Using crushed pretzels as the coating for a pork schnitzel adds a nice texture to the coating. The flour, egg, pretzel sequence of coating, as well as allowing the coating to rest for five minutes before frying, ensures better adherence. The spaetzle gets an addition of New Glarus Totally Naked in place of milk or [...]
Tag: Beer
In Praise of Beer
I love beer. I love the caramel toasty notes of a rich American amber. I love the coffee and chocolates of a well-crafted stout. I love the citrusy floral notes of pale ale. I love the varieties, the possibilities, the potential. I love that you can smoke the malts and make a beer that tastes [...]
Belgian Braised Beef
This deep, rich beef dish, is prepared with two cuts of beef, vegetables, mushrooms, and nut brown ale. To stick it closer to the Belgian tradition, perhaps a Duvel should be the choice, but we're preparing it to our Great Lakes Cuisine standards, so a Great Lakes regional brew is the choice. We chose Ale [...]
New Restaurant Added – Storyhill BKC, Milwaukee, WI
We have discussed before the difficulty in parsing what fits and what does not in Great Lakes Cuisine. Hopefully, we have been clear this site is not a review of "The Best of the Great Lakes", it is specifically not intended as a restaurant review site. We are not claiming an exhaustive list of the [...]
Smoked Malt Beer and The Meaning of Craft
Earlier this summer we praised the rise of the nano-brewery - the tiny one or two tank brewery, open to the public, making great craft beers such as those from Buckle Down Brewery near Chicago, IL. We enjoy the standard micro-brews as much as the next beer-crazed locavore, from the long standing traditions around Milwaukee, WI [...]
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