Well, the prototype for the Yooper Gift Basket is (finally) complete. I really like the way it turned out and hope you do too. Of course, that’s why it is a prototype. It’s really subject to change.

I’ve created a photo set a flickr showing the process of making the Yooper Gift Basket [...]

I’m trying out this poll feature I just added to the All Things Michigan blog last night. I am working on putting together a Yooper Gift Basket that will feature products from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Not sure yet on what all I will be putting in it, but I am working on some [...]

Pasty.com is the place to get your fix of frozen pasty goodness shipped right to your door. While you are munching on your warmed up past you can also peruse - The Pasty Cam.
What is the Pasty Cam you say?
According to the Pasty.com website it is -
A daily visual journal in Michigan’s Upper [...]

This past January I wrote about The Anatomy of a Yooper exhibit at the Marquette County History Museum that began running in April. The exhibit is still open and is featuring traditional U.P. food (I’m thinking pasties) at an open house this Thursday from 7 to 9pm.
The exhibit showcases how Yoopers coped with the [...]

I’m a lower peninsula gardener and I sometimes rush things a bit to see how early I can get stuff growing in the garden. I would fail miserably if I was growing a garden in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
The Ironwood Daily Globe has an article about how residents of the U.P. cope with the much [...]

I am not sure whether to put this in the Recipes, Travel, or Michigan Oddities category. This is a video from an Upper Peninsula television show featuring a local man and his love of cooking meals on his manifold. It’s a bit campy, corny and unintentionally funny. I loved it!

If [...]