GUD FEATURE ARTICLE

Season’s Greetings

Has there been, in recent memory, a better Detroit holiday season for food lovers and gluttons than this December? Hackneyed as the sentiment may seem, this has already been a pretty joyful, stirring month.

There was pleasure and even inspiration to be had from watching people coming together for the 2nd annual Detroit Holiday Food Bazaar and from talking to people who were just discovering that interesting things are happening with food in Detroit. And it was legitimately fun to see old friends hanging out, new friends being made, and small business owners connecting with one another over pickled turnips and tequila at the Sugar House.

The sentimental fool in all of us has to derive some sense of satisfaction from watching much of Detroit’s gastronomic community enjoy not just each other’s products but each other’s company.

That’s all a long way of saying that the holiday season is off to as fine a start as one could hope for.

In case you missed either event, we’ve put together a little slide show of both, which begins with a special holiday greeting card, Gourmet Underground Detroit style. Best wishes for a wine-soaked end to 2011 and a pork-filled 2012.