Food

Amidst Brightmoor’s vacant lots, these young Detroit farmers are growing crops — and battling food insecurity

The Youth Grow Brightmoor program, founded in 2014 by Brightmoor residents Bill and Billie Hickey, teaches neighborhood youth to grow,…

5 years ago

Win free tickets to the Detroit Free Press Wine & Food Experience!

Join us in Cadillac Square on September 14 for the Detroit Free Press Wine & Food Experience! We'll be chatting…

5 years ago

Why Detroiters should battle construction chaos to spend their dollars on the Avenue of Fashion

Back in May, Carson Daly turned to the camera during a pre-Mother’s Day segment on “The Today Show” and instructed…

5 years ago

Get to know: Alessandra R. Carreon, PizzaPlex

Read our feature story with Alessandra R. Carreon, co-founder of PizzaPlex in Southwest Detroit. Get to know Alessandra: What neighborhood do…

5 years ago

Find your people: Alessandra R. Carreon, PizzaPlex

Alessandra R. Carreon knew she wanted to make the world a more equitable place. But she never thought she’d do…

5 years ago

February 21: Lauren Bush Lauren at The Henry Ford

Feed your entrepreneurial spirit at a talk featuring social entrepreneur Lauren Bush Lauren at The Henry Ford Museum of American…

6 years ago

With the opening of Marrow, Ping Ho may be Detroit’s next restaurant mogul

  In this occasional series, Detour founder Ashley Woods digs in for some #realtalk with Detroiters you may already know…

6 years ago

What to do and drink during Detroit Cocktail Week

Detroit’s first Cocktail Classic launched in 2014, with a respectable 12 bars and restaurants serving drinks alongside a relatively modest brunch.…

6 years ago

Why researchers are poring over thousands of Metro Detroit food tweets

Let’s say you fire off a tweet about the bomb grilled cheese you just made. Maybe, you wonder into the…

6 years ago

Eat fugly food, save the world: Flashfood launches in Detroit

You know when you’re checking out some buzzy new app, only to get the “Sorry, not yet available in your…

7 years ago