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The nutty tang is so good.

Cookies, Crazy-Ass and Classic

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Hold the Cream of Mushroom Soup

From Bismarck to St. Paul to Madison, new high-end restaurants are embracing such local cuisine as fried walleye and wild-rice porridge. Call it the birth of northwoods chic.

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Chicken in a Burger Suit

This week’s mission: preseasoned, grillable chicken patties and fancified crackers.

Destination: Twin Cities Crawl

Well fed and hung over at the 2008 Republican National Convention.

Make Your Own Mozzarella

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Cooking vacations that steer clear of the tourist traps.

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Our food editor reports from Slow Food’s global get-together.

New Finds: Wisconsin Cheese Guide

From CHOW’s Supertaster Columnist, Jim Norton.

(like all the natural food co-ops in town). Enjoy your trip! Anne P.S. I don’t know if James Norton’s & Becca Dilley’s book, "Master Cheesemakers of Wisconsin" is out yet, but it would be the perfect resource. For...

The cheese-focused food mag culture makes its national debut.

in an organized fashion, so that’s a plus. a lot of places name their master cheesemakers, awards, date of founding, 4th-5th generation family traditions, etc. does list cheese stores and tourist traps, but also older...

Somewhere on the University of Wisconsin - Madison website is a listing of the Wisconsin master cheesemakers and their locations. That is definitely worth looking for.