Major Nuremberg brat exhibit opens in Germany
You say you love bratwurst? Germany’s Bavaria is centuries ahead of us in that regard, and now a new exhibit in Nuremberg’s local history museum […]
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Green Fountain B&B in Waupaca serves other meals, too
Booking a bed and breakfast at the Green Fountain Inn could mean lunch or dinner, too, if you time it right. Accommodations at the Waupaca […]
New Midwest cookbooks with wassail, apple, locavore recipes
With colder weather comes the inclination to cook more, if for no other reason than to add warmth to the kitchen. This new trio of […]
Food on the farm: Restaurant ingredients truly local
Lots of chefs develop farm-to-table menus to showcase local ingredients, but these restaurants go one step further. Each is on a Wisconsin farm and open […]
Fermentation Fest: making beer, kraut, yogurt, bread, art-farm bonds
What, besides corn and cows, might you find in farm fields near Reedsburg in October? A. A woodwind quintet and ballet dancers. B. A place […]
Danish kringle bakeries: who makes the best, most?
In the world of pastry production, Danish kringle ranks among the most difficult and time-consuming of challenges. To do it right takes three days from […]
Pizza farms: Drive in, dine out, stay til sunset
Pizza.com declares 93 percent of Americans ate pizza in the last month, and each of us averages 46 slices per year. Dustin Booth and Emily […]
New cooking contest for Native American cuisine
Wild rice and cranberry dishes show up on many restaurant menus, especially in autumn, but rare is the restaurant that regularly serves fry bread or […]
June Dairy Month: a prime time to mark 4-H centennial
My first bank deposit was winnings from county fair entries in the 1960s. I was a kid who accumulated many more pink ribbons than blue, […]
Chicago’s Eataly: easy immersion into all things Italian
On the last day of our first trip to Italy, in 2008, my priority was a two-hour bus ride from Milan to Turin and the […]
Upper Mississippi jewels: good food, wine, retreats
I am always learning something new about roads that I’ve already traveled. Sometimes it’s just a matter of doing a little homework or sharing the […]
Maple sap tapping: open houses, recipes
The quaint notion of sap dripping from tree to bucket is a quickly fading snapshot for some maple syrup producers, and this is the time […]