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Nancy Biehn: Artisan Chocolatier

 

Nancy Biehn
Nancy Biehn

 Watching Nancy Biehn make chocolates is a divine way to spend an hour. Tasting her candy is double divine.  I had the great pleasure to do both while visiting Ann Arbor, Michigan, a city renown to foodies. Sweet Gem Confections, Nancy’s company, makes its home within Morgan and York, a fine wine and specialty foods store.

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Making Mozzarella : Deep in the Curds

Little Miss Muffet might have sat on her tuffet eating her curds and whey, but I took a bowlful of curds and turned them into cheese. Somehow the thought of munching on mozzarella is far superior to the nursery rhyme treat.

I found myself in Ann Arbor, Michigan, home to outstanding local organic food, in fact, some of the best in the nation.  Zingerman’s Deli draws foodies from far and near and their entrepreneurial team gets credit for  pushing the locavare movement. Zingerman’s became legendary for their high standards,expertise and business success, as should a place that sells about a ton of corned beef per week.  

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