Category: Recipes
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Winter Carboration! Grandma Style Mac & Cheese
You will not find this recipe in any weight loss or healthy living diet plan. Proceed at your own risk. Winter is right around the corner. I love it! The darkened months here in Wisconsin are the time of year it is okay to go to bed at 8:00 pm (it has already been dark […]
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Fish on the Brain: Whitefish Chowder
Living in a community surrounded by water, you know there is fishing on the brain. People are diehards, they live to fish…or is it fish to live? Depending on the winter weather the Door is dealt, we are blessed with the phenomenon of overnight pop-up shantytowns dotting the coastline, here one day and gone the […]
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Call Greens N Grains Now for Free-Range Thanksgiving Turkeys
Greens N Grains urges customers to place their orders now for Mary’s Free-Range Turkeys; there is limited availability. Mary’s Turkeys are raised in California. In order to insure great prices, Greens N Grains had to estimate and pre-order turkeys in August. So, quantities are limited to what we requested in advance. When these turkeys are […]
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Husband and Wife Writing Team Visits Door County
The former Poet Laureate of Kansas, Denise Low Weso, and her memoirist husband, Thomas Pecore Weso, will be writers-in-residence at Write On, Door County, Oct. 13-18. While here, they will both present two public events. Thomas Pecore Weso will read from and discuss his newly published memoir, Good Seeds: A Menominee Indian Food Memoir on […]
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Kale 3 Ways: Juiced, Drowned, and Baked
This deep green leafy vegetable began to make a comeback in popularity within the last five years. It was nowhere and then everywhere overnight — kale chips, salads, added to soups, juices. Recipes and food-related magazines began to feature the healthy super food. Kale had been living in the shadows for too long. It is […]
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Off The Grill: Get the Most Out of Your Grill
By Ryan Sherman At our house, cooking on the grill is a year-round enjoyment. When the weather tries to stop us, we pull the grill to the edge of our open garage door and cook out, even on the snowiest days of winter. There are few rules to grilling; truly almost anything can be […]
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Meals are so easily enhanced, given a bit of oomph and extra personality, when you add a sauce. Growing up in the late ’70s and ’80s, my Midwestern heritage and generation were trained to grab a bottle of ketchup or mustard and smother whatever was on your plate — on a special occasion maybe a […]
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In Your Glass: Tart Cherry Juice
Editor’s note: Even though cherries are a typical symbol of summer, we included these tart cherry juice concoctions in our autumn issue because the time to get the freshest cherry juice is after their harvest, which lasts from late July to August. As a young girl in Ephraim in the summer, I often tagged […]
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Savory Spoon Offers Mexican Culinary Experience Nov. 6 – 13
Join Janice Thomas of Savory Spoon Cooking School for a culinary adventure in Tepoztlán, Mexico from Nov. 6 – 13. Visitors will stay at La Villa Bonita – a true culinary destination, complete with heated pool carved out of volcanic rock, organic citrus orchard and vegetable garden, as well as a specially designed open-air kitchen […]
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A crisp wedge of watermelon rounds off a summer plate like nothing else — and it’s also a work of art. Flecked with seeds, the rosy flesh is surrounded by a green rind, which can be served pickled or stewed — or, more often, simply thrown in the compost pile. At 91 percent water, the […]
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Knee High by the Fourth of July
Summers are for bare feet, dripping ice cream cones, sun-kissed cheeks and hair, beautiful sunsets and drive-in movies. I digress here, let’s talk about food. When it comes to eating, summer brings picnics, watermelon, Wisconsin brats and grilled anything. It says to me garden produce and fresh ingredients, maybe something a little spicy or crunchy, […]
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Italian Night Out, Improvised Orchestra, Motor Show & More Weekend Plans
With June wrapping up, summer is kicking into high gear. Take the time this weekend to get out on the water, out to the theater, or out on the dance floor. Friday, June 24 Nature Program Join Jennifer Redell, WDNR bat biologist, in Newport State Park as she presents on bats and conducts a survey […]
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Uncork Summer Returns to Wickman House June 25
The grounds of the Wickman House in Ellison Bay will transform into a foodie’s paradise when it hosts the Uncork Summer Food, Wine and Musical Festival on Saturday, June 25. In its third year, Uncork celebrates Door County’s growing reputation as a culinary destination by showcasing the county’s top chefs in a single location. This […]
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Hometown Business Grew Out of Archaeological Work
The nature of their work demands archaeologists always be searching for something. Sometimes they’re successful, sometimes not. And sometimes a project yields a reward that’s totally unanticipated. In the late ’70s, as part of his dissertation research for a PhD in archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania, Jim Penny spent two years in northeast […]
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“Grillologists” Bring Expertise to DC Flea Market
Nationally recognized and self-proclaimed “Grillologists,” Mad Dog & Merrill entertain and educate backyard chefs all over the country performing in front of live audiences, writing cookbooks and making videos to show people how easy it is to be creative and entertain in their own backyard…and now, they are stopping by the Door County Flea Market. […]
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Lavender Lunch and Learn Series with Terri Milligan
Fragrant Isle Lavender Farm & Shop will present the Lavender Lunch & Learn Series with Chef Terri Milligan in 2016. There are three dates with three different menus in the series: June 20, July 18 & Aug. 15. The 90-minute events include a three-course luncheon served during the cooking class with Milligan. Classes are held […]
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Pudgy Pie: The Art of the Campfire Panini
What is it that you crave? Versatility and creativity is the name of this family friendly dinner adventure. Dream it, build it, stuff it and toast it over the backyard campfire. Invoke patience, and wait. Pudgy pies are great because you can cater to the pickiest of eaters or the family epicurean. It truly is […]
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Big Prize Available for Door County Coffee’s Recipe Contest
Door County Coffee will hold its third annual recipe contest, and they’re excited to announce the winning recipe will be a “preferred qualifier” to participate in this year’s 2016 World Food Championships in Orange Beach, Alabama. “Our recipe contest winner will receive one year of free coffee sent to their home each month, plus be […]
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Got A Good Grilled Cheese Recipe?
Making a delicious grilled cheese is always a good idea, but this month – National Grilled Cheese Month – there is an extra incentive. When you create an original grilled cheese recipe using Wisconsin cheese, you’ll have a shot at a grand prize of $15,000 when you submit it in the 2016 Grilled Cheese Recipe […]
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Farm Market Kitchen to Hold “Man in Black Birthday Bash: BBQ, Bourbon and Brew”
The Farm Market Kitchen (FMK) is announcing the early 2016 event schedule. In response to community input, FMK is cooking up a number of new events, covering interests ranging from pop culture icons, to home and craft brewing, and just plain old excuses to get together; of course, some of the traditional holiday celebrations that […]