Mise en place is always important in the kitchen, especially when decorating gingerbread houses! #gingerbreadhouse #miseenplace #vato #vatophoto #thd #thehungrydudes #heard #heardpodcast… instagram.com/p/BrvjHDFHaZJ/…

The final product! #gingerbreadhouse #vato #vatophoto #thd #thehungrydudes #christmas #christmasspirit #holiday #heard #heardpodcast vatotosqui heardpodcast instagram.com/p/Brv2mDAHFjn/…

Really impressed with the food at Diamonds Steak & Seafood in Royal Oak, Michigan! diamonds_royaloak adam_merkel #diamondssteakandseafood #adammerkel #adammerkelrestaurants… instagram.com/p/Br9FVyMHEkZ/…

Closing out 2018 with some beef lo mein The Peterboro in midtown, Detroit, Michigan. #thepeterboro #thepeterborodetroit #lomein #beeflomein #midtown #detroit #michigan vatotosqui… instagram.com/p/BsEocTxHIGq/…

From the archives, our chat with Chef Kieron Hales from Zingerman's Cornman Farms was equal parts informative & fun. Give a listen by clicking the link itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/hea…

Congrats to Bees in the D for their partnership with Ford Motor Company clickondetroit.com/news/bees-in-t…. Brian joined us on Episode 87 in the archives.

Me: Stoned at 2AM eyeing week old pizza in the fridge

Chefs Haley and Brendon took to the Heard! Podcast to talk all things Corktown, brunch, food and tequila. Thanks to Joe Hakim for having us on! 🙌 ow.ly/PyKI50uGsx8

20 great places to eat and drink in downtown Detroit. Thanks to Joe Hakim of HEARD Podcast for the assist! mlivemibest Amy Sherman Visit Detroit @puremichigan #detroit #puremichigan mlive.com/expo/life-and-…

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When you go to Cornbread Restaurant & Bar and you can’t decide what you want to eat, you get a bunch of food to try out. Gumbo, salmon croquette, catfish, fried pork chop, and rib tips with greens, Mac and cheese, and… instagram.com/p/B29wR4eFp-e/…

Any time I go out of town I try to find a restaurant that has a crab cake eggs Benedict. This one from anotherbrokenegg’s menu called to me. Jumbo lump crab cakes on an English muffin, topped with poached eggs,… instagram.com/p/B5dF3Ydl1uH/…

Sunrise spinach scrambler. Scrambled eggs filled with fresh spinach, bacon and onions, topped with Jack cheese. Added a half an order of beignet biscuits. 📷: @wattyz #food #eeeeeats #anotherbrokenegg #indyeats… instagram.com/p/B5dHB-Vlwmx/…

This woman is all of us right now:

Georgia Peach 🍑 flatbread with fresh mozzarella from Zingerman's Creamery, peaches from @thepeachtruck, fresh garlic, oil and balsamic I reduced to drizzle on top from Jordan, and fresh basil 🌿 from my deck! . . I… instagram.com/p/CCXKSnWjJxy/…

Home alone tonight and passed by a food truck on my way home. Of course I had to stop! Nachos from nachoaveragetostado. “signature tostado meat served on top of corn tortilla chips. Topped with your choice of… instagram.com/p/CDKdWrWlXu0/…

Nigga.... this restaurant has a dessert on the menu called “baked cookie dough”... now I’m no genius, but ain’t that a fuckin cookie??

When you order the “house made creamy herbed dressing,” instead of Ranch.

From top left: today, 2020, 2016, and one part of how I got to today. There’s not much of visible difference between today & last year, but I continue to get stronger. I was staring down diabetes in 2015. That’s no longer the case.