by Terri | Jun 28, 2012 | Zehnder's History, Zehnders
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth When my grandparents, William and Emilie Zehnder, purchased the Exchange Hotel in 1928 the country was on the brink of the Great Depression and Prohibition had been passed just 11 years earlier. Not a great time to...
by Terri | Jun 28, 2012 | Chef's Blog, Zehnders
By John Zehnder, CEC, ACE, HGT, AAC When I think of Detroit Tigers baseball, three names come to mind; Ty Cobb, Al Kaline and Charlie Gehringer. Charlie Gehringer, named the all-time greatest second baseman in 1969, was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949....
by Terri | May 29, 2012 | Zehnder's Splash Village
As a child, my summer memories consisted of vacations in Northern Michigan. The “must have” on our list was a hotel with a pool. We were thrilled at the fact that we would stay somewhere that had a pool and a diving board. I can’t imagine being a...
by Terri | May 23, 2012 | Zehnder's History, Zehnder's of Frankenmuth, Zehnders
By Al Zehnder, CEO of Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth The article I wrote last November (click on November 2011 in our archives to refresh your memory) detailed how, in 1949, the Zehnder family purchased Fischer’s Hotel which sat directly across the street from...
by Terri | May 21, 2012 | Chef's Blog, Zehnder's History, Zehnders
By Chef John Zehnder, CEC, ACE, HGT, AAC Growing prolifically in ditches and along the edges of woods, the elderberry bush has been used for centuries by Native Americans and early settlers as a food source and for its medicinal properties. While the unripened...
