Where to eat and what to order, one city at a time. Dearborn first, then everywhere Abe has toured.
Which Halloween candies list gelatin and which don't: Starburst, Trolli, Skittles, Sour Patch Kids, Swedish Fish, Twizzlers, Haribo, Snickers, Twix and more, checked against each maker's US ingredient lists.
Five Halloween outings around Metro Detroit ranked by scare level, with prices, dates and a halal bite nearby: a Detroit ghost walk, Glenlore Trails, Dearborn's Haunted Trail, Eloise Asylum and Erebus.
Three orchards and cider mills for a fall day trip around Metro Detroit: DeBuck's Family Farm in Belleville, Long Family Orchard in Commerce Township and Spicer Orchards in Fenton.
Three fall coffee orders to try in Dearborn: a cinnamon latte at Cool Beans, a salted maple latte at Jabal and a salted maple brown butter latte at Qimmah.
A $2.99 chicken sandwich, a $3.99 chicken wrap and a $5 cheese pide: three Dearborn counters where a five-dollar bill still buys a meal.
What a Lebanese breakfast is, which Warren Avenue bakeries open before 6 AM, where to sit down for ful and fatteh, and the coffee to finish with. Every spot is halal by its own statement.
Where Dearborn gets its halal pepperoni pizza, Nashville hot chicken, wings by the fifty and smoked brisket: the counters, what each one says about its meat, and the story of how American fast food went halal here.
The newer side of Dearborn's food scene: smash burgers, a Yemeni coffee house, a Turkish bakery open until 3 AM, chimney cakes and crepes, all within a few blocks of Michigan Avenue and Mason Street, next to The Henry Ford.
A first visit to Dearborn, planned meal by meal: the Arab American National Museum and Warren Avenue on day one, The Henry Ford and West Dearborn on day two, with where to stay, how to get there and what to order.
The Dearborn spots open past midnight on a normal week, the coffee houses that run to 1 AM, and how the whole city flips to overnight hours during Ramadan. With the dish to order at each.
Two and a half miles of Lebanese grills, bakeries, sweet shops, butchers and supermarkets between Wyoming and Greenfield in East Dearborn, in the order you drive them, with what to order at each stop.
Where to eat halal in Chicago: Palestinian, Jordanian, Middle Eastern, Afghan, Pakistani and more across Bridgeview, Chicago, with the dish to order at each.
Where to eat halal in Los Angeles: Pizza, Fusion, Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, Pakistani and more across Sun Valley, Los Angeles, Hawthorne, Inglewood, with the dish to order at each.
Where to eat halal in Tampa Bay: Palestinian, Middle Eastern, Jordanian, Syrian, Yemeni and more across Tampa, Temple Terrace, with the dish to order at each.
Where to eat halal in Toronto: Lebanese, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, Pakistani, Indian and more across Mississauga, Toronto, Scarborough, with the dish to order at each.
A first-timer's map of halal Dearborn: the Lebanese classics on Warren Avenue, Yemeni lamb on Michigan Avenue, the burger wave, the coffee houses and the sweets, with what to order at each.
The halal burger counters that came out of Dearborn in the mid-2010s, including the one that started in a gas station and won the Detroit Burger Brawl, and what to order at each.
You do not have to drive to Warren Avenue. Halal restaurants across Metro Detroit's suburbs and downtown Detroit, by city, with what to order at each.
The supermarkets, butchers and slaughterhouses where Metro Detroit buys halal meat, from the Warren Avenue markets to Eastern Market's wholesalers, with addresses and what each is known for.
Two square miles, two food streets. Where to eat halal in Hamtramck: Yemeni lamb and bread on Joseph Campau, Bangladeshi curries and sweets in Banglatown, late-night halal Mexican, and where to shop.
Dearborn is where the American Yemeni coffee house began. What qishr, Adeni chai and sabaya are, and the cafes that started it: Qahwah House, Haraz and Qamaria.
A plain-English guide to the Yemeni menu, from slow-roasted lamb over rice to the stew that arrives still boiling, with the Metro Detroit restaurants that serve it.
The pastry houses and bakeries of Dearborn and nearby: what knafeh, baklawa, maamoul and manakeesh are, and the shops on Schaefer Road and beyond that make them.
Chicken or beef, pita or French bread, garlic or tahini. A guide to ordering shawarma in Metro Detroit and the counters known for it, from Warren Avenue to Ann Arbor.
