To see part 1 of our Italian Culinary Journey in Florence, go here. After a day trip to Siena, we returned to sightseeing in Florence. Throughout our trip, we visited stunning cathedrals and museums brimming with classically important art work, but this is a food blog, so that's what we're going to focus on. We [...]
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Culinary Journeys – Siena, Italy
We started our Italian Culinary Journey in Florence (see Part 1 here) and then spent a day travelling to Siena, the culinary epicenter of Pecorino Toscano. We were searching for a very specific cheese - Pecorino Foglie di Noce. Outside Italy, Pecorino Romano is the most well-known, but Pliny the Elder wrote about Pecorino Tuscano [...]
Culinary Journeys – Florence, Italy (Part 1)
Visiting the birthplace of Dante Aligheri, we open with a sonnet,a tribute to Florence, the start of our Italian culinary journey! For I am one acquainted with the flight -I am Milwaukee to Vienna bound,But connection to Florence far too tight, First to Zurich, then to our Tuscan town.Airborne vision - patch-worked fields of green,Swollen [...]
Restaurants Updated
The Restaurants page has been updated; always a bittersweet process. There is a bitter taste with the closing of a restaurant and some were real favorites. On a much sweeter note, a number of new restaurants have been added to our lists of Great Lakes representative restaurants, inspired in part by the recent James Beard [...]
Rye-crusted Walleye with Horseradish Sauce
A recent trip to Harvey House in Madison featured a walleye entree with a horseradish sabayon which was revelatory. The texture of the sabayon was souffle-light and the horseradish created a sensation of enhanced aroma for the entire dish. Paired with rye crusted walleye and spaetzle, it provided a hint to answer a question posed [...]
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