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From the Kitchen is a space for kitchen exploration, stories, recipes, and reflections that highlight the deeper role food plays in our lives. Through essays, interviews, and Michelle’s own recipes, this section explores food, cooking and how it connects us to family, community, and the everyday moments that have us gather around the table.

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Apple time: Pressed for Flavor

Visitors stroll the grounds of the historic property at the Franklin Cider Mill in Bloomfield Hills, sipping cider, munching on doughnuts, caramel apples, specialty foods and artisan baked goods. It’s the sweet aromas drifting through the cider mills, orchards, and kitchens this time of year that lure people here for their fix of fall flavors. And to get a glimpse of how the award-winning cider is made.

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A Protein Divided: How to Deal Beautifully With the Bounty of Bulk Meats
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A Protein Divided: How to Deal Beautifully With the Bounty of Bulk Meats
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“Expecting company?” my husband asks me as I come through the door, juggling a mound of groceries. “You’ve got enough here for an army.”

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Stress Less, Celebrate More: A Chef’s Guide to Holiday Entertaining
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Stress Less, Celebrate More: A Chef’s Guide to Holiday Entertaining
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We adore celebrating the holidays with family and friends. There’s nothing better than a house filled with laughter and aromas of the foods that bring us together. But, when you add hosting to already challenging to-do lists, it can take your holiday stress to a whole new level. All the shopping, chopping, wrapping and decorating while juggling regular commitments can become overwhelming.

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Getting Squashed: Use These Winter Vegetables for Comfort Food
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Getting Squashed: Use These Winter Vegetables for Comfort Food
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Michael knows just where to find me once he realizes I’m missing. My husband doesn’t need to worry, because I’m only a few booths behind, photographing a table of vegetables. On the way here, he prepares for me to vanish, since it happens on all of our trips to the farmers market.

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Thanksgiving Turkey: Make Time for The Brine
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Thanksgiving Turkey: Make Time for The Brine
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“Hey, how are you? Is this a good time? Really quick, I have a cooking question for you.” It was my son, Aaron, who lives with his wife and kids in Park City, Utah. Many of the conversations I have start with someone asking me a quick cooking question, and my kids are no exception.

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Apple Time: Pressed for Flavor
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Apple Time: Pressed for Flavor
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Visitors stroll the grounds of the historic property at the Franklin Cider Mill in Bloomfield Hills, sipping cider, munching on doughnuts, caramel apples, specialty foods and artisan baked goods.  

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Celebrating the Sweet Spot of Michigan Produce: Summer Corn and Tomatoes
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Celebrating the Sweet Spot of Michigan Produce: Summer Corn and Tomatoes
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I wait all year to stalk the aisles of the farmers market to hunt for ripe, peak-season fruits and vegetables.

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Using Your Melon — and Tomatoes
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Using Your Melon — and Tomatoes
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Gardens are a lot of work, and there’s always more to be done.

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Cucumbers, Zucchini and Squash, Oh My!
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Cucumbers, Zucchini and Squash, Oh My!
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My backyard is home to an expansive herb and vegetable garden, and all season, it’s my happy place.

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(Compound) Butter Makes It Better
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(Compound) Butter Makes It Better
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As a trained chef with a large patio garden, I am routinely a personal cooking coach.

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