Supper club food: new at Kohl Center, former Shorecrest Hotel
Wisconsin supper club food is the star in new settings that are casual, stylish and distinctive as winter nears. Factor in an expansion of projects […]
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Biggest holiday cookie sale? Try St. Peter’s in little Lebanon
I saw a Lutheran school cafeteria with dozens of church mice a few days ago, but all will disappear by the time many of you […]
New cookbook, film show off Wisconsin supper club diversity
Supper club fever has persisted ever since Ron Faiola of Milwaukee introduced “Wisconsin Supper Clubs: an Old Fashioned Experience” as a film in 2011 and […]
Hayward food diversity: Jimmie’s BBQ, farm-to-table cafe, excellent pie
When Dave Anderson opened a little barbecue shack in 1994 on Sawyer County’s Round Lake, the waterfront business gained a quick and strong following. In […]
Rural chefs redefine country cooking, farm-to-table dining
Farmers used to pitch in as a neighborhood to rebuild a barn or harvest grain, one humid acre after another. Their end-of-day reward was a […]
Take Ten: Fun farmers markets in Wisconsin
When trees bud and bulbs blossom, the arrival of fresh asparagus and morels can’t be far behind. Hoop houses and greenhouses hike the likelihood that […]
Kentucky bourbon trails big on distillery diversity
During a much younger life, I was introduced to horse race wagering, earthy bluegrass music and long-simmering stews called burgoo while living in western Kentucky. […]
National pie champs have rural roots
Twenty years ago, Caroline Imig’s world started crashing. Her husband was killed in a farm equipment accident, leaving her as a single mother with five […]
Food truck cuisine: sammies, pizza, ethnic specialties
Maybe we should count the return of food trucks and food carts right up there with robins as sure signs of spring. “Mobile food is […]
New in Wisconsin food: Got2HavPie, Sartori, Nueske’s products
Much of what happens during the annual Midwest Foodservice Expo is insider advice and networking for the hospitality industry and others whose work involves the […]
Cooking with beer, brandy at Schlitz campus, Appleton brewery
Cooking with alcohol used to mean little beyond a splash of beer in a crock of cheese soup or tub of simmering brats. Now ales, […]
Chicago Restaurant Week: From the Farmhouse and beyond
Downtown Chicago might seem about as far away as you can get from rural America, but think again. At Farmhouse Chicago restaurant, an antique tractor […]