Anyone who has ever visited the Northwest Michigan area has quickly discovered that food and drink are some of the things we do best. But it's always nice when one of our country's top chefs, like Mario Batali, can't say enough about our region.
Excerpt: The food scene has really exploded in the region. There are farmers' markets and hip-looking people farming and butchering. It's very cool. Even in Northport, our town of less than 1,000 people, there's a great weekly farmers' market in the summer. The chefs involved in the scene celebrate what's here; they're not trying to be anything they're not. Now people are coming for gastronomic tourism.
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Source: Bon Appetit
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