What Makes Cheddar Cheese Sharp?

The nutty tang is so good.

Cookies, Crazy-Ass and Classic

This week’s mission: a health freak treat that delivers, and Pepperidge Farms doin' raspberry.

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.

Chicken in a Burger Suit

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

A Cheese Primer

CHOW’s guide to the major cheese types.

Craptails

The 10 worst drink concepts of all time.

Destination: Twin Cities Crawl

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

New Finds: Wisconsin Cheese Guide

From CHOW’s Supertaster Columnist, Jim Norton.

WhiskyFest Recap, San Francisco

A few highlights from the big brown booze celebration.

I saw this blog post on CityPages http://blogs.citypages.com/food/2009/05/wisconsin_chees.php I love that you can send away for a map to find the cheese of your dreams or plan your road trip with the aid of this handy-dandy...

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.

(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...

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Supertaster Hits the Minnesota State Fair

This week’s mission: running the gastronomic gauntlet that is the Minnesota State Fair.

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Eggnog Treat Roundup

This week’s mission: a variety of nogs, in shake, latte, and straight-up form.

Hi! Occasionally, we cross the cheddar curtain to shop until we drop in the Nation’s largest grocery store. Woodmans is a 24-hour grocery on the northeast corner of Interstate 94 and Highway 50 just over the Wisconsin border...