Antlers and Meat
A TASTE OF DEER HUNTING CULTURE IN THE U.P.
The cold December night is silvered and silent. No wind stirs the empty tree branches at field’s edge. Deer creep from forest to clearing on hushed, cloven hooves. When clouds unveil the moon, their breath makes ghostly puffs. Delicate white hairs framing black button noses rime with frost. A thick pink tongue protrudes, licking away […]
What Is Chocolate?
DANIEL RUTZ OF EVERYDAY WINES SHARES THE BASICS ON THE INTOXICATING SUBSTANCE .... CHOCOLATE
As this collaborative column starts off it’s probably a good time to answer the question “what is chocolate?” It should be a straight-forward answer, but just look at the authors of this column. Two are chocolate producers, one who starts with the raw beans and makes what we typically think of as chocolate, just on […]
All About Coffee
WHAT’S MAKING COFFEE AMERICA’S BEVERAGE OF CHOICE? Marquette, MI – From our kitchens to the cafes, coffee has become a $30 billion dollar industry in the U.S. Running the kids to school, cramming for that exam at Northern (if you’re a student) or just waking up to greet the day, drinking this bold, flavorful elixir is […]
A Northern Harvest
BLUEBERRY PICKING IN THE U.P. Marquette, MI – Bend and kneel. Feel grains of sand, pointed-pine needles, and sticky aspen chafe dig into wrinkled knee skin. The sandy two-track, edged in jack pines and quivering poplars, bakes in full sun, but the road-side is comfortably shaded. The berries grow best where sun and shade meet, […]
Tastes of Autumn
FRESH APPLE CIDER MINGLES WITH THE FEELINGS OF FALL IN THE U.P.
Sipping cider, tart cold rush against tongue and pallet, waves of gratefulness washed through me. I had touched, even for just a moment, each apple crushed to make this cider, flavoring it with memory. I did another mental inventory of our foodstuffs for the weekend: the last two packages of the previous fall’s frozen venison, […]
Heritage Beans
How Heritage Beans connect us as human beings through time and space… With a sound like a rainstick, black beans poured into the empty stock pot. When you run your fingers through their loose rattel, your eyes close, and it feels like touching pearls. Human beings have been cultivating and eating these hard black gems […]
In The Kitchen With Erica: Holiday Spiced Carrot Coconut Cake
by Maia Seguin for MarquetteMagazine.com Marquette, MI, Nov. 17, 2013 – In The Kitchen With Maia: Holiday Spiced Carrot Coconut Cake – Welcome to the first edition of my recipe section. I’ve enjoyed experimenting in the kitchen since I was a kid and am excited to share my love for cuisine with food lover’s everywhere. […]
