A while back someone posted asking “What is American cuisine?” At the time I was finishing up my master's thesis (on New Orleans cuisine) and didn’t have time to respond. Anyway, I dug up a list I made for a...

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Hello... My mother-in-law requests a honkin' hunk of wisconsin aged white cheddar for her birthday :-). She’s short on details, but apparently this cheddar descends from heaven to earth encased in black wax, and is sold...

Party Tip...Cigar Smoking is a great Party Idea" Uh, yeah. Need your party or wedding at a beach loacation with a view? Here’s every possibility from Alaska to Wisconsin. Need an Aussie Bush Band or a Swing band ... got it....

Taking a Road trip to visit the in Laws in a Town called Wisconsin Rapids. Landing in Milwaukee and heading up 94 west. And looking to get some great cheese on the way. Any Suggestions?

recommend Marigold Kitchen. Madison is a town of foodies sitting in the middle of two lakes in the middle of Wisconsin. Mickey’s was the WISCONSIN recommendation. Marigold is the Madison recommendation. Their breakfast and...

with not only a strong pellet-like malt from Wisconsin, but with a vanilla sauce homemade by the owner, Craig. He also kept slipping me all these samples of candy, including malt balls and something called 'Wisconsin fairy candy'...

Wisconsin has many master cheese makers) or when all the apples are sourced from Washington when there are hundreds of Great Lake orchards. My local independent market (and Walmart) can find these local guys. Safeway has a bad...

on Imperial Hwy east of the 110, Master Burger on Western at 44th, and as far as chains go I like The Habit pretty well and think In-N-Out is horribly overrated. In the realm of hamburgers, I’m partial to: Gary Bric’s...

, is arguably the midwestern king of this type of cuisine, and Spiaggia is the place to experience his unique and masterful creations. Being a Wisconsin native, Chef Mantuano builds on a culinary foundation which synthesizes the...

tomatoes for the sauce from italy, mozzzarella from italy and another mozzarella from wisconsin, and then some grana pandana on the pie, then all slicked with high quality olive oil. adnd of course fresh dough, and good crevices...

-local fast food menu although I know many people reading this on the coasts are thinking “what the hell is a walleye?” (member of the perch family) And fast food places have mastered the art of screwing up otherwise...

that (a good expert is Emiko Ohnuki Tierney at University of Wisconsin) white rice in Japan is only a recent phenomenon, introduced by the whiteys, and only around the late 17th century. Before that Japanese ate genmai, brown...

know “where should I eat in London this week?” is too general. I’m interested in good ethnic food I can’t get in Wisconsin (e.g. good and esp. regional Indian/Chinese, Spanish, English) I’m willing...

. new york (7%) 5. minnesota (6.5%) of course, you have to look at where the biggest operations are (california & idaho) and where the smallest operations & the most small dairy manufacturers are (wisconsin), and where the most...