Tawnya Clark and her family are big breakfast eaters, making wonderful dishes from scratch. “Special family meals always revolved around breakfast and brunch”, she says. Tawyna started testing out new breakfast recipes when her grandmother (99-years-young) became bored with her restricted diet. Inspired by television cooking shows, Tawnya decided to see what kind of...
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The artistic relevance of Detroit’s contested cityscape is once again at the center of local debate and global discussion. This time the spotlight shines on “The Death of Street Art,” a new mural depicting the iconic character representations of legendary street artists such as Banksy and Shepard Fairey serving as pallbearers to a coffin that reads...
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April was Michigan Wine Month, which culminated with the annual Michigan Wine Showcase at the Rattlesnake Club in Detroit. Now I could wax poetically about lemon grass noses and tastes of melon, leather, tobacco and (my favorite descriptor) barnyard. But I won’t. What I will do is point you in the direction of some...
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Sunday. The perfect day for low and slow cooking using my Weber Smokey Mountain charcoal smoker. Today, I decided to smoke some chickens. We picked up two fresh organically raised fryers at Royal Oak farmers market on Saturday. Sunday morning at 10, I had them brining in a solution of 1 gallon water, 1...
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Thousands of hungry foodies flocked to Royal Oak last year for Restaurant Week. This year, it gets even better with 24 venues offering special deals April 27 – May 6. Grab a coin. Heads, you get expertly brewed craft beer and some awesome bar food. Tails, you get an impressive assortment of Michigan craft...
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Royal Oak Restaurant Week begins April 27! Grab some friends and your appetite, and head over to Bastone Brewery or Café Habana, for some of the finest eats in Royal Oak. Certainly, the beer is exceptional, crafted on site by master brewer Rockne Van Meter. His credentials include more awards than you can count....
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For years, Paul Mecurio led a double life as a Wall Street investment attorney by day and a stand-up comic by night. “I was writing jokes and keeping them on my computer,” Mecurio says. “I saw Jay Leno at a private function. I got to meet him after the show and I gave him...
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Comfort food. Quick, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? I always think of mashed potatoes. Creamy, warm, inviting. When a friend recently mentioned swapping out some of the potatoes for cauliflower, I was intrigued. When she mentioned adding roasted garlic too, I was sold. Nutritionally speaking, cauliflower is low in fat and...
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Tonight Anthony Fader premieres his art installation “Pochemuchka” as part of Interlife Crisis, a new exhibit at FICTILIS Gallery. Interlife Crisis is a collection of multi-media works that prod at the experience of our liminal existence between “real life” and the Internet, and “explore new notions of public/private, predictions on how the Internet would affect...
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I was scanning recipes to find something for an easy midweek crockpot dinner. I found one for ginger short ribs, which is a lot different than my usual take on this cut of meat. I love ginger, so I figured it was worth a try. I picked up the meat at Costco, boneless short...
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Here is another “Cool Stuff” Idea from our cool Urbane Life friend, also a noted speaker and author Michael Angelo Caruso. Michael will be providing interesting Cool Stuff Ideas here every Saturday going forward. We hope you find them helpful. If you see Michael around town, tell him you saw him here first, we will give you secret gift, really we...
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I am currently traveling and have spent some better parts of the day trapped inside various airports. If you don’t have a plan, you could run out of things to read, watch and do. Here are a few tips that I may just keep you sane while traveling. Exercise: Most airports have miles of...
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