local foods

For many northern Michigan tribes, signs to return to sugar bush and tap trees came too early this year — or didn't come at all.

Dollar General is a chain of convenience stores that sell a variety of cheap goods. They have more than 15,000 locations across the United States, that’s…

Last Saturday, nearly 1,600 hungry people stopped by the Park Place Hotel in Traverse City. It was the 28th annual Downtown Chili Cook-Off and this year…

People who want backyard chickens in Michigan have the option to do it part-time through a business called Rent-A-Chicken. Leslie Suitor and her husband…

Anne and John Hoyt own Leelanau Cheese Company in Suttons Bay.Leelanau Cheese is famous for it’s raclette.“When people ask what it tastes like, I often…

There are 109 people certified to sell wild mushrooms in Michigan this year. That’s after the state offered classes for foragers to get certified to…

The Downtown Development Authority has plans to renovate Traverse City’s farmers market. The goal is to make the market a more comfortable and efficient…

There’s a delicious backstory to how the Michigan sparkling wine, “Sex,” sold under the M. Lawrence brand, got its head-turning name. It happened...

The Traverse City area is emerging as Michigan's new "foodie empire." Chris Cook, chief wine and restaurant critic for Hour Detroit Magazine, tells us...

Gourmet food trucks have seen remarkable growth in recent years.A new University of Michigan study looks at the phenomena.Researcher Todd Schifeling is a…