Mercedes Mejia

Nov 26, 2024 | michiganpublic.org | Ronia Isabel Cabansag |Mercedes Mejia

The Marasigan family's restaurant, Adobo Boy, brings all the warmth, flavors, and fun of a Filipino house party to the Grand Rapids area.

Nov 14, 2024 | michiganpublic.org | Ronia Isabel Cabansag |Mercedes Mejia

Chef Prej Iroegbu, owner of Fork in Nigeria talks about his cooking style, sourcing specialty Nigerian ingredients, and his plans to open a restaurant in Detroit.

Oct 4, 2024 | michiganpublic.org | Ronia Isabel Cabansag |Mercedes Mejia

Rachel Liu Martindale wasn’t a natural-born baker. Growing up, she said, her family’s oven was largely used to store pots and pans. Yet Martindale has cultivated a unique brand at her Ann Arbor bakery, Q Bakehouse. Every week, the display case features an array of pastries that blend European form with East-Asian flavor. Her current bestseller is a chili crisp scone. The recipe is a riff on a cheddar, bacon, and scallion scone that she had offered at the bakery in the past.

Sep 6, 2024 | michiganpublic.org | Mercedes Mejia |Ronia Isabel Cabansag

A couple in Grand Rapids is cooking up homemade corn masa that’s garnered the attention of true tortilla lovers from all over the country. Madre Masa is one of the few Michigan businesses utilizing a process called nixtamalization in creating the dough for their corn tortillas. “It's a really beautiful process. It's almost like a meditation,” Bek Ostosh, one half of the couple behind Madre Masa, said. “You have to be very present.