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It's time to demand and appreciate a higher class of salad! Which honestly isn't even fair to wood chips, which probably have more flavor. Iceberg has about all of the nutritional value as a handful of wood chips. These salads do exactly that, and not one of them is made with iceberg lettuce. A good salad can highlight the very best of Michigan's bountiful produce (second only to California in diversity, and THOSE people know their salads), incorporate unexpected flavors and textures, and be not just the intermission but the highlight of an entire meal. As an entree choice, salad is a laughingstock and so is the person who orders it - it is considered "girly," often imbued with smug accusations of insecurity over appearance - "diet" is a four-letter word, as is "girl." "Vegetarian" isn't, but it might as well be for all the snide comments that meat-eaters make about them (because meat-eaters eat ONLY meat: every meal is meat wrapped in meat on a meat bun with meat sauce and sides of meat cooked in meat fat).īut a good salad is an art - not merely shredding up some lettuce, throwing on whatever toppings are nearby and slathering it in some uninspired dressing like ranch (*shudder*). It is usually denigrated to the lowly position of "side," and is munched on seemingly out of pity as the diner patiently awaits his or her "real" food. a rose by any other name would surely still be a rose, unless you call it "extra special trendy new never-seen-before rose " thus how "appetizers" evolved into "small plates") and the entrees.
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For too many diners, it is too much filler between the appetizers (small plates! tapas!. For too many restaurants, it is merely an afterthought.
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That most underrated course of culinary creations. Baconfest is also striving to be a sustainable festival, utilizing eco-friendly and biodegradable Michigan Green Safe Products for all plates, napkins, cups and utensils. Bars will be stocked with Michigan products including Valentine Vodka, McClure's Bloody Mary mix, Michigan craft beers and a selection of Michigan wines. Many participating restaurants smoke their own bacon in-house and source from local vendors using meat raised on Michigan farms. Endless, flowing bacon.Ĭhicago has its own Baconfest (and, predictably, it's an overpriced shitshow where the chefs act like they're doing you a favor by being there) it's high time Michigan had its own! Not only a celebration of all things bacon, with everything from pork belly to prosciutto to duck bacon to vegan bacon (a nationwide Baconfest first!) on hand, it's also a celebration of all things Michigan. Bacon as far as the eye can see and the mouth can eat. You'll find over 30 restaurants, celebrity chef demonstrations (local celebrities anyway, like our very own Joe Hakim of the Hungry Dudes), live entertainment from the Reefermen and bacon. And they shall! On Saturday, June 2, from 6 to 10 p.m., the first-ever Baconfest Michigan will be happening at the Royal Oak Farmers Market. For fairness' sake, let's not just limit this to Royal Oak, Oakland County or southeastern Michigan. Bacon, meat Royal Oak (see what I did there?).