24 | September | 2008 | Mid-Michigan Dining

Allen Street Farmer’s Market

24 09 2008

1619 E. Kalamazoo St.
Lansing, MI 48912
(517) 367-2468
Website

The Allen Street Farmer's Market on the corner of E. Kalamazoo and Allen Sts.

A few weeks ago, I wrote a review at the Ann Arbor Farmer’s Market (review HERE) and raved about the selection of peppers and fresh herbs. Jackiecat was quick to point out that a lot of those same ingredients were available at Markets here in town. She suggested both the Allen Street Farmer’s Market and the Meridian Farmer’s Market.

I had heard about the Allen Street Farmer’s Market, but haven’t been there yet this summer. J goes to work at 3:00 and the Market opens at 2:30 so there was really no time for us to go together. I suppose I could always go by myself, but she eats most of the produce and I’m not very good at picking out what’s good and what’s not.

Since it was recommended I check out, I set down the Wii remote and turned Mario Kart off for a while, jumped in my truck and went shopping. I found the Allen Street Market on the corner of East Kalamazoo and Allen Streets. The Farmer’s Market is in a parking lot on the corner. I saw signs for parking and followed the around the corner to find another parking lot. It was a pretty tight fit, but I parked then walked over to the tents to see what I could find. Read the rest of this entry »

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Categories : Farmer's Market, Lansing, Local Flavor, Michigan, Reviews

Michigan State E-Coli Found Elsewhere

24 09 2008

This is scary. When I was in college, I always ate in the cafeteria. Hell, it was already paid for. It looks like this may not be the fault of anyone at MSU, but instead, someone else.

The Michigan Department of Community Health says the findings have led investigators to believe the same contaminated food source may be to blame. The Detroit Free Press reports it may involve food delivered to the area.

The other cases involve a student at the University of Michigan and inmates at the Lenawee County Jail. Scary stuff. It’s the same strain of E-Coli that killed children who ate at Jack-in-the-Box restaurnants in Chicago in 1993

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Categories : Food News, Michigan

Smoking Ban Round-Up

24 09 2008

I had planned on doing this last night, but most of the media in Lansing haven’t figured out the 24/7 news cycle. I and the rest of the people in this City are still relegated getting news at 6, 10, and 11 PM then waiting for yesterday’s news to come in the form of a dead tree when we get. Don’t get me wrong, WLAJ and WILX both had stories up last night, but I was hoping for a little more coverage with reaction from both sides. The only place I could get that was MIRS which I’m not going to quote or link to since it’s a paid service.

The newspaper of record, The Lansing-State Journal, which is based in the state capital, doesn’t even cover the State Capitol. The only article I could find on-line, and I had to do a keyword search to find it, was an AP article. I’ve never lived in a town with a newspaper this bad. It’s actually quite sad.

Here’s what I found from two of the TV outlets and Detroit newspapers.

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