422 Detroit Street, Ann Arbor MI 48104 Deli: 734.663.3354 (DELI), Next Door: 734.663.5282 (JAVA) HAnds-oN baking clASseS Upstairs at the Next Door 3723 Plaza Drive Deli TasTIngs 734.761.7255 Steep! Tea Tasting Series: Zingerman's Creamery Al Dente Pasta Tasting Wonderful World of Tisanes Cheese Tasting Wednesday, June 16th • 7-9pm Learn to make some of your Bake- Tuesday, May 11th • 7-9pm Wednesday, May 26th • 7-9pm $20 in advance and $25 at the door house favorites like chewy bagels and tender scones in our hands- $20 in advance and $25 at the door $20 in advance and $25 at the door Local foods are on the tip of everybody’s tongue on baking classes! Take home our these days, and we’re proud to have local food With spring in the air and Michi- Sometimes we get lost with all the silky recipes and everything you make producer Monique Deschaine of Al Dente Pasta ganders just beginning to thaw, it Frenchies and sexy Italians in the cheese case, in class. here for an evening of all things pasta. Come is time to usher a different category of teas but honestly, some of the best cheese is be- learn about how they got started, and taste the into our lives. Behold the humble tisane! Made ing made right here in Ann Arbor. Our very Savory Pies fruits of all the hard work they put in over the without the Camellia sinensis (tea bush) plant, own cheesemonger Paul, and cheesemaker May 19 • 5:30-9:30PM • $125 last quarter of a century. tisane is the technical term for any tea made Aubrey from the Creamery will be hosting this June 16 • 5:30-9:30PM • $125 with herbs or fruit. Tisanes boast the ability very special event. Come learn all about how Tunisian Pantry to refresh your palate without jacking up your Zingerman's Creamery cheese is made and Tuesday, June 22nd • 7-9pm Check out the full schedule and register for classes at caffeine intake. So come and sip with us! There taste a great (and local) cheese . $20 in advance and $25 at the door will be a vast array of teas to taste with accom- www.bakewithzing.com panying foods to satiate your stomach. Balsamic Vinegar In the past year we have had a Tunisian food Thursday, June 3rd • 7-9pm revival at the Deli. Come join Ari, Sarah, and American Spoon Tasting $30 in advance and $35 at the door Amos for an evening of education and eating. Monday, May 17th • 7-9pm These three Zingernauts have spent more time Come meet an extraordinary balsamic vinegar in the past year over in Tunisia eating, cooking $20 in advance and $25 at the door maker from Modena, Italy. It’s been two full and learning than many of us have spent on We have been carrying these delicious spoon years since Erika Barbieri last visited us. Have vacation. You're going to taste the full-flavored fruits and preserves for a long time because you tasted the balsamic vinegars we keep under Tunisian products we have and leave with some Stop by the Creamery Cheese Shop they are that good. Come and spend an evening lock and key at the Deli? Her family has been very fun and delicious ways of using them. 734.929.0500 • 3723 Plaza Drive with one of American Spoon’s very own. We are crafting these exquisite elixirs for many gen- www.zingermanscreamery.com going to taste perfection in a jar and discover erations now. Come listen to this special guest Farmhouse Cheeses some fun ways to use preserves besides your tell you all about balsamic vinegar. Getting the Wednesday, June 30th • 7-9pm Learn to Make morning toast. It’s been a long time since we insider scoop on this highly prized vinegar is a $20 in advance and $25 at the door have had this very special visit so sign up early. very, very rare event; this will sell out fast. Fresh Mozzarella Many of the cheeses that you have seen year Saturday, May 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th Charlie and the Steep! Tea Tasting Series: after year on our counter are considered farm- Noon to 2pm • $45 Candy Manufactory! Incredible Iced Teas house cheeses. Send an evening of learning Reservations required Thursday, May 20th • 7-9pm what makes a cheese "farmhouse" and why Wednesday, June 9th • 7-9pm You'll get the know-how to do it in they are so special and sought after. With our $30 in advance and $35 at the door $20 in advance and $25 at the door your own kitchen and take home a cheesemongers as your guides, you'll taste Join us for a tasting with a real-life Willy We’ll teach you how to cold-brew, lot of cheese! some of the best you're ever going to find