The Dish
The Dish
The Dish, hosted by Mercedes Mejia, brings you behind the scenes with Michigan’s most inspiring chefs and culinary talents. Learn how food connects these chefs to their cultures, and strengthens our communities, one dish at a time. Support our work: michiganpublic.org/podfundSocial links:
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Cooking through the holidays with Feel Good Foodie's Yumna Jawad
We spent some time with Yumna Jawad, better known as Feel Good Foodie, in her Grand Rapids home. She shared her must-have holiday dish and some super practical tips to help us all survive the holiday season in the kitchen. Find Yumna's stuffed grape leaves recipe here Find the landing page for Yumn…
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How Chef Kieron Hales turns wedding meals into memories at Cornman Farms
British-born and Michelin-starred chef Kieron Hales has cooked for presidents and royalty across 27 countries. He's Executive Chef at Zingerman's Cornman Farms in Dexter, Michigan, a farmhouse and event space with a restored red barn on the property. He works with couples to create custom menus—c…
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The baker bringing Brittany-style crepes to Boyne City
In Boyne City, a little lakeside town in Northern Michigan, there’s a bakery offering crepes of a quality that you'd expect to find in France. It’s owned by a classically trained French baker, Gildas Berrou. The shop offers a variety of savory and sweet fresh-baked goods, including traditional crep…
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From Chicago fine dining to Michigan’s wild peninsula
Milkweed Inn is a unique culinary getaway hidden deep in the Upper Penninsula's Hiawatha National Forest. Chef Lane Regan works to craft menus that are foraged and locally sourced. We learned about what it takes to craft and execute such a remote experience, and the ways the environment shape Chef …
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Traverse City chefs lean into Sichuan spice
Brothers Patrick and Ryan Evans fell in love with Sichuanese cuisine while working in San Francisco's fine dining industry. When they returned to Michigan, they teamed up with Ryan Corbin, a fellow chef, to bring those flavors to Traverse City. We talked to the trio about Crocodile Palace, their t…
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Fry bread and family traditions in Peshawbestown
Tanya and Wasinade Raphael are the mother-daughter team behind Raphael Foods. You’ll find their food truck drawing long lines at powwows and other tribal events across northern Michigan. Most of their dishes are built on hot, pillowy fry bread – a Native American flat bread with a complex history. …
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Flipping the script on Detroit pizza, one vegan slice at a time
We’d love for you to fill out this listener survey. It will only take a few minutes, and it will help us know what you want to hear! Brittany March, the owner of a culinary pop-up called It’s Food Detroit, has a deep love for pizza that goes all the way back to childhood. Now, she's cooking her o…
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Hemlock's Maple Grille cooks farm fresh with fire
We’d love for you to fill out this listener survey. It will only take a few minutes, and it will help us know what you want to hear! The Maple Grille in Hemlock, Michigan, offers a rotating farm-to-table menu. Everything is cooked on a wood-fired grill or pizza oven. The business sits on 6 acres …
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How EK's Cheesecakes became a second chance
It's Season 2 of The Dish! Today’s story takes us back to 2014, Ann Arbor. That’s when Eric Holloway started making cheesecake with his mom. Before that, Eric was in a bad place. But he’s come a long way from growing pot for a living to baking cheesecakes. EK’s Cheesecakes offers custom orders th…
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Paczki Day: A Polish tradition with a modern twist
A brand new season of The Dish is here, and we’re kicking things off with a Michigan favorite – pączki. We’ll take you inside a popular Hamtramck bakery known as "Pączki Headquarters," to see what it takes to make thousands of these rich jelly donuts ahead of Fat Tuesday, plus we’ll talk to a food …
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