Patty Lanoue Stearns

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Fresh Picks

The definitive hardcover guide to cooking with cherries.

Can this funky 1800s industrial enclave with a boutique hotel in the works maintain its artsy edge?

This hidden gem in Palmer Park is what makes Detroit so hip.

Seventy-Two Hours in the City of Light

In a neighborhood of too-perfect chemical lawns, one eco-queen's quest for true green

Bold gallery harbors 54 Michigan fine artisans -- and one fearless guy who signed the lease.

They're unvarnished, unpretentious Up North restaurants--just like you remember them.