So Kyle says, "We should cook a pig." What are you thinking - like a pork shoulder? "No, a whole pig." How would we get one? "Don't know yet." How would we cook it? Even a small pig wouldn't fit on the gas grill. "We make a roaster." And that is how it started. This [...]
Category: Tastes
Fish Fry Friday Nights
The Friday night Fish Fry is a tradition throughout the Great Lakes region, varying slightly with ethnic touches city by city, and even neighborhood by neighborhood. In the Milwaukee area, our favorite old school fish fry can be enjoyed at Jack Pandl's Whitefish Bay Inn, a place that is worth visiting for the history alone. [...]
Central Waters Beer – Root Cellar Dinner
A recent barrel-aged beer throwdown occurred at my local drinking establishment between Central Waters Brewing and Potosi Brewing, two Wisconsin breweries enjoying most-favored-brewery status in my house. Seven offering from each, ranging from their respective ambers and IPAs to fully loaded, barrel-strength stouts. They were glorious. They were also inspirational. An recent dinner gave us [...]
Winter Cheese Tasting
Something about the cold winter air has me feeling a bit Alpine here in the Great Lakes region. Sure, we don't have the picturesque mountain vistas, but we do have the alpine-style cheeses. Another road trip to Fromagination in Madison, WI yielded a multitude of wonderful choices paired with a few selectsausage offerings from the [...]
Pheasant and Cranberries
A recent trip to Minnesota to visit good friends included a bit of cooking, as any trip to visit good friends should. A later post will address a wonderful dining experience we enjoyed at a local restaurant, but for now we'll focus on some of the dishes we created together. A bountiful harvest of pheasant [...]
Great Lakes Cuisine 