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I missed out on years of enhanced flavor because of foodie prejudice against the dehydrated ingredient. by Ari LeVaux Many foodies look down on garlic powder as a stale, cheap substitute for the real thing. It’s a shortcut for lazy…

by Ari LeVaux My son’s first taste of tofu was at a restaurant. He didn’t know what tofu was, or that it was coming. Having never caught wind of tofu’s bad reputation among non-Asians, he took a bite of its sauce-drenched, crispy fried…

The Ann Arbor Area Craft Pass is a free digital experience that incentivizes locals and visitors to explore the many craft breweries and distilleries in the Ann Arbor area. With 14 local businesses included within the passport, users will…

by Cathrine Gross, Ph.D. From single-family development, to high rise apartment buildings, new resource projects seem to be pitting communities against developers, and people against their neighbors. We often see, in such cases,…

by Dr. Ellen Amatea Many parents and educators view homework as an important indicator of classroom rigor. The Back-to-Basic movement, which emphasizes the need for schools to teach basic academic skills in particular, has…

by Patricia Lesko County Commissioner Ricky Jefferson. Photo | Washtenaw County Let me preface this by saying that in 2013, when our son was diagnosed with whooping cough, we received excellent support and supervision from the…

by Ari LeVaux It’s a noun. It’s a verb. It’s a way of life. “Creamy,” said my friend Luci Brieger, when I asked how her summer was going. Creamy has many meanings at her farm, Lifeline Produce in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley, all of them…

by Patricia Lesko Ann Arbor and the environment need expanded non-motorized transportation infrastructure. The need is particularly acute on Main St., State St., and Liberty. When the Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority (DDA) came…

by Ari LeVaux “Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula?” asked then-Senator Barack Obama, during an Iowa campaign rally in 2007. There was no Whole Foods in Iowa at the time, and his gaffe, and the…

Here are the top 10 stories in 2021 for The Ann Arbor Independent, based on page views. No. 1 Date: Jul. 31, 2021 SafeHouse Center Executive Director Barbara Niess-May Headline: “Staff and Clients Allege SafeHouse Center is…