To: Jamika Pessoa From: Wisconsin Re: The Next Food Network Star USS Intrepid Challenge So the Food Network gives you Cheddar Cheese, beer, and kielbasa to make a “Wisconsin” dish for the soldiers on the USS Intrepid and you make some gluey potato casserole and you are supposed to be the next Food Network Star? […]
Category Archives: Wisconsin Cheese
Haaaa! After PROMISING to get my link in by the deadline, I failed to do it again. Just too damn busy on weekends. I was almost too busy last week to even do a local meal but decided to whip up a quick lunchtime salad after returning from the Waukesha Farmers’ Market on Saturday. Its kind […]
So Sunday morning while working in the yard I made a mental note that I absolutely had to get my One Local Summer blog post up and e-mailed to the regional coordinator in time for inclusion in this week’s mass posting after missing the deadline last week. Then the day gets hectic and next thing […]
Brennan’s Markets are a haven for fans of Wisconsin products, especially cheese. I shop at Brennan’s on a bi-weekly basis preferring their produce, especially fruit, to the flavorless, unripe crap found at most grocery stores. There isn’t a single store I have been in that lavishes the samples on their customers like Brennan’s either. You […]
I have never really been a huge fan of places that serve food easily made at home (except hamburgers for some reason) which is why I shy away from family restaurants and places serving comfort food like meatloaf, macaroni and cheese, and pot pies. Typically I would lump a place that specializes in Grilled Cheese […]
Across the state Farmers’ Markets are opening up this month. Two weeks ago the incomparable Dane County Farmers’ Market opened and this Saturday several more will open up for the season including the Waukesha Farmers’ Market, held downtown along the Riverfront. While I love visiting other markets in the area, especially the Dane County Market at […]
One of the reasons I started this website was to explore the food producers in the state and try and get people to learn the story behind the food. One of the foods I wanted to explore was Wisconsin’s most famous export, cheese. I guess I can scratch that off my list because the book […]
The Journal reports on the Awards won by Wisconsin Cheesemakers at the American Cheese Society Competition in Chicago. Among the awards was Carr Valley’s “Snow White Goat Cheddar,” which won Best In Show, beating out 1,148 other American and Canadian cheese. Carr Valley’s Cave Aged Marisa was third runner up for Best In Show. Cheese […]