dur- Wonka… Charlie Frank of Zingerman’s Candy make the best Arnold Palmers, and elevate ing this special evening. If you love cheese Manufactory! Charlie’s candy bars are an hom- sweet tea to its rightful pedestal. Come and you'll want to be at this tasting. Creamery Tours age to the American “combination” bars of enjoy a semi-traditional night of iced teas and finger sandwich- Every Sunday • 2pm • $5/person the 1930’s—super fresh and super simple, with Reservations are encouraged. outstanding ingredients like honey nougat, es. You’ll leave with brittle, fudge, peanuts, caramel and chocolate. a full stomach and We will taste the entire line of Zzang! Bars—the enough iced tea Please call 734.663.3400 Zzang! Original, Ca$hew Cow, What the Fudge? recipes to get you to save a seat. and brand new Wowza! Charlie will also lead through the sum- See our full schedule at a comparative tasting and walk us through a mer. Hope to see “day in the life” of a candy maker! you there! www.zingermansdeli.com “Second Saturday” Deli sandwich of the Month Tasting! May 8th and June 12th MAY:­“The Ol' Bap” 11 am-noon • Free! This sandwich was created for us by a group of students Join us monthly for an open-to-the- (Olof, Lynus, Brianna, Alexis and Pierce) from the Roadhouse Special Dinners are 5-course family-style affairs with a little history public, no-reservation-required Mack Open School. Their recipe starts with provolone, and a LOT of food featuring writers, chefs, authors and more from our own cupping. Zingerman's Coffee Com- community and all around the country. Genoa salami and Zingerman’s pastrami piled high on pany managing partners Allen and a sliced baguette. Then, after adding a little lettuce Doce de Mayo: Mexican Dinner Foley's Fresh Fish Feast Steve give a tour of the operation, and a couple slices of our dill pickles, they ask us to sample new arrivals with guests, Wednesday, May 12th • 7pm • $45/dinner Wednesday, June 16th • 7pm • $45/dinner "squirt some honey mustard in there." Steps #9 and and explore the world of coffee #10 call for us to “Eat” and “Enjoy!” We think you will! Drawing on his family's The Story Behind the Amazing Fish from seed to cup. background, Roadhouse at Zingerman's Roadhouse $9.99/one size Restaurant Manager, #88 For this special event, Future tastings Fabian Salinas, looks back we're joined by Bill JUNE: will happen the to some of the foods he grew #89 Gerencer, long-time fish Green ‘ASP’ and Ham second Saturday up with. Using his mother's own of each month, buyer from one of our Named in honor of Dr. Seuss, and because our Zingerman’s recipes to create a very special menu 11am-noon favorite sources for fresh code for asparagus is “ASP,” this breakfast plate is a layering for this event, he'll explore foods from seafood, M.F. Foley, a family owned com- of warm Arkansas peppered ham and fresh-from-the-field Northern Mexico, including frijoles a la pany with decades-old ties to Zingerman's asparagus, topped with two fresh-cracked, over-easy eggs. charra, tamales, and gorditas. Our bever- and the Ann Arbor area. Join us for a Served with two slices of buttered Bakehouse White toast. 3723 Plaza Drive • 734.929.6060 age pairings will add south-of-the-border dinner highlighting our favorite Foley's www.zingermanscoffee.com fun with a selection of flavorful tequilas. /Avail. 'til 11am fare and a discussion with Bill, who has $9.99 worked with Chef Alex Young for more There's a lot more happening than 15 years, as he talks about his pas- Aspara-shazham at Zingerman's Bakehouse, sion and commitment to providing fresh, Hand-picked, lightly grilled asparagus, Arkansas peppered Creamery & Coffee. Check out flavorful fish. ham, and incredibly fresh smoked mozzarella from Zingerman’s all the classes, tastings, pro- Creamery grilled on Zingerman’s Bakehouse Sourdough bread. motions and more going on at For reservations to all events stop by 2501 Jackson Ave. or call 734.663.3663 (FOOD) Zingerman's Southside on page 9. www.zingermansroadhouse.com $11.50/one size ­1 ISSUE # 220 MAY-JUNE 2010 You did read that right. And I actually wrote it right too. Sounds across his ode to the hamburger. While I remembered the book, The third part of the mental trilogy of burger events, the one strange but it really is what’s been on my mind. and how I felt reading it, very vividly, I’d completely forgotten that pushed me into deciding to actually write this piece and about this little bit he’d put in on burgers.