Arena, Mazo: unusual, good rural dining
Two rural and south-central Wisconsin businesses, eight miles apart, cater to customers in unconventional ways. — A mile or two west of Arena, population 685, […]
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Two Ryan Braun restaurants in Wisconsin
The setting: White linens. Delicate stemware. Cartoonish murals. The pizza choices: Pepperoni. Sweet potato pie. Sausage and rapini. Also on the menu: Meatballs. Watermelon-beet salad. […]
Old World Wisconsin: How the gardens grow
May is a month of hope and faith for gardeners who begin with seeds or fragile stalks and dream of a cornucopia of color and […]
Kettle of Fish: NYC bar for Packer, Badger fans
Six subway stops south of Times Square, in Manhattan’s West Village, and I’m almost home. The exit says New York University, but that’s not the […]
al corso: fine dining in rural Wisconsin
I am chasing the sun as it turns the sky a moody rose-gray near twilight, zipping past farmland and swampland that are steeping in the […]
Pasties, Stormy Kromers, Kimball Inn fare
Note: A proposal to resume iron ore mining in Wisconsin, after a lag of four decades, means we’re likely to hear more than usual about […]
Hurley’s Silver Street: No beer shortage here
Note: A proposal to resume iron ore mining in Wisconsin, after a lag of four decades, means we’re likely to hear more than usual about […]
Port Washington Inn tops state B&B contest
Atop Sweet Cake Hill, four blocks from Lake Michigan, sits a bed and breakfast with five guest rooms near downtown Port Washington, an unassuming community […]
Distil, Merchant mixing craft, classic cocktails
While you’re nursing that Bloody Mary, mimosa or screwdriver during Sunday brunch, I’m discovering Milk Punch, the Ramos Gin Fizz and Corpse Reviver No. 2. […]
Midwest to Middle East: best meals of 2010
An unusual setting helps deepen the dining experience. These six memorable meals are from my travels during 2010. — Traders Point Creamery – Evidence of […]
Georgio’s: Perfecting the recipe for pizza
USA Today readers know by now that Georgio’s in Milton, a Rock County community of 5,100, is my Wisconsin recommendation in a nationwide roundup of […]
Inside Madison’s Underground Kitchen
When I met Jonny and Ben Hunter three years ago, they were rebel caterers keen on cooking adventurously with locally grown food, but without the […]