This one-pot dinner combines the flavors of chowder and fish pie, representing contemporary Michigan cuisine rooted in the region's traditions. Named after the Manitou Islands in Lake Michigan, it pays homage to the deep tradition of smoked fish and mysticism around the lakes. Smoked fish is emblematic of the northern Midwest due to the region's immigrant population and the abundance of fish in the Great Lakes.
Half chowder, half fish pie , this one-pot dinner is everything I want contemporary Michigan cuisine to be—rooted in our region’s agricultural and culinary traditions but not stodgy or heavy the way Midwest ern food is presented and perceived to be. The Manitou Islands are in Lake Michigan and part of the lore around Sleeping Bear Dunes in Glen Arbor , Michigan.
This part of the state has the deepest tradition of smoked fish and mysticism around the lakes, so it only made sense to me to name it after them (plus it rhymes)! Smoked fish is emblematic of the northern Midwest both because many of the people who immigrated and stayed here were from fish-loving regions (Scandinavia, The Netherlands, and parts of the Mediterranean Basin), but also because our state’s defining (and unifying) feature, the Great Lakes, are loaded with all sorts of fish that were traditionally preserved through hot smokin
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