Let me tell you this – the Backwoods Bastard is definitely one of the finest brews I have ever had. Complex, lingering, hauntingly good. It just may be the best brew in Grand Rapids, MI, and given that Grand Rapids has been named Beer City USA in a poll run by the guru of home [...]
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Ideas Worth Sharing – Nordic Food Lab
You may have noticed the growing number of "Blogs I Follow" on the right-hand side of the this website. One that I cannot list due to incompatibility between US and European blog feed systems is the remarkable Nordic Food Lab. This is among the very best of thinking, exploring, and writing about food. The exploration [...]
Goat Cheese Plate
From clockwise from bottom-left: Cardona from Carr Valley in La Valle, WI, Evalon from LaClare Farms in Chilton, WI, Landjaeger with Door County Cherries from Zuber's in Monroe, WI, and Eleven Brothers from Boston Post Dairy in Enosburg Falls, VT. The grassy, herbaceous flavors of goat cheeses are complemented by the sweet and salty counterpoint [...]
New Restaurant Added – The Sample Room
We're happy to add another Minneapolis, MN entry to our Restaurants list - The Sample Room with chef Geoff Hausmann at the helm (hat tip to contributor Tom Kuckhahn). Chef Hausmann partners with a number of local farms and operates a scratch kitchen. There are also ties to the local brewing tradition, including the convenience [...]
Of Festivals and Fun
We will not often highlight current events, as the ambition of this website is to promote a larger understanding of an emergent culinary movement, not simply what is currently popular. Yet a number of events occurring the next few weeks are great opportunities to get out and experience the ethno-culinary inspiration that underpins Great Lakes [...]
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