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Sip craft cocktails at farm-based distilleries

August 24, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

My hardest task on this nothing-short-of-perfect August afternoon is to choose. Key Lime Pie or Pineapple Upside Down Cake? Cranberry Gimlet or Vo-Mosa? All are […]

Fair food: more skewing of skewered cuisine

July 27, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

Long gone are the quaint summers when food on a stick during a county or state fair meant eating an ice cream bar, cotton candy […]

Offbeat bars: Le Tigre, John Bryant’s, Cleo’s, more

June 15, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

Inside a plain-jane strip mall, between a hardware store and compact ethnic grocery, is a cat house of sorts. One with low lights, cash-only transactions […]

Ellsworth: cheese curd king

June 1, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

In Wisconsin is a high level of enthusiasm for squeaky-fresh cheese curds, a mild and young variety of cheese. We love stringy-hot, breaded curds to […]

Food trends: CBD oil, dietary adaptations, speedy service all matter

May 25, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

What a long way we’ve come since two guys in California – Roy Allen and Frank Wright – sold root beer in glass mugs for […]

Greece: What makes Greek food authentic

May 11, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

Last of three parts. We all make presumptions based on our limited exposure to people whose culture, heritage or religion seem foreign to us. That […]

Tasty gain: Major Milwaukee food hall coming

April 21, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

Jackie and Sara Woods’ doughnuts and breakfast sandwiches pop up here and there in the Milwaukee area. It’s been that way around eight months. “I […]

Savor this: pound cake, kringle, hootch, bitters

March 23, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

This month’s Midwest Foodservice Expo showed off what’s new and best in the world of Wisconsin food and drink. The annual event, for Wisconsin Restaurant […]

Bitters in, bottoms up at boot camp

March 2, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

A class with cocktails: That’s how Taylore Ransom and Erik Rozolis of Janesville spent a recent Saturday afternoon in Madison. For them and about 30 […]

Three for tea: urban to rural

February 23, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

On the dreariest of winter days, fog obscures otherwise gorgeous views from the 23rd floor of The Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. Three of us […]

Take eight: Hot for chocolate

February 9, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

A little luxury during winter is hot chocolate, made all the sweeter when served in a setting that goes beyond the disappearing act of powdered […]

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Take Twelve: All in good taste for 2018

December 29, 2018 Mary Bergin 0

Lots of us have an appetite for the memorable when away from home, and sometimes we quell it with food. We remember – long after […]

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