January 2018
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Luxury Test Drive January 2018
Two decades after Lincoln invented the full-size luxury ute with the original Navigator, we got our first chance to take the all-new 2018 model for an extended drive.
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Make a “New You” Resolution
With warmer weather and a spring vacation just months away, itβs time to get going so you can emerge from winter hibernation as a healthier and more attractive new you.
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A Trusted Adviser Saves You Time, Money, and Aggravation
Advice. Whatβs it worth to you? While bad advice can be costly, sound, insightful advice can save you time, money, and headaches.
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Big Fish Seafood Bistro
Hazelnut Crusted Rainbow Trout – This delightful hazelnut-crusted rainbow trout features grilled shrimp, roasted tomato salsa, and lemon butter, and is served with wild rice risotto and roasted vegetables.
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Cameron’s Steakhouse
Prime Dry Aged Kansas City Strip – Cameronβs 18 oz. Kansas City Strip is dry-aged for 28 days, and complemented here by bone marrow butter.
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Gandy Dancer
Snapper Hemingway – This dish features parmesan-crusted snapper with lump crab and lemon beurre blanc, coconut ginger rice, and asparagus.
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Meriwether’s
Prime Rib + Shrimp Scampi – This tender and juicy guest favorite is served with smashed redskin potatoes, au jus, and horseradish sour cream.
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Mitchell’s Fish Market
Lobster + Shrimp Stuffed Cod – This specialty fish is served with smashed redskins, sautΓ©ed asparagus and white wine garlic sauce.
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River Crab Blue Water Inn
Pasta Pagliara – Scallops, salmon, shrimp, mussels, baby spinach, and white clam sauce combine to make Pasta Pagliara a house favorite.
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Tria
Grilled Double Bone Lamb Chop – Our braised lamb shoulder is made even better with hummus, overdried tomato, and mushroom ragu.
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Da Francesco’s Ristorante and Bar
Vitello Casa Blanca – Tender veal medallions sautΓ©ed with jumbo shrimp, baby spinach, roasted red peppers and artichoke hearts tossed in olive oil, garlic and a white wine lemon caper sauce. Accompanied with a side of homemade gnocchi palomino.
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Bistro 82
Zucchini – Vegan zucchini bread, smoked cipollini onions, puffed grains, caramelized onion puree.
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Iridescence
Rack of Michigan Lamb – A succulent, mouth-watering rack of lamb is served with Moroccan couscous, harissa yogurt, marcona almonds, and mint gremolata.
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D’Marcos Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar
Linguine Frutti Di Mare – Linguine with white wine and a zesty red sauce are tossed with shrimp, clams, mussels, octopus, crab, and fresh oregano, making this pasta a delectable choice.
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Diamonds Steak & Seafood
Warm Carrot Cake – Our βWorld Famous,β award-winning carrot cake served warm, with frosted-to-order cream cheese icing.
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Polka
Polka Combo – Savor the tastes of Poland, including stuffed cabbage, Polish kielbasa, pierogi, sauerkraut, potatoes, and pickles.
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The Whitney
Beef Wellington – Diners love the Creekstone tenderloin of beef, showcased by foie gras, caramelized garlic and shallots, mushroom and truffle oil duxelle, seasonal vegetables, and Courvoisier cream.
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Why Abdul El-Sayed’s Run for Governor Is for Real
Abdul El-Sayed is turning 33 tomorrow, is a few weeks shy of becoming a father, and perhaps because of these milestones is feeling a little introspective tonight.
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Winter Trend Forecast: Metallics
Art meets fashion when the season’s edgy evening wear is framed by local industrial metal sculptures
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Inside the Resurrected Takoi
The wonderful Takoi began as the project of business partners Courtney Henriette and Brad Greenhill, the chef, who has never attended a culinary school
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Recipe: Sake-Steamed Manilla Clams
“I chose this recipe for my love of clams and their versatility,β says Mike Ransom, chef/proprietor of the Corktown noodle shop, Ima.
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Female Entrepreneurs Are Staking Their Claim in Detroit
National studies report women generally start their businesses with half as much capital as men, hold less than 20 percent of all patents, and are paid about 80 cents to the dollar.
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The Era of Autonomous Vehicles May Be Here Sooner than Expected
It took little more than a few taps on a smartphone screen for a handful of hungry Ann Arborites to get a taste of the future last autumn.
