There’s a running joke at Hillsdale that says graduating seniors have three options: Teach, go to grad school, or do whatever else it is liberal arts majors do. I think the first two options are fantastic. But if you’re like me, you’re probably in the third camp. You want to do something, but you’re not...
Author: Robert Ramsey (Robert Ramsey)
The Raven’s Club: a review of “neo-American” food in Michigan
Long has the debate raged over what constitutes “American” food. There are primarily two camps in this fight, either you believe that, like the nationality, American food is merely composed of other ethnic foods, amalgamated and reproduced for our eating pleasure, or that American food equals Southern food, which appears to be the only thing...
Why the filling station has the best sandwich
Sandwiches are some of the most underappreciated yet overly scrutinized foods. They seem simple, yet to make a truly incredible sandwich is borderline impossible. The American sandwich scene is a sparse one; dominated by the mega-chains (Subway has now beat out McDonald’s as the most numerous restaurant in the world), we have continued to settle...
Breaking the fast the right way
They say in the days of the old gods that men awoke in the mornings and were hungry until the sun reached it’s apex; St. Anthony then came with all his bacony ways and blessed the heathens, giving them the gift of breakfast. Breakfast is a funny thing for us Americans. Unlike most countries where...
Where to get good wine, locally
One of the most common complaints I hear of the town of Hillsdale is that it’s a boring, uncultured hole. As I’ve found out, this couldn’t be further from the truth. While it’s not (insert larger, affluent city with a state university and thriving economy), the town has a remarkable number of cultural layers which...