New discoveries are such inspiration, and a recent trip to the Tasting Room at Pilot Project Brewing in Milwaukee was no exception. We've added them to our Restaurants page. There is a bit of a bittersweet feel to our visit, as the space has been re-purposed from the former Milwaukee Brewing Company. MKE Brewing sold [...]
Category: Ideas
Turducken Poutine
Here's a great way to use left over turkey. Particularly if it was smoked. We used leftover turkey, cooked the potatoes in duck fat, and then needed a hen to finish off the clever name. Well, we found the perfect bird, it just wasn't a chicken. And this bird made our turkey sing. More on [...]
Land Acknowledgement and Inspiration
Land Acknowledgment for Great Lakes Cuisine.
Culinary Journeys – Seoul, South Korea
If you are following along on our culinary journey through South Korea, part 1 on Jeoju is here and part 2 on Mihwangsa Temple is here. This post is filled with far more visual imagery than our traditional posts, which is appropriate for our subject. Onward we go to the dizzying, dazzling, dream of Seoul, [...]
Wild Leeks, Ramps, and Other Ramblings
This weekend was a festival of all things Allium Trococcum. A member of the allium family with onion, garlic, leek, you may know it by a different name such as wild leek, wild onion, wood leek, and ramps depending on your locality. We have always known them as "Ramps", but they are more accurately called [...]