Chef Stories
Slow Food Entrepreneur: Vincent Mcintosh
Discussions about “Slow Food” tend to conjure up images of days gone by. Sheep grazing leisurely on the rolling hillsides in an old-fashioned European town, cheese made on a pioneer’s farm, candlelit dinners before the invention of buzzing, distracting cell phones. While it can be fun to indulge in these nostalgic reveries, what does Slow…
Read MoreInterview with Melissa Shields from Reserve
My mom was in town and she wanted wine. True, we live in Beer City USA, but Grand Rapids has a lot to offer besides its favorite glutinous beverage. We walked downtown on a hot summer day to snack and quench our thirst at Reserve Wine and Food. I have never had anything less than…
Read MoreOne Chef’s Slow Food Journey
Maybe it was the 4-10 rifle I received for my fifth birthday, or the 1944 Farmall H tractor I bought when I was 12. Perhaps it was the fact that I spent my childhood during a time when everything took a little longer. A time when we played in the woods and corn fields and…
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