Food plays a central part in many holiday traditions. This series honors the foods and meals that make the day.
Cold-Smoking Sausage Tradition Continues in Marathon County
"Does anyone want coffee or a bloody mary?" It's one of the first questions asked on a blustery January morning. ...
How to make methunky, the beloved Czech ‘sauerkraut cookie’
In northeastern Wisconsin, there’s a mysterious and beloved snack called methunky. With humble ingredients — flour, salt, cracklings and sauerkraut ...
Who Are Tom And Jerry And Why Are They A Cocktail?
It seems that every season has its cocktails. When the temperature drops and the snow piles up, people want a ...
Cannibal Sandwiches: A Polarizing And Misunderstood Wisconsin Tradition
Imagine. It’s the holidays and to quiet your pre-dinner hunger, someone hands you a slice of rye bread topped with ...
Food Traditions: Lutefisk Supper
This story is part of Wisconsin Life's Food Traditions series. Lutefisk is a Scandinavian delicacy. It’s cod or whitefish that's ...
Taking Stock
I was thinking about traditional foods of Wisconsin the other day. Envisioning the immigrants who crossed choppy seas and rock ...
A History of Midwest Vines
Before California was the center of the American wine universe, the Midwest loomed large. Wisconsin had vineyards and wineries before ...
Hunting Clan
Many Wisconsin families hunt for wild game. Writer Carol Guensburg grew up eating venison and wild birds, but she was ...
Wisconsin Skillets
We generally think of skillets as utilitarian objects, the work horses of the kitchen. But they can also be works ...
Lutefisk
Thanksgiving isn’t the only traditional fall feast. For those of Scandinavian descent, fall also means lutefisk suppers. Writer Eric Dregni ...
Squirrel Eating
Many Wisconsinites are serious about eating locally. Commentator Patti See’s family took things really local with a delicacy that some ...
Choucroute
When the leaves fall and the temperatures drop, our meals tend to get hearty, rich, and warming. Today, commentator Brett ...
Threshing | Hamlin Garland
Autumn is threshing time in Wisconsin. In celebration of the season and of the Wisconsin Book Festival, we bring you ...
Craft Cocktails
If you’ve lived in New York or San Francisco in the past decade, you’ve probably heard of a “craft cocktail”. ...