Oilerie As usual, one of my favorite stops in Door County even though they opened one in Brookfield. I picked up some Spicy Italian Extra Virgin Olive Oil and some Fig Balsamic. I also grabbed some of that excellent Curt’s queso dip and chips and a pack of mixed lentils. I’ll still lodge my only […]
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I was kind of nervous when we walked into Bistro 42, a restaurant attached to the Door Peninsula Winery in Carlsville, WI because there was nobody at the bar and the dining room was virtually empty. I think there were two other tables occupied in the large, impressively decorated dining room. Then again it was […]
Kohler Food & Wine Experience tickets are now on sale for a weekend full of flavor with celebrity chef presenters Jacques Pépin, Andrew Zimmern, Marcus Sammuelsson and Lidia Bastianich among others on October 22-25, 2009. Interested food and wine connoisseurs are urged to purchase tickets now as this year’s event features one of the “Just […]
Though he isn’t on National TV (aside from an appearance on Top Chef Season 4) Chicago’s Paul Kahan has legions of followers that flock to his restaurants Blackbird, Avec, and The Publican. Instead of coming because they saw him on the Food Network (like so many places these days) people love Kahan’s restaurants because of the food. I […]
Visitors to Door County who have been enjoying Digger’s pizza in Fish Creek for almost 30 years were probably shocked this year when the Digger’s sign came down and the Wild Tomato sign went up. People don’t like it when their vacation dining destinations are gone. I still reminisce about childhood dinners eating Fried Walleye […]
If you haven’t noticed, Eat Wisconsin has been on somewhat of a barbeque kick as of late. Aside from stops at Ashley’s and Pat’s in Waukesha, I have also recently been smoking chicken, ribs, and brisket myself. That didn’t deter me from checking out another barbecue place, Casey’s BBQ & Smokehouse in Egg Harbor, while […]
Cucina, a great Italian restaurant located in the Shops At Woodlake in Kohler, Wisconsin is celebrating it 20th Anneversary this year with a special three-course meal for $20. I have eaten there once and everything was spectacular. Cucina could best be described as upscale Italian. With items such as porcini-crusted scallops with grilled asparagus and roasted red beet […]
Mark Kurlansky – “The Food of a Younger Land” Riverhead Books 2009 Nowadays it’s fashionable to gripe about how bad the food we eat is. From movies like “Supersize Me” and the soon-to-be-released “Food Inc.” to books like “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and “Fast Food Nation” it appears America’s hunger for books and movies bashing our […]
The Splendid Table Podcast/NPR show features a weekly segment with the incomparable Jane and Michael Stern, authors of several Roadfood books, the excellent roadfood.com website, and the Road Food column in Gourmet Magazine. Anyone who follows the Stern’s knows that they really enjoy Milwaukee, especially places like Mr. Perkins’, Real Chili, Benji’s, Gilles Frozen Custard, […]
Stone’s Throw Winery WhenI first started this blog I wrote about Stone’s Throw Winery and how much we liked the tasting and some of the wines. I even got an e-mail thanking me for my “kind words” about Stone’s Throw from their owner. I am sorry to report that things have changed. First, I have […]
