I'm not in Hawaii, and I wouldn't get to go on a wonderful helicopter ride like in this video anyway. But I'm always fascinat...

A contestant on The Great British Baking Show. The mystery at hand is this: why do Len and I love to watch The Great British Baking Show...

I've lived in the Burns Park School district in Ann Arbor for a number of years. Recently, a lot of news articles have discussed federal...

The following quotations all come from Inspector Imanishi Investigates, a fascinating detective story set in Tokyo and other parts of Japan...

Google Map screen shot: from Ann Arbor to Hell, MI. The detective novel South of Hell takes place in Hell (that is, Hell, Michigan, the...

For a long time, I have wondered about foods that are politely viewed as an "acquired taste." Or impolitely classified as "st...

Most of the trees are still solid green. Maple twirlers are all around. Only a very few leaves have turned. Just a few red branches on...

"Whole -grain bread has been enjoying something of a renaissance. Actually, that renaissance got a first, false start during the 1960s...

Diamond ordered a Cornish pasty and a double helping of chips ... . “One useful tip I learned early on in my police career: never go past a...

Freshly roasted coffee is a luxury! Happily, it's a luxury that's available in many forms from many roasters here in the Ann Arbor a...

Tamar Adler's cookbook and kitchen meditation is titled An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace . Her writing has a distin...

Ross MacDonald's early spy-mystery The Dark Tunnel (alternate title I Die Slowly ) is set at Midwestern University in Arbana, Michig...

A dessert-tasting menu where you eat 5 or more pastries and no entree at all ... a culinary school dedicated to sweets ... a "naked...

Natsume Soseki's novel  Botchan  has been very popular for over 100 years. It was published in 1906, and the main action takes place...

Indiana-farmed shrimp ready for our lunch! Fresh shrimp are a delicious treat. Here in Indiana, as you can guess, there don't happen...