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Article: Traverse City whets appetites.(Your Time)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- July 26, 2009
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Byline: John Flescer Associated Press
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. u Attention, traveling foodies: Something yummy is happening in the Traverse City area, and itAEs even grabbed the attention of luminaries such as celebrity chef Mario Batali, who has a summer home on the scenic Leelanau Peninsula just northwest of town.
Long a top Midwestern tourist draw for its lakes, rivers, forests, beaches u and the orchards that inspire the self-proclaimed moniker "cherry capital of the world" u the Traverse City area is now home to an increasingly varied and sophisticated culinary culture with a strong emphasis on local ingredients.
The Lake Michigan resort town ...