FUN FACT: Southwest Detroit’s Flowers of Vietnam sells Korean-fried caramel chicken wings.
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Six chefs will cook up 350 pounds of greens next week for Detroit’s annual collard green cookoff and guests will cast their vote for Best Collard Green Chef.
Last year’s winner, Buddah Calhoun, will compete to defend the title that he won with his pan fried, vegan collard greens. This time, he’s coming with a slightly different recipe and hopes to take home the win again.
At the event, I will co-host a storytelling booth with Michaela Ayers, the founder of Black Her Stories (BHS), a project and podcast that celebrates the creative power of Black women. We will interview attendees about their maternal connections to food, in alignment with the theme of this season’s podcast: the creative power of mothers and caregivers.
“I come from a family where women did most of the cooking. Everything my grandmother made was delicious. In the Black-American tradition recipes are a form of currency, and collectively, food is an expression of care,” Ayers said. “Through this storytelling booth, I’m eager to learn what our cooking practices say about where we come from and what shared memories are tied to collard greens.”
If you go to the collard green cook off, please stop by the booth and chat with us! We’re so excited to hear your stories which Ayers will craft into a podcast episode, a project she said will pay homage to the Black women who have fed her.
Check out the story below to learn more!
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JB
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- Michigan’s Supreme Court ordered a minimum wage increase and phase out of tipped wages for restaurant workers.
A schedule of pop-ups for the week
Thurs., Aug. 8:
Melway Burgers and Detroit Beer Company at La Ventana, 1486 Gratiot. 6-10 p.m.
Chi Fan Le at Tech Town, 440 Burroughs St. 11:30 a.m.
Pink Flamingo, 2746 Vermont St. 6-10 p.m.
Tacos Hernandez at Brewery Faisan, 1087 Beaufait St. 5-8 p.m.
Ayiti Spaghetti at Hunt Street Station, 2200 Hunt St. 6-9 p.m.
Fri., Aug. 9:
Food Truck Fridays at E. Warren Farmers Market, 16835 E. Warren. 12-8 p.m.
Savor Red at Rosa, 19180 Grand River Ave. 3-9 p.m.
Tacos Hernandez at 8 Degrees Plato, 3409 Cass Ave. 4-8 p.m.
Randos Sandos at Brewery Faisan, 1087 Beaufait St. 5-8 p.m.
Lebanese Redhead at Two Birds, 8130 Kercheval. 6-11 p.m.
Sat., Aug. 10:
Halcyon Patisserie at Spotlite, 2905 Beaufait St. Noon to 5 p.m.
LisaPie and Detroit Coffee Club at Two Birds, 8130 Kercheval. Noon to 4 p.m.
KDub’s Grill at Brewery Faisan, 1087 Beaufait St. 4-8 p.m.
Queen Kitc. at The Congregation, 9321 Rosa Parks Blvd. 5-9 p.m.
Tacos Hernandez at Barkside, 10125 E. Jefferson Ave. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Elle The Foodie at Craig’s Coffee, 412 Peterboro St. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
No Sauce BBQ at Easy Peasy, 1456 Woodward Ave. Noon to 3 p.m.
Sun., Aug. 11:
The Egg Hunt at Two Birds, 8130 Kercheval. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Empacho at Brewery Faisan, 1087 Beaufait St. Noon to 4 p.m.
Marksie’s Cooking at Red Hook, 2761 E. Jefferson. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Detroit Coffee Club at Pie Sci Pizza, 5163 Trumbull. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Mon., Aug. 12:
Kusina at Motor City Wine, 1949 Michigan Ave.
Tacos Hernandez at The Kiesling, 449 E. Milwaukee Ave. 5-10 p.m.
Fried Chicken and Caviar at Dragonfly, 2929 E. Grand Blvd. 5-9 p.m.
Tues., Aug 13:
Martes Market at The Congregation, 9321 Rosa Parks Blvd. 4-8 p.m.
Nepantla at Cold Truth, 4240 Cass Ave. 5-9 p.m.
Wed., Aug 14:
Sandos at Brewery Faisan, 1087 Beaufait St. 6-9 p.m.
Ayiti Spaghetti at Two Birds, 8130 Kercheval. 5-10 p.m.
