In the music world, the unusual name of Kalamazoo has become a versatile tool for a variety of lyrics—and a popular metonym to refer to more exotic places, even if Kalamazoo isn’t so exotic itself. It’s a Michigan city, but it’s also now a big piece of lyrical Americana.
Battle Creek is otherwise known as Cereal City—and it's the birthplace of the corn flakes that Tony the Tiger now calls "Grrreat!"
Blue Moon ice cream may be a Midwest dairy flavor mystery that sort of just tastes like "blue” to some, but Michigan’s Superman ice cream multiplies that mystery by three.
Michigan is big on paczki because we have a thriving population of Polish immigrants who migrated here near the turn of the 20th Century.
If you’re like many Michiganders, when you get sick, you reach for the Vernors as a home remedy for just about every ailment. Perhaps, then, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that America’s oldest surviving ginger ale was the creation of Michigan’s first licensed pharmacist.
Frankenmuth is perhaps best known as Michigan’s Christmas wonderland, but its culinary and historical heritage carry some stronger German roots.
Though often called the Detroit-style hot dog, the coney dog didn’t really come from Detroit.
His special sauce took on its own legendary status. Today, Zip Sauce is available in over 4,500 retail stores.
Hold your charcuterie boards. Did you know Michigan has a cheese capital?
Jewish delis in Detroit are the country’s culinary underdogs. What makes them stand out? The bread.