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This Jefferson-Chalmers Café Combines Cool Vibes With a Cryptic Name
The stretch of Detroitβs Jefferson Avenue just east of Chalmers began to take on a spruced-up new look just about the time Angela Foster decided to relocate her West Village pop-up there.
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Molly’s Picks: Gaudino’s and Prime + Proper
The trend toward combining a food market with a restaurant has a good example at this handsome Italian spot.
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How One of Detroit’s Legendary Steakhouses Almost Didn’t Happen
Capers is on Gratiot Avenue between Seven and Eight Mile roads in one of the cityβs most dangerous precincts. Still, by 6:30 p.m., a line of well over a dozen people leads out the door.
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Meal Prep Services: What to Know Before Committing to the Trend
Perhaps the combination of unsuccessful weight-loss and debilitating migraines, or even the βNew Year, New Youβ mantra that is prevalent at the top of every year, prompted a new approach to my latest dietary quest.
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Michigan’s Craft Distilleries Are Setting Their Sights on Bourbon
When a new generation of distilleries began popping up around Michigan, the initial focus was on making clear spirits like vodka and gin. βNow that theyβve been around long enough to age dark spirits, weβre seeing some phenomenal results in the whiskey category,β says Dianna Stampfler, executive director of the Michigan Craft Distillers Association.
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Cocktail Recipe: Your Grandfather’s Coffee
With Michigan winters being as cold as they are, sometimes a bit of coffee isnβt enough to get you going in the morning.
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Introducing the Nordin Brothers: The Duo Behind the Detroit Design Center
You may not know Israel and Erik Nordinβs names, but chances are youβve seen art from their Detroit Design Center.
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This New Technology May Allow Researchers to ‘Edit’ Our Genes
Humankind unwittingly dabbled in genetic engineering 10,000 years ago, when early farmers saved seeds from their most vigorous plants β those with the hardiest genes β for the next yearβs crops. Weβve come a long way since then.
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What You Need to Know About Oil and Gas Drilling in the Suburbs
In 2015, Traverse City-based Jordan Development Co. approached the leadership of Word of Faith International Christian Center in Southfield with a proposition β but whether said proposition was promising or alarming depends on whom you ask.
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An ΒιΆΉ·¬ΊΕ With… Richard Broder
[Richard] Broder recently spoke with ΒιΆΉ·¬ΊΕ Detroit about the concept of co-living, his companyβs properties, and what new housing developments mean for the city.
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The Way it Was – Packard Motor Car Company, 1912
βAsk the man who owns one,β was the luxurious Packard Motor Car Companyβs advertising slogan, and if you asked this man, he could tell you plenty about the allures of the Packard.
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Meet the Makers: Pingree Detroit
Thousands of Detroit veterans are unemployed, while hundreds more are homeless. It was a problem that 30-year-old Jarret Alan Schlaff had no interest in simply complaining about β he wanted solutions.
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It’s Game On for Detroit’s ‘Bar Arcade’ Scene
Bar arcades arenβt an entirely new phenomenon. In 2004, four friends opened the original Barcade in Brooklyn.
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There’s No Stopping Jill Jack
It has happened countless times during Jill Jackβs remarkable 25-year career as one of the best-known local female folk-rock melodists β usually after one of her exhilarating, funny, intimate, achingly revealing live performances.
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U-M’s Winter Theater Series Is Tackling Today’s Major Social Issues
No Safety Net, the title of the University Musical Society of the University of Michiganβs latest theater festival, in itself is a disclaimer of sorts.
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7 Decadent Fragrances for Home and Body
Add allure to your vanity this winter with these luxurious scents
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Contributors: January 2018
ΒιΆΉ·¬ΊΕ Detroit, January 2018
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Trust, but Verify
Maybe itβs the skeptic in me, but Paul Eisensteinβs story on autonomous vehiclesΒ brought to mind a Russian proverb that President Ronald Reagan was fond of using when talking about nuclear disarmament: βTrust, but verify.β
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The Faces of Michigan Wine: Josh Morgan
In the span of only a few months, [Josh] Morgan got married, bought a house, and moved to Petoskey, leaving his longtime role behind the scenes at Black Star Farms for the new head winemaker position at Petoskey Farms Vineyard and Winery.
