In Praise of Sausage – Bavette, Milwaukee

A recent lunch at Bavette in Milwaukee, WI created a growing sense of wonder. On her site, Karen Bell talks about "honoring time old culinary traditions as well as providing a direct link from farmer to consumer" which are deeply held values of Great Lakes Cuisine, but the particular bit of wonder on this particular [...]

Food Lovers Emerge – Toward a Great Lakes Cuisine

For me, there is a visceral thrill to see an idea, a concept, a thought of my own echoed by another. That “kindred-spirit” feeling fills me a wave of genuine joy.  As I sat waiting for a client meeting at a local professional office, I had just such a feeling.  The catalyst was the cover [...]