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We loved Lena and were sad when it closed in January to be replaced by Pretzel Bell in April. Today, we finally visited Pretzel Bell while we were downtown for the Ann Arbor Comic Arts Festival. While we still miss Lena (and the baked goat cheese appetizer), Pretzel Bell was an enjoyable meal and we will be back. Pretzel Bell […]
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Piada has closed their Ann Arbor location Updated April 28th based on our recent return visit. I received an invitation for 2 to the VIP Grand Opening event at Piada Italian Street Food. Each guest was provided with their choice of entree, side, and a drink. Piada Italian Street Food opened their first Ann Arbor location on Friday,
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Lately my daughter has developed an interest in baking and wanted to create her own recipes. Earlier this month, she came up with a recipe for Strawberry Lemon Cheesecake which we made again last week for dessert on Easter. Recipe Inspiration for Strawberry Lemon Cheesecake My daughter knew that she wanted a cheesecake to be her first creation but wasn’t
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Freshii opened their first Ann Arbor location at Briarwood Mall in November with little fanfare. Now that the holiday rush and winter doldrums have passed, they are holding a Grand Opening Celebration with a Buy One, Get One Free entree (minus the protein) promotion this weekend. Additionally, they will be contributing 5% of their proceeds this
While we eat out fairly frequently, my family always tries to take advantage of Ann Arbor Restaurant Week to try a new restaurant or return to a restaurant we haven’t visited in awhile. Yesterday we visited Bigalora in Arbor Hills for lunch to take advantage of the Restaurant Week specials. The Bigalora Restaurant Week Menu offers a number of options
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Star Wars™ Cinnamon Toast Crunch™ French Toast is the perfect way to kick off your Star Wars™ celebration as we countdown to the release of Star Wars™: The Force Awakens.
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Leftover Pie from the holidays? Check out these Leftover Pie Recipes and Ideas for Family Fun on Thanksgiving.
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Ever since Halloween ended I have been seeing cute ideas for Christmas food all over my social media. Somehow cute Thanksgiving food gets lost in the shuffle. I decided to help combat that by making Cinnamon Roll Turkeys from refrigerated cinnamon rolls – perfect for a Thanksgiving morning breakfast. Since we are using refrigerated cinnamon rolls in a can, these turkeys
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For my daughter’s school Halloween party in 2015, I signed up to bring fruit since I knew that I would take the time to make it festive instead of just being “boring fruit”. Maybe that will encourage the kids to eat the fruit and not just the treats. Today I made “Candy Corn” Fruit Cups. Candy Corn
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I love fall flavors…apples, stuffing, etc. As I was pondering how to best use all of the apples that my family picked at Wasem Fruit Farm, I decided to make Apple Chicken Stuffing Balls. Apple Chicken Stuffing Balls Inspiration About 10 years ago I started to make an apple stuffing variation using cider and apples
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