Detroit Food: Coney Dogs to Farmers Markets

The infamous images of Detroita s crumbling buildings,abandoned homes and weed-choked parks are known worldwide. Seldom shown are thecitya s thriving food ways, quietly rebuilding neighborhoods block by block withurban farms, locally made fare, new restaurants and an innovative, homegrownspirit that is attracting entrepreneurs and culinary enthusiasts from acrossthe nation. Old neighborhoods are coming back to life with the smell ofsimmering soup, the crunch of new pickles and the aroma of all-day barbeque.Magnificent Art Deco clubs and speakeasies painstakingly restored to theirformer beauty are busy serving great local food. Author Bill Loomis goes behindthe graffiti and ruins to explore how the passion for eating well is provingessential to Detroita s comeback.