Published: 2/23/2000
Types: Food & Drink
EAT A MEATLESS PIZZA For vegetarians and people who keep kosher, the idea of ordering a pizza topped with anything other than vegetables is pretty much unheard of. That is, unless they pay a visit to Southfield’s Jerusalem ...[MORE]
Published: 2/2/2000
Types: Food & Drink
VOGUE VEGGIES When Amy Jean Thompson makes a vegetable tray, she doesn’t rely on the usual carrots, broccoli and celery. Thompson, a vegetarian who owns and runs Creative Catering in Huntington Woods, goes way beyond basic veggies;...[MORE]
Published: 12/22/1999
Types: Food & Drink
KEEP YOUR COOL Several hundred years ago, ice sculpting started in France as an attractive way to keep food fresh. Ever since, the melting art form has appeared at many a reception and celebration. These sculptures can be traditional — a swan or a hea...[MORE]
Published: 10/27/1999
Seizure: For the birds The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has flexed its "zero tolerance" muscles in an effort to protect Americans from THC – the psychoactive component of marijuana – by halting a truckload of sterile, and, for ...[MORE]
Published: 6/30/1999
Types: Culture, Health & science
Over the centuries, hemp seeds and their oil have been recognized by various cultures as an effective herbal treatment for a variety of ailments, from constipation to PMS. Today, research shows that hemp seed oil can have therapeutic benefits, inc...[MORE]
Published: 5/5/1999
Types: Culture
Sweltering air – a suspended layer of it. Not to even think of moving. Hot-’n’-heavy in Hamtramck. From the porch, we can see the kids play slow-motion stickball under a streetlight. Across the way, neighbors barely lift tiny cups of Turkish ...[MORE]
Published: 2/24/1999
There was once a strain of cannabis sativa – the industrial, not smokable, variety of hemp – named Early Michigan. That was long before hemp, and the marijuana it’s related to, became illegal in this country. Today, even though indu...[MORE]
Published: 8/16/2000
Types: Culture
You never know when inspiration will hit. One afternoon a little more than a year ago, while taking a pee at the University of Michigan, filmmaker Jamie Schenk was intrigued by the inscriptions and drawings adorning the gray bathroom walls. “I was mesmerized by all the graffiti,” she says. “Wo...[MORE]
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