This image is the cover for the book Detroit Food, American Palate

Detroit Food, American Palate

The infamous images of Detroit's crumbling buildings, abandoned homes and weed-choked parks are known worldwide. Seldom shown are the city's thriving food ways, quietly rebuilding neighborhoods block by block with urban farms, locally made fare, new restaurants and an innovative, homegrown spirit that is attracting entrepreneurs and culinary enthusiasts from across the nation. Old neighborhoods are coming back to life with the smell of simmering soup, the crunch of new pickles and the aroma of all-day barbeque. Magnificent Art Deco clubs and speakeasies painstakingly restored to their former beauty are busy serving great local food. Author Bill Loomis goes behind the graffiti and ruins to explore how the passion for eating well is proving essential to Detroit's comeback..

Bill Loomis, Ankur Dholakia

Author Bill Loomis was born in Detroit. He wrote Detroit's Delectable Past and works as a culinary tour guide. Loomis has also worked in television as a talk show producer for WTVS PBS in Detroit. His work has been published in The New York Times, Michigan History Magazine and The Detroit News.

American Palate