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Rose's Story

 

NORTHERN HARVEST: TWENTY MICHIGAN WOMEN IN FOOD AND FARMING

https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/northern-harvest

 

ROSE HOLLANDER’S STORY

Born in the Bronx of German heritage, Rose was familiar with different aspects of the food business from early childhood.  When her family moved to Woodstock, Rose, at age twelve, helped with making pastries in an Italian restaurant. 

Years later, living in Hong Kong with her husband, Rose discovered Asian cuisine and ever since then incorporated this into her own cuisine, whether at home or catering. Returning from Hong Kong, Rose and Stuart spent a few years in California, but when they had children they moved to Suttons Bay where she has lived ever since.

After Stuart died, “I decided to look into the idea of going to a culinary school, not with the notion that I would ever run a restaurant, but just that I would learn those skills.”

This led to a twelve week program at the Ballymaloe Cooking School in Ireland.  “In my twelve weeks I had twelve partners. They were people from all over the world, all ages.”

From her knowledge of legal work with husband Stuart, Rose decided to get involved in public policy where food is concerned, and in particular how we feed our children.  She has worked with the Montessori School and with the NMC Culinary Institute.  

Rose also initiated the Food on Film series in the Michael Moore Film Festival, sadly suspended in 2020, the year of the pandemic, but we hope resuming in 2021 post covid. 

To learn more of Rose’s story and to read the stories of nineteen other amazing women, you can now order Northern Harvest from Amazon or from your favorite independent bookstore.

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