Fall Farro Salad with Pomegranate, Walnut & Truffles
Insalata di farro con melagrane, noci e tartufi

Fall in Michigan - it's glorious! Colorful leaves, mist on the lake in the early mornings - and even rainbows, and northern lights this week. We see Canadian geese, ducks of all sorts, the great blue heron, and the eagle fishing. Leaves float by, the lilypads curl up in the cold. Frost limns the leaves at the water's edge (we really should finish raking). Here's a glimpse of our lake this week:

Halloween Treats Inspired by Roald Dahl

Best Hot Dogs in Traverse City
 

Foodie Finds: Best Place to Eat in Saugatuck, Michigan

Best Juicy Lucy Burger in Minneapolis

We've found the best place to eat in Toledo, Ohio! Yes - I know. How can you narrow it down to one place? Well, we just have the Best Food when we are in Toledo, at a Toledo institution called Tony Packo's.

Seven of my Favorite Restaurants in the Seattle/Puget Sound Area
 

The St. Cloud area of Minnesota is a regional center for commerce, county government (being the county seat of Stearns county), as well as the home of St. Cloud State University. Near St. Cloud are Waite Park, Sartell, Sauk Rapids as well as St. Joseph, which is the home of the College of St. Benedict, a Catholic liberal arts college for women and Collegeville, which is home to St. John's University, a Catholic liberal arts college for men.