Favorite Madison, WI Vegetarian Dishes to Eat Now
Jul 11 2016
In many parts of the world, plant proteins are dietary staples, as meat is prohibitively expensive. Tofu, tempeh, seitan and beans are common protein sources that are delicious enough to earn their own spotlight on…
Madison Dive Bars
Apr 04 2016
There’s something about sipping a beer or an Old Fashioned at a dive bar that makes you really feel like a local. These are a few of my favorite recent dive bar discoveries. There are still…
NOOSH Serves up Sephardic Jewish food in Madison, WI
Nov 12 2015
Laila Borokhim of Layla’s Persian Food says she’s not a chef, she’s a cook. “Food should be accessible and meaningful, not fancy. I just cook what I like. I cook what I learned to make…
El Sabor de Puebla – Great Mexican Food on Madison’s East Side
Jul 13 2015
El Sabor de Puebla recently relocated from Willy Street to Madison’s Emerson East Neighborhood. Great Mexican food (that’s locally sourced!) is exactly what has been missing from Madison’s “up and coming” east side foodie paradise. El Sabor…
Jordandal Farms Cookhouse in Verona Expands
Jan 10 2015
Farm-to-table fare is almost an expectation among diners these days, but farmer-to-table isn’t quite as common. After all, farmers have enough to do just growing and raising food; cooking great meals with their products and…
Asian Sweet Bakery
Sep 18 2014
South Park Street just keeps getting sweeter. The latest ethnic restaurant to pop up is Asian Sweet Bakery, a small storefront tucked into the corner of Lakeside and South Park in the Bay Creek neighborhood.…
Better with Beer
Dec 18 2013
Marc Stroobandt, master beer sommelier from Stella Artois, and chef Michael Feker from Il Mito in Milwaukee, quickly won over a large crowd during their beer and food pairing demo at the Kohler Food…
Strawberry Jam: A Farm to Jar Movement
Jul 09 2013
Originally printed in Madison Magazine – July 9, 2013 http://www.madisonmagazine.com/Blogs/Local-Flavor/July-2013/Summertime-Jams/ I would not consider myself a math lover. On the contrary, the only time I get excited about math is when I am counting my…
Cooking with Mom
May 19 2013
Originally printed in Madison Magazine – May 2013. http://www.madisonmagazine.com/Blogs/Local-Flavor/May-2013/Cooking-with-Mom/ Mother’s Day is behind us. Selfishly, I believe every day should be Mother’s Day. I know I’m not a perfect mom; sometimes I send my kids…
Where’s the Beef?
Sep 19 2012
Originally printed in Madison Magazine: http://www.madisonmagazine.com/Blogs/Local-Flavor/September-2012/Wheres-the-Beef/ Our day “On The Farm”– Fountain Prairie Inn & Farms in Fall River, Wis., to be exact — began under a large yellow and white striped tent. A small crew of volunteers…
Goodman Center and Slow Food Team Up for Weekly Community Meal
Aug 09 2012
Originally printed in Madison Magazine http://www.madisonmagazine.com/Blogs/Local-Flavor/March-2013/Goodman-Center-and-Slow-Food-Team-Up-for-Weekly-Community-Meal/ Madison is known for its many noteworthy restaurants, but who could imagine that a community meal at the Goodman Community Center (GCC), using ingredients found in GCC’s food pantry and cooked…
