Wednesday, December 28,2011

Food Finder

Cafes & Diners

by City Pulse Staff

Food Finder listings are rotated each week based on space. If you have an update for the listings, please e-mail food@lansingcitypulse.com.

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Wednesday, December 28,2011

Caffeine and daydreams

Red Cedar Café is a peaceful oasis in East Lansing

by Joe Torok

Red Cedar opened earlier this year adjacent to the Brookfield Plaza, at the corner of Grand River Avenue and Hagadorn Road.

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Wednesday, December 21,2011

A touch of winter warmth

Get saucy at two local barbecue restaurants

by Joe Torok

'euro;'I'euro;'ve been barbecuing all enough flavor from the rub (sans MSG and binders, Mendoza notes) all by itself, any extra sauce would be my life, doing brisket in the backyard since I was 5 years King of the Grill 4400 N. Grand River Ave., overkill in my book.

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Wednesday, December 21,2011

Creativity in the kitchen

Familiar faces from Lansing’s art community contribute recipes for tasty holiday fun

by James Sanford

It's wonderful to reunite with friends and family during the holiday season. It's not always so wonderful, however, when you have to feed them. So we asked some of Lansing's most creative people to share their recipes for tasty, easy-to-make foods that will please your guests and won't keep you captive in the kitchen.

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Wednesday, December 14,2011

Food Finder

Eastern tastes

by City Pulse

Food Finder listings are rotated each week based on space. If you have an update for the listings, please e-mail food@lansingcitypulse.com.

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Wednesday, December 14,2011

'Mean cuisine' is served with a smile at Grumpy’s

An old favorite cooks up old-fashioned breakfasts

by Joe Torok

The name Grumpy s Diner conjures up a sour-faced old man waving off complaints as he barks at waitresses through an order window. I expected sassy service, brittle bacon and overcooked eggs.

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Wednesday, December 7,2011

Food finder

Cafes & Diners

by City Pulse

Food Finder listings are rotated each week based on space. If you have an update for the listings, please e-mail food@lansingcitypulse.com.

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Wednesday, December 7,2011

California dreamy

A Napa Valley trip leads to delectable discoveries at Burgess Cellars

by Michael Brenton

As we turned east off of Napa Valley s Silverado Trail and started the winding trek up Howell Mountain, a brisk brilliant blue-sky day welcomed us to Napa Valley s famed and historic Burgess Cellars. In an era in which so many Napa Valley wineries are small cogs in sprawling corporate wine conglomerate empires, the perpetuation of a multi-generation family owned winery is a refreshing change of pace.

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Wednesday, November 23,2011

Food Finder

by City Pulse

Food Finder listings are rotated each week based on space. If you have an update for the listings, please e-mail food@lansingcitypulse.com.

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Wednesday, November 23,2011

Something fishy

Fresh Fish & Fry prides itself on its seasoning — although the saltiness can overpower the seafood

by Joe Torok

Ice cases with assorted fresh fish line one side of the market/restaurant. Expressionless faces of ocean perch, catfish, white bass, walleye and cod peer out from the glass case. Some were apparently fresher than others plenty of the fish had sunken, cloudy eyes, a clear sign that the freshest days have passed them by.

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