Anna Faller | Author
The Bistro’s Bloody Mary Omelet
May 9, 2026
We love breakfast food, we love fun drinks, and you bet we love a bite that does both! Enter: The Bistro in Petoskey’s beloved Bloody Mary Omelet. Inspired by the classic brunch sip, this breakfast plate features a fluffy three-egg omelet stuffed with white onion, Meat Monkey’s …
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Modern Bird’s Tomorrow Comes Today
May 9, 2026
With the long wait for spring finally over, you might say Tomorrow Comes Today, which is also the newest agave cocktail at Modern Bird in Traverse City! Named for the eponymous Gorillaz tune, this Paloma-adjacent creation features the earthy-smooth duo of Suerte Blanco tequila, which is sou…
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Birdie’s Spicy Sparrow
April 25, 2026
It’s nearly beach bag season, folks, and you know what that means: time to nail down your sandwich rotation! For our first al fresco summer adventure, find us flocking to The Spicy Sparrow at Birdie’s Sandwich Shop in Suttons Bay. Modeled after the Muffuletta (a New Orleans stap…
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Shopping at River Street Marketplace
April 18, 2026
If you ask Michigan native Robert Gras, a telling marker of a community’s health is the in-person shopping scene.
Even with online retail on the rise, he says, there’s an irreplaceably human factor that comes from seeing and touching a product—maybe even consulting…
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Wren’s First Twenty-Two
April 18, 2026
Like writer Ernest Hemingway, we’ve also been known to wax poetic about a truly great cocktail—and we could write an entire novel about the First Twenty-Two at Wren in Suttons Bay! Inspired by the first 22 summers of Hemingway’s life spent in northern Michigan, the drink b…
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The Future Is Peace
April 11, 2026
If you ask co-authors and peace activists Maoz Inon, an Israeli, and Aziz Abu Sarah, a Palestinian, anyone can be a peacemaker. The key is to reject the othering binaries by which we classify people as “us” versus “them.”
“If you must divide us, i…
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Red Truck Orchards’ Cherry Vinegar
April 11, 2026
We love a powerhouse pantry staple, especially one with proven health benefits. Enter: the original Cherry Vinegar from Red Truck Orchards in Northport. Crafted from Montmorency cherries sourced from northern Michigan family farms (including Red Truck’s home orchard, Hallstedt Homeste…
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Malted Vinyl’s Yellow Duster
April 4, 2026
We know spring weather is on the way, but we’d go absolutely bananas for some al fresco action right about now! In the meantime, we’ll be sipping on The Yellow Duster at Malted Vinyl in Petoskey. Crafted on the coattails of the Petoskey’s annual Banana Bread Festival (with…
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Come Hungry, Leave Happy, and Support Local
March 21, 2026
In the immortal words of the sitcom Cheers, we all want to go where everybody knows our name. Even better if tasty eats are involved!
It’s this sense of shared community (served up alongside scratch-made breakfast) that Kalkaska farmer Kristina Lane and her fami…
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Red Door Coffee House’s Adrienne’s BLT
March 21, 2026
For the kind of late-winter nourishment that’s sure to warm both body and soul, find us cozied up to the bestselling Adrienne’s BLT at The Red Door Coffee House in Lake Ann. Created by and named for a beloved employee, this prodigious panini is everything we love about a comfort…
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Kilkenny’s Iced Irish Coffee
March 14, 2026
Kilkenny’s Irish Pub in Traverse City is flipping the script on our morning joe with an Iced Irish Coffee feature in time for St. Paddy’s Day! Inspired in part by the infamous Erin Rose Bar in New Orleans (with a nod to the Starbucks Frappuccino), this sweet treat blends Tullamo…
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Bug’s Everything Bagel
March 7, 2026
Breakfast is served at Bug’s Bagels in Northport, where we’re in the pursuit of filling up on scratch-baked bagels. While owner and baker Em Korte’s menu often combines the staples like plain and cinnamon sugar bagels with locally-inspired flavors, we only have eyes for th…
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Gilchrist’s Grüner Veltliner
Feb. 28, 2026
We’re already thinking spring over here—specifically, spring in central Europe—and we’re setting the vibe with the 2024 Grüner Veltliner from Gilchrist Farm + Winery in Suttons Bay, which just won a Double Gold award at the 2026 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Comp…
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Acorn Kitchen’s Chicken Shawarma
Feb. 21, 2026
If food is its own language of love, then the folks at Acorn Kitchen in Traverse City speak it fluently through soulful eats like their craveable Chicken Shawarma. Inspired by the Eastern Mediterranean classic, the core of this drool-worthy handheld is roasted meat—specifically, tende…
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More Than Enough
Feb. 14, 2026
As a journalist, avid reader, and bestselling author, Anna Quindlen has always been interested in authenticity—both in books that readers can lose themselves in and characters whose lives feel real and familiar.
“I want a book I live in,” she says. “I want to…
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Elder Piper Beer & Cider's Deep Winter Imperial Stout
Feb. 14, 2026
If you ask us, February is all about layers: layers of snow, layers of warm socks and sweaters, and in the case of seasonal libations, layers of flavor. So, we’re suiting up with a beverage that checks every box: the Deep Winter Imperial Stout from Elder Piper Beer & Cider in Peto…
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Market 22’s Cuban Pizza
Feb. 7, 2026
Maybe if we blast the furnace, we can pretend that those piles of snow are sandy dunes…and what better snack for a beachy staycation than the warm-weather flavors of the Cuban Pizza at Market 22 in Maple City? Inspired by the signature sandwich, each Detroit-style pie is built atop a…
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NMCAA Working to Build Communities that Thrive
Jan. 31, 2026
We’re all familiar with the adage that says “it takes a village” to reach a long-term goal. For the team at Northwest Michigan Community Action Agency (NMCAA), that goal is eliminating poverty and empowering local families, and their growing network of community-focused pr…
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Milk & Honey’s Chocolate Shake
Jan. 31, 2026
We’ll happily brave treacherous blizzard conditions for the promise of sweet and chocolatey treasure at the end of our trek! It’s all about pure dessert bliss at this Traverse City ice creamery, as their cakes, confections, and coffees are all free of GMOs and artificial additio…
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Brotherton Farm’s Everything But the Bagel English Muffins
Jan. 24, 2026
At Brotherton Farm, an organic produce haven and small-batch bakery in Bellaire, the guiding philosophy on new menu items is “what would we want to eat?” While it’s easy to get stuck waffling between the buttery scones and artisan sourdough breads, we know exactly what we … Read More >>