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East Lansing’s Aloha Cookin’ is serving up the greatest hits of Hawaiian cuisine, a combination of Indigenous Polynesian foodways and Korean, Japanese and American influences.

Enjoy fusions of flavor at Aloha Cookin’

I’m often guilty of eating an incredible meal somewhere but failing to return for extended lengths of time due to matters of convenience or budget, even while remembering the meal often and with great longing.

Pork and beans the Brazilian way

Courtesy of Ari LeVaux
Feijoada semi-completa.
Pork and beans are an age-old combination, expressed in countless ways around the world. Southwestern pinto beans refried in lard. Asian tofu with pork sauce. The all-American can of pork and beans. Wherever there’s pork and beans, there’s pork with beans.
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TUESDAY, April 30 – Foods For Living, a well-known independent natural grocer in East Lansing since 1997, will close by the end of June.
(The writer is a member of the East Lansing City Council.) The City Pulse recently published an article about rental regulations in East Lansing ( …
THURSDAY, April 25 — The old Washington Apartments, a vacant six-story apartment complex at 927 S. Washington Ave. in Reo Town, was added to the National Register of Historic Places this month, meaning it could soon get a facelift and take in tenants once more.
East Lansing resident Susan Froetschel is frustrated because “I can’t use my home as I thought I could.”
Many products have been made in Lansing over the years, from automobiles and their parts to furniture, lawn mowers, chest protectors and cheese curds. A full catalog of Lansing-made stuff could escort you through a well-lived life, from fresh milk and baby carriages to booze, cigars and coffins.

Make Mother’s Day extra special with homemade breakfast in bed

There may be no better way to start Mother’s Day than with breakfast in bed. Enjoying a homemade meal right after waking up can set the right tone for a day that celebrates all mothers have done and continue to do for their children.

Farm-fresh chive pancakes

I’ve been buying Chinese chives at the farmers market from a vendor named Nancy. She has many unique vegetables, like pink celery for stir-fries, delicious edamame soybeans and Dutch-style tomatoes,

Feasting on finger-lickin’ good fried fare

If you’re looking for fried food in the Lansing area, nothing beats the array of selections at Eastside Fish Fry & Grill. From chicken tenders, jalapeno poppers and onion rings to more unique offerings like alligator, frog legs and liver, this restaurant fries up just about anything you could think of.

Chicken curry, island-style

About 60 years ago, on Little Corn Island, a tiny dot in the Caribbean Sea approximately 50 miles off the coast of Nicaragua, a cook named Maritza was born to a Colombian mother and Cuban father.

The go-to spot for Mediterranean in Meridian

Bread Bites Mediterranean 5100 Marsh Road, Okemos 11:30-8 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday noon-7 p.m. Sunday (517) 708-7112

Climb a mountain of nachos at the Tipsy Nickel

In late 2022, Miya Warvel, co-owner of the Wooden Nickel II in Dansville, purchased the former Darb’s Tavern & Eatery in Mason and rechristened it the Tipsy Nickel Bar & Grille,

The secret to good tofu — or as I call it, restaurant tofu

My son’s first taste of tofu was at a restaurant. He didn’t know what tofu was, or that it was coming. Having never caught wind of tofu’s bad reputation among non-Asians,

Stateside’s breakfast menu boasts a bangin’ Benny

It’s strange to discover that, in the area you’ve lived all your life, the breakfast you’ve been searching for has been waiting for you just across town.

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