Category Archives: List of Shows

Show #213N (Planked Great Lakes Whitefish with a Potato Chip and Parmesan Crust)

Show #213N - Chef Eric takes us to visit the oldest potato chip maker in Michigan and then uses some of those chips to create a new version of planked whitefish.

Show #212 (Whitefish "Pasta")

Show #212 - Chef Eric takes us into the cutting edge of food preparation. He makes fish noodles using a jerky squirter, Activa and an immersion circulator …you’ll just have to watch. And we go visit one of the foremost food festivals in the Great Lakes.

Show #211N (Freshwater Caviar Risotto)

Show #211N - At the southern end of Lake Michigan, we visit Michigan City Indiana to meet Rachel Collins and see how she makes Great Lakes caviar then Chef Eric makes a special risotto and tops it off with some of Rachel’s caviar.

Show #210N (Michigan Grape Vodka)

Show #210N - Chef Eric takes us to see a unique use of grapes, one of the few fruit vodka distillers in the country and then he uses some of that vodka to season two different appetizers, meatballs and salmon gravlax. He tops it off with a fruit vodka and fruit cocktail.

Show #209N (A Great Lakes "Red Beans and Rice")

Show #209N - The show features Chef Eric's Great Lakes Red Beans and Rice. Chef uses white beans from the Saginaw valley and wild rice from the U.P., gathered with help from the children and teachers of the Bay Mills Indian Community.

Show #208N (My Great Lakes Buffalo Chili Con Carne or a Midwestern Bowl of Red)

Show #208N - Chef Eric makes his own Texas style chili and takes us on a visit to Rafal’s spice market in Detroit to get the unique spices he requires.

(Show #207N) Pickled Freshwater Herring and Asparagus "Sushi"

Show #207N - Chef Eric takes us to the U.P., in the middle of winter, to visit the Bay Mills Indian community. There he is taught how the community ice fishes to provide food for its elders. Then Eric uses some of the Lake Herring he caught to make very unique sushi. 

Show #206 (Flint and Detroit Inspired Coney Dogs)

Show #206N -  It’s dog wars and Chef Eric takes us to visit both Flint and Detroit where the Coney Dogs are different and each claims to be the best. Eric then joins the fray and creates his own versions.

Show #205N (Great Lakes Fish Tacos with Avocado Crema & Mayonesa)

Show #205 - On this show Chef Eric meets the keeper of the flame for the famous Bayport fish sandwich and then he creates his soon-to-be-famous fish tacos.

Show #204N (A Michigan Inspired "Poutine" with Fresh Cheese Curds and Venison "Gravy")

Show #204  We are on the road again, twice, we even go to a foreign country. We are making Poutine, a Canadian treat and we visit La Salle, Canada and Coopersville, Michigan to learn how to make this unique dish.