For us, one of the simplest and most satisfying snacks for the cold months remains the freshly baked soft pretzel with a beer sauce. Of course these have been appearing on every gastropub and craft beer bar menu for the last few years now, but we've never taken the plunge to make our own. In [...]
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Restaurant – Honeypie, Milwaukee, WI
Bay View is in many ways a quintessentially Milwaukee neighborhood. Within a year of the opening of The Milwaukee Iron Company in 1868, the village of grew as a company town around the steel mill. According to the Bay View Historical Society, "Cottages erected for mill workers became the center of the village. Many of [...]
Red Cabbage Slaw with Hot Bacon Dressing
A couple years back we wrote about our love for red cabbage served rotkohl-style which, as part of our Bavarian heritage, finds its way to some of our Thanksgiving tables. Traditional rotkohl brings a welcome sweet and sour contrast to rich, fatty meats, but this time around we wanted to make something a bit different. [...]
Potage Colcannon – Potato Leek Kale Soup
The bounty of the farmers' market created the inspiration of a Pottage Parmentier meets Colcannon - a potato leek soup with the addition of garlic sautéed cabbage. Potato leek soup served cold and topped with cream and chives is most often known as vichyssoise, but the classic warm soup owes it's name to Antoine-Augustin Parmetier, [...]
Cheese Tasting – Fall 2016
The Dane County Farmers’ Market in Madison, WI, is a treasure trove of culinary delights. Madison may just be the perfect place for a farmers’ market – centrally located for local farmers, a populous which appreciates locally harvested, organic foods, and a setting on the Capitol Square. For those of you who have not had the [...]
