I am just back from a quick trip to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It was my first visit to the UP  since going low-carb.  My main observation from the trip is that someone needs to invent a low-carb pasty. First, a little history. In 1835-36, the Territory of Michigan and the State of Ohio fought a war over the Toledo Strip, a parcel of border land that includes the present-day city of Toledo, Ohio.  You may think Ohio won the war, given that it currently possesses the Toledo Strip.  In … [Read more...]