http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/Flint Restaurant ReviewsenTue, 15 Apr 2008 20:29:42 PDTMovable Type Enterprise 1.52 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/noFlint Restaurant Reviewson_the_tablehttp://feedburner.google.comhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/LXLC4w0sqN0/perfect_pasta_whatever_variety_a_little_attention.htmlCommunity: Flint TownshipFood TestsItalianMlive110308Ron Krueger | The Flint JournalTue, 15 Apr 2008 20:29:42 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.881000 ]]>Stuart Bauer | The Flint JournalKitchen co-manager Randy Hipps prepares penne pasta for takeout at Italia Gardens in Flint Township. The skinny on sauce Guidelines for matching a shape with a sauce: • Chunkier, robust sauces work best with penne, large shells and wide, thick rigatoni. • Delicate angel hair pasta and vermicelli should be paired with light sauces. • Hearty bean and vegetable soups are best with bite-size shapes such as ditalini or small shells. • Pair cream and butter sauces with egg pasta, fresh if available. Source: "Joy of Cooking" by Irma S. Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker and Ethan Becker, 75th anniversary edition When you serve spaghetti to 1,000 people, you don't go for a Guinness record by lighting a fire under the world's largest pot of water. "You do everything ahead of time and reheat it," said Don Haley Jr. "You have to." Haley of Italia Gardens in Flint Township and his crew of volunteers and paid staff have served the annual pasta dinner the Friday night of the Crim Festival of Races the past eight years. They will be back on the job Aug. 23....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/04/perfect_pasta_whatever_variety_a_little_attention.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/iP3QW1To6LM/former_clio_resident_takes_unique_flintstyle_coney.htmlCommunity: ClioCommunity: FlintConey IslandsKristyn Peterson | The Flint JournalMon, 14 Apr 2008 15:54:33 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.881493 ]]>TEMPE, Ariz. -- Flint-style coney dogs have found their way to the southwest....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/04/former_clio_resident_takes_unique_flintstyle_coney.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/j2FnhuY25yY/beirut_restaurant_serves_up_tasty_middle_eastern_m.htmlMiddle EasternMliveReviewsCy Leder | The Flint JournalThu, 10 Apr 2008 15:33:56 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.872194 ]]>LINDEN -- At Beirut Restaurant & Grocery, you'll feel at ease, like coming into your own house or a neighbor's. Sam Jawhari, owner with his wife, Enaya, may welcome you, and his daughter, Briona, may serve you. Other servers are three sisters, as well as a nephew and a niece. More coverage • Julia Zaher column: Charming server at new Beirut Restaurant in Linden area makes the meal • Check out the new restaurant guide, complete with maps. Enter your ZIP code and explore A son, Raied, is a dishwasher, another nephew does some cooking, and Sam's father, David, does much of the cooking as well as Sam's mother, Anisse, and Sam's wife. Sam's father runs the Beirut outlet at Flint's Farmers' Market, and the family leases out a Beirut Restaurant on Davison Road in Flint....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/04/beirut_restaurant_serves_up_tasty_middle_eastern_m.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/tqov-g9xWxw/zoras_restaurant_in_flint_closes_but_its_legend_wi.htmlBusinessCommunity: FlintGeneralRestaurant10690056694106898Ron Krueger | Flint Journal columnistTue, 08 Apr 2008 10:47:31 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.863993 ]]>Bruce Edwards | Flint Journal filesZora Glusica talks to regular customers Bernie Castiglione (left), Terry MacDonald and Keith Smith (right), all of Flint Township, in her restaurant in Flint in May of 2006. The restaurant closed last month after being opened for 25 years. Flint Journal Columnist Ron Krueger says the legend of Zora's will live on.Flint Journal extras • Read more columns and articles by Journal columnist Ron Krueger • Want more? Visit The Flint Journal's 'On The Table" blog for the latest restaurant and food news. FLINT, Michigan -- My fondest memory of Zora's restaurant came on a warm June night in 1989. I left in the middle of watching the Pistons dismantle the Lakers on TV to go to Zora's on Fenton Road in Flint. Owner Zora Glusica had agreed to host a photo session with a half-dozen of the nominees, including herself, for "hometown favorites" -- Flint Journal readers' best-loved independent eateries. Photographer Tom Marks had to climb on top of a table to get everyone in the shot. Everybody was happy to be included, of course, but Glusica took steps to make sure: She made a large batch of white Russians....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/04/zoras_restaurant_in_flint_closes_but_its_legend_wi.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/sh3iXq9U1Fg/italian_royalty_feast_to_benefit_flint_farmers_mar.htmlBusinessCommunity: FlintEventItalianWine65141791356694Ron Krueger | Flint Journal columnistThu, 10 Apr 2008 08:08:49 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.863744 ]]>Photo Courtesy of the Capponi familyCount Sebastiano Capponi tends vines on the Villa Calcinaia estate in Italy.Flint Journal extras • Want more? Visit The Flint Journal's 'On The Table" blog for the latest restaurant and food news. Correction: A previous version of this article listed an incorrect phone number for people wanting more information about this event. The correct number is (810) 235-9463. FLINT, Michigan -- Italian royalty, Tuscan food and wine and cinematic trivia will come together April 25 at Red Ink Studios. The $100, five-course dinner is a benefit for the nearby Flint Farmers' Market, 420 East Boulevard Drive....