Michigan. Mason’s blog on the subject gets into the nuts and bolts of doing it right.
  • Home Life
    Sarah blogs some more, this time round on homemaking, homesteading and back-to-basics living.
  • Hunting with Mike
    Mike Ansel’s straight-shooting blog covering various varieties of hunting
  • Michigan Beer Buzz
    Sarah, Kevin and Rob talk about finding special beers in Michigan, and making it themselves.
  • Monroe On A Budget
    Tips for making it to the next payday in Monroe County, from Monroe News staffer Paula Wethington
  • Monroe Parenting
    Monroe News staffer Shawna Schmitt writes interesting notes any parent will appreciate
  • Teen Tech
    Presented as, “Technology for the Teenager in You”, this is a blog from LunaPierCook’s oldest son, Aaron
  • What is Normal?
    A blog all about my little buddy knoah, who will always be little, from his delightful mom Tonya

Michigan Food Links

  • Alden Mill House
    Located on Torch Lake east of Traverse City, the home of LunaPierCook’s favorite spices, blends and mixes
  • Boulevard Market
    Located in Tecumseh, this is one of the best little specialty markets around. Try their handmade cheeses, made right there in the store.
  • Denali Flavors
    Located in Wayland, Michigan, south of Grand Rapids, Denali Flavors was founded by Wally Blume, developer of Moose Tracks ice cream.
  • Earthy Delights
    Located in DeWitt, Michigan, offers wild mushrooms and other seasonal wild-harvested items, fresh specialty produce, fine hand-crafted cheese, aged balsamic vinegar, exotic spices and hard-to find ingredients to the professional chef and the at-home cook.
  • Evan’s Street Station
    The kind of fine dining you’d find in a much larger city, even NYC, this one’s located in Tecumseh
  • Food For Thought
    Specializing in organic and wild-harvested food products, their products are available online and in stores throughout Michigan. Food for Thought will also work with retailers and others in developing private label products.
  • Vermont Pie Company, Dundee
    Located in Dundee near Cabela’s, the company handmakes their fresh pies using French-style pastry

Monroe County Links

  • Ambassador Hall
    Complete banquet and catering facility on South Monroe St.
  • Angelos Northwood Villa
    A hidden gem located in Erie, the Villa even offers Lake Erie Perch on their children’s menu
  • Cabela’s
    Cabela’s is Monroe County’s premiere source for the outdoors, and includes a department for cooking and meat processing supplies, and a cafe with some unique menu items
  • Erie Orchards & Cider Mill
    From cider and donuts to pony and hay rides, all located in Erie
  • Frog Leg Inn
    Located in Erie, and rated 5 stars by the Toledo Blade, this is our favorite restaurant in Monroe County
  • Grafton Hall
    A 500-seat hall and catering facility in Carleton
  • La Fiesta Restaurant & Cantina
    Located on Telegraph near Luna Pier Rd., our favorite Tex-Mex restaurant
  • LaRoy’s Hall
    A catering and banquet facility in LaSalle serving up to 500
  • McGeady’s Town Pub
    Located in Monroe; Make sure to check out their extensive menu
  • MT Loonies Pub & Grub
    A great sports bar & grill in Temperance
  • Spillson’s Rice Pudding
    Creating and retailing rice pudding from a 1918 recipe, this is one of our faves. Make sure to check their ‘Where To Buy’ page for locations.
  • Zeiler’s Deli
    Gourmet take-out and catering, along with an massive selection of beers, wines and liquors

Entries Of Note

Michigan Periodicals

  • Lake Erie Living
    Published in Ohio, there’s a lot of good focus on southeastern Michigan
  • Lake Superior Magazine
    Published in Duluth, Minnesota, Michigan’s upper peninsula is well-represented
  • Michigan BLUE
    From the beginning, this beautiful magazine about the state tries its best not to stray from the subject
  • Shoreline Magazine
    Published by the Sturgis Journal, the food editor is columnist Laura Kurella
  • Traverse
    Called ‘Northern Michigan’s Magazine’, this covers the area in-and-around Traverse City
  • UP Magazine
    A rather fun and quirky online and print magazine from the upper peninsula of Michigan

Other Blog Types

  • Flint Expatriates
    As I grew up in Grand Blanc, Gordon Young’s blog strikes quite a chord with me.
  • HelpWare
    Microsoft Help MVP Rob Chandler, an Aussie and a good friend, shares his thoughts on technology, music, and a good family life.
  • Old Millington Guys
    ‘The comments of old farts and small town philosophers’, from my mom’s family’s hometown of Millington, Michigan

Michigan Food Blogs

  • Betsy’s Herb Garden
    Betsy writes about her backyard herb garden in my hometown of Grand Blanc, Michigan, and the Genesee County Herb Society.
  • Dry Goods Notes
    A blog from Solomon, the olive oil and vinegar guru at Zingerman’s Deli in Ann Arbor
  • Hot.Sour.Salty.Sweet. and Umami
    Christine in Ann Arbor focuses on Vietnamese, Thai and other Asian cuisines while teaching at places I’ve shopped at. And she’s one Hell of a photographer!
  • SingleGuyChef
    From the area of Ferndale, Michigan, this single guy puts together some Asian specialties that will make your mouth water.
  • The Village Voice
    Supposedly the “musings of a ho-hum housewife”, Joey Randall’s blog features recipes in each and every post … I think I gain weight just reading her stuff

Non-Michigan Food Blogs

  • Aapplemint
    From Ethiopia, Kate’s food and cultural photography, and the stories and recipes that go with them, are positively stunning.
  • Alosha’s Kitchen
    Out of Orange County, California Melissa blogs about good, honest food as she learns to cook
  • Caviar and Codfish
    Robin takes you inside her life, inside her food, and the photos are simply incredible
  • Chew On That
    Hillary’s blog has wonderful graphics, and pics that make me hungry
  • chez pim
    Easily one of the more respected food blogs and food bloggers out there
  • FlaNboyant Eats
    Freelance writer Bren’s Latin fusion cooking is simply mouthwatering, as are her beautiful food photos.
  • FotoCuisine
    Peter makes the food, Christey shoots the fotos … together the resulting blog posts are simply stunning.
  • Great American Cooking Project
    Nora Leah of Brooklyn, NY is taking a time-traveling year making dishes of old.
  • mmm-yoso!!!
    Kirk and Cathy out of San Diego talk about Asian food and their culinary travels
  • Rasa Malaysia
    Probably one of the best-looking, most mouth-watering food blogs on the ‘net.
  • Steamy Kitchen
    Jaden writes a food blog out of the Sarasota area, which includes mouth-watering recipes, great insights, and some absolutely amazing food photography
  • The Petite Pig
    A spunky blog from Jess Dang, one of our faves from the 2nd season of NFNS
  • Waxing Techcomm
    While basically a tech blog, Waxing Techcomm is also where geek Bill Swallow talks about his home beer brewing projects.
  • White On Rice Couple
    She’s the white, He’s the rice! A fun food blog with an Asian flair, with great photography and videos.

Non-Michigan Food Links

  • Joe Perry’s Rock Your World
    Home of LunaPierCook’s favorite hot sauces, Boneyard Brew and Mango Peach Tango, from the lead axe-man of Aerosmith
  • Serious Eats
    Out of NYC, one of the better food and food blogging sites on the web. If you can’t pick but a few to read, make sure this is one of them.
  • Van Dyke’s Restorers
    Dealers of olde-tymin’, but brand new, stuff you might find useful for creating the kind of kitchen your grandparents or great-grandparents might have used

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