Red Circle, Nashotah: state’s oldest in dining
Out with the old, as a new year begins? That’s fine for grudges and bad habits, but don’t disregard old friends as life resumes its […]
Food/Drink
Need a chocolate fix? Head to the Craverie
“Everything in moderation, including immoderation” is our mantra as we enter Wisconsin’s newest outlet for little luxuries, the Craverie Chocolatier Café, in Kohler’s fashionable Shops […]
Watts Tea Room: preserving a genteel era
I am in downtown Milwaukee, “taking tea,” and doing a miserable job of it. An attractive, two-piece, antique tea strainer reveals my ignorance about how […]
America’s Classics: lifetime kudos for chefs
More travelers are hitting the road because of their love for food, concludes the Travel Industry Association, a nonprofit that represents all aspects of U.S. […]
Minocqua cooks ham it up with Beef-A-Rama
As the weather cools, out come the pots of chili, the Packer sweatshirts and the long-simmering beef roasts. It is this way in Minocqua, too, […]
Research ensues: Michael Fields Ag Institute
The challenge is on, especially Sept. 14-23, to use as much locally grown and sustainable food as possible when eating. The Buy Local, Buy Wisconsin […]
Chippewa Valley: Indulge in good food, brew
Chippewa County’s Lake Wissota got a sliver of Hollywood exposure in 1997, when mentioned during the movie “Titanic,” but the 6,300-acre lake didn’t exist until […]
Tasty burger stops: going beyond Seymour
A 15-year-old boy flattened a few meatballs near the Seymour horseracing track in 1885, and many lives have not been the same since then. […]
Mille’s Italian Sausage: fair vendor since ’32
This is the time of year when Amatore “Matt” Mille of Philadelphia heads home and fires up the charcoal grill. Home is Milwaukee, Matt makes […]
Cheesemaker opens cooking school
Some of the finest professional chefs in Wisconsin and beyond are making their way to Sauk City, population 3,100 and in Sauk County, to cook […]
Natural Ovens Bakery: biochemist’s creation
The bakery tour lasts only 15 minutes, but it is free and about more than how to make bread in bulk quantities. Inside the small […]
2006: Excellent restaurant experiences
No one will ever mistake me for a serious restaurant critic, but I know a special and unusual dining opportunity when I see it. Here […]