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/04/italian_royalty_feast_to_benefit_flint_farmers_mar.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/12Q1b_ifEig/grilledcheese_sandwich_has_been_reinvented_and_is.htmlBusinessGeneral10677756694Ron Krueger | The Flint JournalTue, 08 Apr 2008 09:02:51 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.863587 ]]>Ryan Garza | The Flint JournalBrian Lavery, a student in MCC's culinary arts program, displays a grilled brie and red d'anjou gourmet grilled-cheese sandwich.Flint Journal extras Related links: • Grilled cheese sandwich is a classic, but you should try this Monte Cristo from Minneapolis. Minnesota • Monte Cristo grilled-cheese recipe • More recipes • Want more? Visit The Flint Journal's 'On The Table" blog for the latest restaurant and food news. It isn't your great-grandmother's grilled cheese sandwich. Like a lot of simple comfort foods, this classic sandwich is being re-invented. The original, traced back to the 1920s when easy-melting American cheese came on the scene, is still good enough for many. But there is so much great cheese around now -- not to mention crunchy bread, specialty mustard, even gourmet butter -- that your taste buds might just jump up and down at one of these upscale sandwiches....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/04/grilledcheese_sandwich_has_been_reinvented_and_is.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/JWkQvGJ8-gs/deep_dish_area_restaurant_reviews_offered_renies_d.htmlReviewsCy Leder | The Flint JournalSat, 05 Apr 2008 19:02:14 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.851781 ]]>Ryan Garza | The Flint JournalRenie's Dixie Diner in Vienna Township includes a wide breakfast menu with standard American dinners. We want to know: Where are you eating? Which restuarant is your favorite? Why? • Plus, check out the new restaurant guide, complete with maps. Enter your ZIP code and explore Cy Leder's area restaurant reviews run in this space every other week. On the alternating Fridays, we boil down his most recent reviews in capsule form. • APPLE TREE FAMILY DINING, 845 S. Main St., Lapeer; (810) 664-5200. Friendly, homey setting for comfort food like meatloaf, mac and cheese, chicken, fish and sandwiches. Some European dishes like spinach pie and flaming Kasseri cheese. Very moderate prices. Reviewed Oct. 26. • ATLAS CONEY ISLAND FAMILY RESTAURANT, 3833 Corunna Road; (810) 235-4971. Food that's comforting, from burgers to hot and cold sandwiches, to meatloaf, hamburger steak, baked ham and chicken-fried steak dinners. Breakfast anytime with 14 omelets and five hotcakes and French toast. Open 24 hours daily. Reviewed Oct. 12....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/04/deep_dish_area_restaurant_reviews_offered_renies_d.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/AxrkvolETmQ/crunchy_spicy_chicken_evolves_into_more_than_appet.htmlFood TestsMliveRon Krueger | The Flint JournalMon, 31 Mar 2008 20:25:08 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.841791 ]]>Jane Hale | The Flint JournalTraditional hot wings remain Buffalo Wild Wings' bread and butter. Chicken flappers once were parts that went into the trash or the soup pot. That is, until Teressa Bellissimo needed a quick appetizer at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, N.Y. More online • Want more? Visit our "On the Table" blog for area restaurant reviews and food testing. • Need an idea for dinner? Visit Mlive's food blog for a recipe finder and state-wide dining guide. She simply deep-fried some wings, tossed them in cayenne pepper sauce and ran them out with blue cheese dressing and celery sticks. That was 1964. The Bellissimo family always has maintained that Mama created a wonder sauce on the spot. Or was it off-the-shelf Durkee's or French's pepper sauce?...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/03/crunchy_spicy_chicken_evolves_into_more_than_appet.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/jpHzcnNzL94/downhome_cooking_can_be_had_at_renies.htmlCommunity: Vienna TownshipFamilyGeneralMliveCy Leder | The Flint JournalThu, 27 Mar 2008 20:50:10 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.834656 ]]> Bill of fare Renie's Dixie Diner • Address: 12099 N. Saginaw Road, Vienna Township • Phone: (810) 686-7556 • Hours: 6:30 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 6:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 7 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday • Food: Standard American • Prices: Breakfast, $2.20-$6.75; soups, salads, appetizers, $1.50-$6.25; sandwiches and burgers, $1-$5.75; children's menu, $2.50-$3.50; dinner, $5.99-$11.99. Most dinners are $7.99-$8.99 • Ambience: Log-cabin ease • Liquor: No • Plastic: MasterCard, Visa • Reservations: Not needed • Seating: About 60 • Nonsmoking: Half the restaurant • Wheelchair access: Yes Renie's Dixie Diner is like an old-fashioned roadside diner with a small counter with six chairs and stacks of glasses, cups and sundae dishes behind the counter. Owner Renie Neumann said she and her family, a daughter and two sons, spent almost two years remodeling the restaurant that closed about 10 years ago. It has a warm cabin look with pine walls, booth seating and tables that have been painted and sanded. The menu has nothing much that surprises and nothing much that disappoints. A large breakfast menu includes corned beef hash, two eggs and toast for $5.25, and a corned beef and Swiss cheese omelet for $6.50, items you...http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/03/downhome_cooking_can_be_had_at_renies.