Flutist Zonjic to open jazz club in Bloomfield Twp.

Jazz flutist Alexander Zonjic has announced the opening of AZ's Listening Room, a jazz club and restaurant. The new place is set to open Saturday on the lower level of Andiamo's in Bloomfield Township at 6676 Telegraph Road just south of Maple.

200 beer types to froth forth at B.F.D.

A bounty of beers and refined comfort food served by a well-trained staff is the focus of Scott LePage’s newest restaurant, Clubhouse B.F.D. B.F.D., which stands for beer, food and drink, is scheduled open later this month.

Weekend Wine: Colby Red California 2010

This dry red blend is not just another bottle on the shelf but a fundraiser for people, especially kids, with heart trouble.

Puff pastry offers base for perfect little snack

As Super Bowl kickoff seems to be happening later and later, I’ve got to come up with a little snack for noshing while the so-called experts blab on and on.

London Chop House set to reopen in Detroit

After being shuttered for more than 20 years, new owners of the London Chop House are gearing up to reopen the iconic restaurant in the Murphy Telegraph Building at 155 W. Congress St. in downtown Detroit.

New Clubhouse B.F.D. will cater to craft beer fans

Restaurateur Scott LePage plans to open Clubhouse B.F.D. this month in Rochester Hills. The new bar and restaurant will boast "polished comfort food" and more than 200 beers.

Go big for the big game

No matter if your favorite team didn’t make it to Indianapolis, Super Bowl Sunday is always a big day: big guys, big crowd, big TV screens, big hype, big party, big appetites. The occasion calls for a big, manly spread of food from the suds to the snacks, the sandwiches and even the sweets.

Save the cashews to savor this dish

I used cashews the day of purchase -- to avoid the mysterious disappearance of them -- for this wonderfully easy cashew chicken dish from Robin Miller’s book, “Quick Fix Meals.”

Good stuff

Read on for the dish on one good chip, one good dinner and one good campaign.

Box wines can score touchdown on Super Sunday

Wine may sound like sissy stuff for Super Bowl Sunday, but I’m betting the corks will be popping about the time the chicken wings and onion dip come out.

Ribollita makes best of what’s on hand

Despite the fact that it has been unseasonably warm in 2012, February is still the time of year for comfort food, and we’re making soup. Rugged, simple and full of flavor.

Name sounds sharp, but jaggery’s sweet

Don’t let the name scare you: Jaggery isn’t, as a friend put it, a word for a sharp, broken knife. It’s a natural sugar commonly used in Asian cuisines and, under other names, in Latin America, Africa and the Caribbean.

Use soft apples in soothing spiced breakfast dish

Is there anything more disappointing than biting into what you think will be a crisp, snappy apple only to have your teeth sink into mushy flesh? What do you do? Use it in something in which the texture of the apple isn’t critical.

Hot cheese can be cool

Winter is the right time for a gooey food that never fails to satisfy: melted cheese.

Colors-Detroit cooks up good food and training opportunities

Wolfgang Puck earns lifetime achievement award

Food labels best as bite-size lessons for kids

Measure eggs by volume to sub sizes

Show the love for London Chop House when it reopens Feb. 14

Firm recalls hard-boiled eggs, sold in Mich., for possible listeria

5 Matt Prentice spots, downtown Olga's among new eateries coming in 2012

Matt Prentice announces return of Morels, other new eateries

With rollatini, eggplant’s appeal is clear

The secret ingredient? B-E-E-R

Good stuff

Soup's on with hearty, hardy barley

Hot Taco as simple as name suggests

Score big with prepared onion dip

Meaty collard greens rule world of leafy vegetables