Fixing an over-dry, water repellent soil mix

It takes some work, but you can save quite a bit of money growing your own transplants.

Marrow Butcher Shop and Restaurant

Fall a perfect time for beans

Beans can play prominently in main-dish salads, creamy soups and hearty stews. They pair terrifically as rustic fall side dishes.

Pretzels: All tied up in knots

Three types of pretzels -- including one with lye -- to satisfy your cravings.

The Tenth anniversary of Michael Symon’s Roast

White wines the ultimate oyster partners

With the proper wine complement, nothing more is needed. No cocktail sauce and horseradish, and certainly no hot sauce.

40th annual Concours d’Elegance of America car show

Polka Restaurant and Beer Cafe

Liam, Emma lead top baby names in US for 2017

Emma was the top girl’s name for the fourth year in a row while Liam ousted Noah for the top spot for boys

Free-range parenting laws letting kids roam could catch on

Advocates say giving kids freedom to do things alone, like ride a bike to school, is good for them

Doug Guthrie Memorial Grand Prix

Ahead of the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix, members of the media honor former Detroit News auto critic Doug Guthrie, who passed away suddenly in 2013, with a race at Kart2Kart in Sterling Heights.

Howe’s Bayou in Ferndale

Polish Village Cafe

Oldest commercial winery on the Leelanau Peninsula closes down

Boskydel Vineyard produced fine wines for 42 years

Eatori restaurant in Capitol Park

Woodie club holds first national meet in Dearborn

Quirky, wood-bodied wagons find favor with collectors, beach bums and street rodders

National Woodie Club circles the wagons in Dearborn

La Dulce Detroit

Rare classics, exotics sell at Calif. car auctions

Aston Martin sells for $25 million to lead August auction sales

Italian luxury cars star at Pebble Beach Concours

Isotta Fraschinis, Ferraris share the spotlight at annual West Coast event

The 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

Michigan wine competition marks 40 years

Some 25 judges spent Tuesday evaluating some 380 wines from 58 wineries in Michigan, which now total 130

2017 Great Race stops in Ypsilanti

Collector Larry Smith’s cars in EyesOn Design spotlight

A few of Smith's unusual classic cars join the field of 300 in Grosse Pointe Shores Sunday

Collector Larry Smith’s eclectic taste in cars

Miked Up at RoadKill Nights in Pontiac

Detroit News reporters Mike Martinez and Mike Wayland visit RoadKill Nights in Pontiac and talk with Tim Kuniskis, head of Dodge, and Richard Rawlings, host of Fast N' Loud on the Discovery Channel.

Ken Lingenfelter on his astounding car collection

The owner of Lingenfelter Performance Engineering talks about his passion for cars and causes, and how his collection grew from 50 cars in 2003 to 280 today.

The Whitney

At home with Chef Jay Gundy

Old Car Festival chugs on between showers

Standouts include 1909 EMF racer, 1925 Rickenbacker

Exotics, ‘garage finds’ offered at California auctions

Auctions, races combine diamonds, jewels-in the-rough

Rare finds on the block at California sales; vintage cars try the track at Mazda Raceway

Cars break record prices at RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction

Three special cars - a Jaguar, an Alfa Romeo, a Shelby Cobra -- set new sales marks

Cars set auction records in Monterey

240 rare classics judged at Pebble Beach Concours

Pebble Beach claims to be the top automotive concours in the country. Seeing is believing.

2016 Pebble Beach Concours

Woodward Dream Cruise Thursday

Gasoline Alley car show all about performance, style

Utica event draws rods, roadsters and racing replicas

Utica’s 2016 Gasoline Alley car show

Cruising through the years