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Bullwinkle’s Return and Morning Roundup
The art of growing cheesemakers, a taste of Rudolph’s BBQ, Bullwinkle’s Saloon is reopening as Bullwinkle Saloon, more love for Pizzeria Lola (here’s our spin on it), Hum Botanical (a hibiscus-and-more-flavored rum) is sweeping the Madison bar scene, the City Pages review of Eat Street Social (here’s our take) and some of the online kerfluffle […]
MoreSay Cheese, 150 Times
The Second Annual Wisconsin Original Cheese Festival has not one, but two, killer lineups: The first are the 35 cheesemaker / exhibitors and their 150+ samples of farmstead and artisan cheeses, the second is the Artisan Marketplace consisting of specialty food companies, cheesemakers, wineries, and artists. The lactic hysteria runs from Nov. 5-7. And if […]
MoreA Coming Wisconsin Butter Boom?
Amid a rising demand for artisanal butter, Wisconsin is looking into relaxing some of its arduous regulations of the buttermaking profession; the Wisconsin State Journal has a thorough story examining both the rising interest in good local butter and the legal changes that will help the state’s cheesemakers (and master cheesemakers) rise to meet that […]
More12 Glorious Months of Wisconsin Cheesemakers
Cheeseheads by birth and / or preference, brace yourself: Next year will see the debut of the 2011 Portrait of a Wisconsin Cheesemaker wall calendar. Pictured via the link: The calendar’s photographer (our own Becca Dilley), cheese media maven Jeanne Carpenter, and mischievous goats.
MoreJanuary 13 Morning Roundup
Roseville is hosting a restaurant week, the perfect way to dispense messy real maple syrup, and Wisconsin Cheese Originals is offering a $2,500 scholarship to would-be Wisconsin artisan cheesemakers.
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Have Caves, Will Rent
If you’re an aspiring cheesemaker — or brewer — or novelty tavern-owner — or miscellaneous “grower” — you may be in luck. Three caves in Western Wisconsin just came up for rent.
MoreAttention Cheeseheads
A new Wisconsin cheese organization, Wisconsin Cheese Originals, has just launched. Founded by writer Jeanne Carpenter, the group is aiming to showcase original Wisconsin cheeses and cheesemakers; its first big event is a cheese festival at Madison’s Monona Terrace, Nov. 6-7.
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