You clearly haven't seen the right parts of Michigan Fellow escapee, but there's a lot of good food to be found if you know where to look for it. Most of the stuff I find memorable is in pretty working-class areas, though.

There's quite a lot of good bread in the Boston area -- Clear Flour in Brookline and Iggy's being my two favorites, though with Iggy's I only *really* like it when I buy it from their bakehouse in Cambridge. Have never warmed up to Hi-Rise, but others swear by it.

The other place I *adore* is Wild Flour Bread in Occidental, CA (Sonoma County). http://www.wildflourbread.com/ . Way off the beaten path, but so worth the trip...