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/7epRnsIpIMw/heres_some_tips_when_doing_some_crockpot_cooking.htmlBusiness995855669499587Ron Krueger | The Flint JournalTue, 25 Mar 2008 06:21:11 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.826650 ]]> Flint Journal extras • Slow cooker has grown up, cookbooks can help spice up your crock pot Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann offer these tips and reminders for turning out appetizing food in your slow cooker: • The steaming-braising method of cooking uses less liquid than conventional methods because there is no evaporation....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/03/heres_some_tips_when_doing_some_crockpot_cooking.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/ADR2NKfAGa8/slow_cooker_has_grown_up_cookbooks_can_help_spice.htmlBusiness9958199583566949957776904Ron Krueger | The Flint JournalTue, 25 Mar 2008 06:29:01 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.826637 ]]>This is one of many recipe books dedicated to crock-pot cooking. Flint Journal extras • Slow-cooking tips If you haven't noticed, the slow cooker has grown up. So have the foods that come from them. Put another way, if the stuff you make in yours is boring, well, you only have yourself to blame. Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann have come out with another in a spate of cookbooks that lead the users to turn out company-quality food from their crockery cookers....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/03/slow_cooker_has_grown_up_cookbooks_can_help_spice.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/QmebL7OVxF8/recipes_take_humble_slowcooker_concoctions_to_new.htmlCommunity: FlintCommunity: Lapeer CountyCommunity: Saginaw County (Chesaning, MapleGrove, New Lothrop)Community: Shiawassee CountyGeneralMliveRon Krueger | The Flint JournalTue, 25 Mar 2008 03:55:46 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.825226 ]]>Photo courtesy of Harvard Common PressClassic osso buco, from the book "Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker," requires some browning and sauteeing before starting up the cooker. If you haven't noticed, the slow cooker has grown up. So have the foods that come from them. Put another way, if the stuff you make in yours is boring, well, you only have yourself to blame. Beth Hensperger and Julie Kaufmann have come out with another in a spate of cookbooks that lead the users to turn out company-quality food from their crockery cookers. In "Not Your Mother's Slow Cooker: Recipes for Entertaining" (Harvard Common Press, $18.95), they offer the likes of classic Italian osso buco, mushroom-gorgonzola risotto or veal ragout with artichokes, brandied raisins and creme fraiche....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/03/recipes_take_humble_slowcooker_concoctions_to_new.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/X1gin3xrz2I/retirement_brings_temporary_end_to_tasty_instituti.htmlBusinessRestaurantElizabeth Lowe | The Burton NewsWed, 26 Mar 2008 04:17:38 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.820800 ]]>Elizabth Lowe | The Burton NewsJack DeMarr closed the doors of Dutchman's Cafe in Burton March 15. Upon the sale of the popular eatery and catering business, DeMarr may return to the cafe to help the new owner ease into the business, he said. BURTON -- After spending half his life in the food business, Jack DeMarr closed Dutchman's Cafe....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/03/retirement_brings_temporary_end_to_tasty_instituti.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/IREj0kQriyE/wine_classes_at_flint_farmers_market_start_april_4.htmlCommunity: FlintWineThe Flint JournalMon, 24 Mar 2008 12:52:41 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.825171 ]]>Improve your wine knowledge in the cozy surroundings of the Flint Farmers' Market in a series of three classes starting April 4. Organic wines will be poured and discussed in the first class. Leaders are wine importer Paul Crider and Stuart Allen from Leone Imports of Plymouth....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/03/wine_classes_at_flint_farmers_market_start_april_4.htmlhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/on_the_table/~3/Xc0WAWwitEs/deep_dish_area_restaurant_reviews_1.htmlReviews7659158200Cy Leder | The Flint JournalThu, 20 Mar 2008 21:03:49 PDTtag:blog.mlive.com,2008:/flintjournal/onthetable//1098.816929 ]]>We want to know: Where are you eating? Which restuarant is your favorite? Why? • Plus, check out the new restaurant guide, complete with maps. Enter your ZIP code and explore Cy Leder's area restaurant reviews run in this space every other week. On the alternating Fridays, we boil down his most recent reviews in capsule form....http://blog.mlive.com/flintjournal/onthetable/2008/03/deep_dish_area_restaurant_reviews_1.htmlnonadult