My mother’s side of the family rallied for the weekend to start a new family reunion tradition at my uncle’s cabin off Lake Michigan. It was a great opportunity to return to my roots and induct GR into the family. The weather was perfect, the food amazing, the drinks…well, they worked.

On Saturday night, we loaded up and traveled to nearby Shelby, Mich., to the Cherry Point Farm and Market for their famous fish boil! Yes, I said boil. In the South, they fry fish — and apparently in the North it’s boiled. It was a fantastic meal. I can’t wait ’til next year!