by Ari LeVaux If you're the kind of person who would make a lifestyle change based on its impact on the climate, you're probably already aware that your food choices impact the molecular balance of the atmosphere in ways pertinent to…

by Olivia Vigiletti For the 8th consecutive year, local nonprofit Dawn Farm has partnered with a group of University of Michigan nurses and anesthesiologists to host an event that allows people of all fitness levels to tackle the problem…

by Patricia Lesko About 50 people from neighborhoods all over Ann Arbor attended a "Nowruz Neighbor" potluck at the Burns Park Senior Center on Sat. March 18 and wished each other “Sal-e Naw Mubarak,” or “Happy New Year” in Farsi, the…

by Ari LeVaux The Pho If you've been living under a rock at the bottom of the ocean for the last decade, you might-might-have missed the ascendency of pho, Vietnam's internationally beloved comfort food. The steaming meal is both soup…

by Ari LeVaux At a small vegetable shop in Milan, Italy, recently, I asked the keeper for radicchio. He inquired as to what I wanted to do with it, because he had several varieties. Was I planning to grill it? Serve it with pasta? Make a…

The Ann Arbor News Editorial Team Zingerman's recently "introduced" its new potato chips, available in three flavors: Detroit Street Barbecue, Tellicherry Black Pepper, and French Grey Sea Salt. This is not the first time Zingerman's…

by Patricia Lesko I recently received a long email with the Subject line: City of Ann Arbor Action - MONDAY NIGHT!! from someone named Doug Selby. In his email, Mr. Selby urges me to attend the next City Council meeting to pressure Council…

by Patricia Lesko NextDoor is a city-wide listserv where neighbors can post everything from requests for babysitters to football tickets for sale. Neighbors have also taken to posting information about local city government. In Feb.…

by P.D. Lesko KIRK WESTPHAL CAUSED the political firmament to tremble (convulse, really) when he was just rumored to be prepared to pitch the idea of changing the length of City Council members’ terms from two to four years. The…

by Bryan Kelly I AM ATTEMPTING every conservative’s dream: starting my own small business. However, unlike other businesses that are imagined, pitched, incubated, funded and realized by “young professionals” of my breed and disposition,…