Support the Work

If you have found the information on this blog useful, enjoyable, candid, or inspirational ... help keep it reader supported, journalistically driven, available to all, and advertiser-free. If you are able and inspired to do so, please consider a subscription to this blog. You can drop a dime or two every month, every year, or whenever you feel moved.

It will keep me writing, gathering facts, and interviewing the experts.

Love,

Elisabeth

CLICK HERE TO SUPPORT THE WORK

Parent / Sponsor

 

 

NEED TO FIND SOMETHING?
Join The Email List

Get Tastiness to Your Inbox

* indicates required

A blog about all things allergen-free and delicious

Entries in ABC News (1)

Wednesday
Aug172011

Sleeping Bear Dunes. The Most Beautiful Place & Great Food Artisans

 

 

The most beautiful place in U.S.?  Sleeping Bear Dunes in Michigan won this Good Morning America contest today.  Why am I so excited?  Two reasons.  Sleeping Bear is in my now home state, and I'm planning a trip.  The other reason is that Chef Mario Batali spends his summers on the Leelanau Pennisula and his love of the area's food artisans is quite an endorsement.  Chef Batali serves gluten-free pasta in his restaurants in New York and is proving to be a Tender Friendly chef (so we love him even more).  You might catch him dining at Hearth & Vine located on the Black Star Farms estate - a restaurant he describes as his "favorite".  Black Star Farms uses local vendors and has a beautiful winery, three tasting rooms and an inn.   If you would like to try something lovely and a little unusual, try their pear wine or their fruit brandies.  I purchased mine at G.B. Russo & Son.  The Leelenau Pennisula (map) is the home to all of this magic, and it is also the largest cherry growing region in the world.

Great things can happen when a community loves and respects the natural resources that surround them.  Congratulations, Sleeping Bear!


Read the entire article on the ABC News website.

Download "10 Places Not to Miss in Sleeping Bear".

Read George Aquino's article on great things to do if you fly into Grand Rapids before driving up the coast.