Thursday, November 22, 2007

A2 Questionnaire: Janene Centurione






(Same 6 Questions, Different Victim – Thanksgiving Edition)

Janene Centurione, Owner, Great Harvest Bread Company

Janene, what’s your favorite dish to cook?
Anything Italian...currently experimenting my way thru Giada and Jamie Oliver cookbooks, and recipes from "Mediterranean Summer." It’s by a chef who crewed an Italian luxury sailboat all thru Italy, Provence and Greece.

It’s Friday night and you’re exhausted – what do you do for dinner?
Tell my husband Dan to stop at Siam Square and pickup carry out...it's Thai, inside the Quality Hotel at the corner of Washtenaw and 23...hot and spicy with a cold beer on the couch.


It’s Saturday night and you’re ready to go out and have a great time – what do you do?
Find Mandy Kay and let her drag us somewhere that she can't believe we haven't been to.

What’s your favorite restaurant (besides Zingerman’s!) to take out-of-town guests?
Paesano's, altho I can't wait til Blue Tractor opens...that's one of our favs Up North and I expect it to be here too...our favs in the Metro Area are Andiamo and J. Alexander's.

What do you love about Ann Arbor that you think is unique among other cities?
The well-traveled and interesting people, in a smallish city...I love to read the local calendar of events, because of all of the amazingly different things people are passionate about. I love that we have a world-class library, that people read, sing, talk, think, and are engaged in more that just the material world. I love the students and the energy that the University brings. And yes, I love Art Fair.

Last question – if you were to write a Blues song about living in Ann Arbor, what would the title be?
The “Standing on the Corner of State and Liberty” Blues

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