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Capital Eats
Susan Troller gets the dish on the local food scene.
Susan Troller
December 2
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Love it? Hate it? CHEW on fruitcake
Does any food product -- except, perhaps, lutefisk -- get less respect than fruitcake? For its Dec. 3 meeting at the Goodman Community Center, the Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW) will welcome Art Bartsch, chief innovation officer for The Swiss Colony and an unabashed >> more
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Susan Troller
November 11
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Food Bites: chew on this
Ever wonder exactly what a Peep is and whether it's actually edible? Whether you can tell the difference between home baked or box cake? Or how Ben & Jerry's comes up with the ideas for new ice cream flavors? Or how you keep the party guacamole >> more
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November 6
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Buy local, and frozen
Convenience food from local vendors? Wake up, it's not just a dream. RP's Pasta Company and Renaissance Farm out of Spring Green are working together to launch ready-to-heat gourmet meals made from locally-grown and produced Wisconsin ingredients. Available for >> more
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November 4
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Support homegrown holidays
It's possible to buy local for the holidays. Through the Wisconsin Homegrown Holiday Fundraiser, the REAP Food Group has a whole list of items grown on local farms or created by local >> more
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October 30
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Cursing Crisco
I used to swear by Crisco. Now I swear at it. The new formulation of the familiar white vegetable shortening just doesn't cut it anymore for making pie crusts, which is the only reason I've had it as a pantry staple for decades. Sure, the package now boasts that Crisco is >> more
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October 24
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Sicily guide a winner
Eat Smart in Siciliy, the latest title in local author Joan Peterson's Eat Smart series, was honored as the winner in the travel guide category of the National Best Books Awards 2008, sponsored by USA Book News. The award was announced this week for books published in late 2007 and >> more
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October 21
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Food & Wine Show
A few post-mortem observations about last weekend's 2008 Food and Wine Show: I wish the viewing section at the Dueling Chef competition could be larger, and it would be helpful to have a better camera set-up so audience members - especially those in >> more
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October 16
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Political party
A Barack the Block party is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 18 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the 100 block of E. Mifflin Street. >> more
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