Articles tagged: coconut
recipe: Vegan Vanilla Cake with Fresh Strawberries and Coconut Whipped Cream
Posted: May 29, 2013I have been wanting to create a vegan version of strawberry shortcake for a long time, and all I can say is this recipe is just as good as it sounds. With sweet strawberries piled ... Read more »
recipe: Cherry coconut chocolate chip brownie cake - a dessert fit for a celebration
Posted: May 15, 2013It's National Chocolate Chip Day! Sure, you could enjoy some chocolate chip cookies — you can never, ever go wrong with them. Chocolate chip pancakes would make a lovely "breakfast for dinner," everyone's favorite. But ... Read more »
recipe: Banana coconut bars are tender inside, with crunchy topping
Posted: May 07, 2013I found myself with a few lunchbox-sized containers of applesauce, very ripe bananas, and some leftover almond macaroons from Passover. These ingredients weren't quite exotic enough to qualify for a "Chopped" dessert round, but I ... Read more »
restaurant profile: Taqueria La Fiesta offers authentic Mexican food
Posted: Mar 12, 2013I was privileged to be invited to a family dinner at Taqueria La Fiesta recently, complete with fabulous food, wonderful people, and great conversation. And the primary topic? What constitutes "authentic" Mexican food? A number ... Read more »
recipe: Coconut cream hamantaschen for Purim - dairy-free version a modern twist on classic holiday cookie
Posted: Feb 20, 2013Every year at Purim [POOR-im], which begins at sundown on Saturday night, there is a debate among Jews about hamantaschen [HAH-men-TAH-shen], the triangular cookies that are traditionally served at the holiday. Some people think that ... Read more »
Thieves take 8 wheels off vehicles at Ypsilanti car dealership
Posted: Feb 13, 2013Thieves swiped eight rims from two Ford Explorers parked in the overflow lot of Gene Butman Ford in Ypsilanti. Read more »
Recipe: Corn and Coconut Salad with Thai flavors - unusual flavor combination uses harvest season's bounty
Posted: Oct 01, 2012The corn, the corn, we can't escape the corn. But who'd want to? Corn, about now, is as good as it gets, and will vanish before you know it. I spend a great deal of shopping time in early Fall inspecting ears of corn at outdoor stands and in grocer's bins. Read more »
recipe: Chocolate Chip Day - celebrate this delicious holiday with a muffin recipe
Posted: May 15, 2012On National Chocolate Chip Day, the obvious choice would have been to make chocolate chip cookies. Not that there's anything wrong with them! But .... I debated whether to celebrate with something exotic, say some ... Read more »
Irrational animosity drives a wedge between families
Posted: Apr 28, 2012DEAR ABBY: My mother has never liked her sister-in-law. Mom thinks "Auntie Beth" is "completely out to get her," even though no one has seen any evidence to support my mother's claims. For the past ... Read more »
OPINION: Column on Rush Limbaugh's boorish behavior draws vitriolic reaction
Posted: Apr 06, 2012As a former state superintendent of public instruction for the State of Michigan, I am constantly on the lookout for teachable moments. The vitriolic reaction to a column I wrote, (Rush Limbaugh's attacks on Sandra ... Read more »
recipe: Try these prize-winning Doughnut Delights for a Chanukkah indulgence
Posted: Dec 22, 2011If celebrating Chanukkah grants a girl permission to eat fried foods, then bring on the doughnuts! Now to you, these adorable little treats might look like simple doughnut holes drizzled with chocolate and sprinkled with ... Read more »
recipe: Toasted coconut haystacks are an easy no-bake holiday cookie
Posted: Dec 06, 2011This is one of those old-fashioned recipes that everyone in the Midwest seems to have some variation of. I had never seen them, though, until I moved to Michigan in 1978. Having grown up in ... Read more »
Food & Drink: Why spend big bucks on gourmet ice cream when you can make your own?
Posted: Nov 10, 2010If you love ice cream like I love ice cream, you might have noticed that the variety of ice cream brands and flavors available in stores has exploded in the past year. You can get ... Read more »
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