Food

Today, an hour of stories and food from our new podcast The Dish, hosted by Mercedes Mejia. The series takes you behind the scenes with inspiring Michigan chefs and the dishes that have shaped them.

Today, we talk with reporters about Detroit buildings that look abandoned, but have owners — and why that's the case. Then, we listen to some of last night's Issues and Ale from Kalamazoo. Later, we discuss how one Michigan diner is bringing people together by talking politics.

Today, what Michigan’s uncommitted voters and delegates are taking away from the DNC. Also, a reading journal for those looking to broaden their brain feeds with banned books. Plus, a taste of what’s going down at the first annual Detroit Sandwich Party.

On today's Stateside, we met with Phoebe Wall Howard to learn about the challenges of knowing when to encourage senior motorists to set the keys down. Then, Emily Pennington joined the show to discuss her recent WSJ article on the U.S National Parks and why Michigan's Isle Royale won the top spot in her ranking. And we visited the chef and owner of Adobo Boy in Grand Rapids.

Malik Yakini, executive director emeritus of Detroit Black Community Food Sovereignty Network, an organization that runs D-Town Farms, talks about what to do if your home garden needs help.

Today, the reason Michigan no longer collects data about abortions happening in the state. We’ll learn about the implications for both pro-life and pro-choice advocates.

Today, some residents of Detroit neighborhoods try to get answers about concrete smashing operations near their homes. Also, Michigan’s Legislature turns its attention to interventions for kids' dyslexia and other kinds of reading delays. Plus, what’s cooking at the Dixboro Project. We’ll meet the new executive chef and partner Garret Lipar, who dazzled Detroiters at the micro-sized restaurant Albena.

A food co-op opening in Detroit, the best advice on resilience, the mystery behind the SS Arlington, and election year analysis of the issues facing and enthusiasm of Black voters from a longtime Detroit journalist.

We got a year-end review of food, beverage, and restaurant news from Detroit Free Press restaurant critic Lyndsay Green. And we talked to chefs on the cutting edge of Detroit-style pizza in our final episode of Dough Dynasty.

Breaking down the latest MSU athletic scandal, Free Press food critic on what makes a pizza rise above others, and a biography on legendary rocker and Michigan native Alice Cooper.