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Uplands Farmstead Fromage – sans Durndel
The Uplands Cheese facility makes Pleasant Ridge Reserve, and was built 8 years ago in the model of Alpine cheese making. The farmstead cheese makers raise their own herd of cows that are grass fed via rotational grazing. On our … Continue reading
Hook’s: Aged Cheddar, Blues & Squeaky Cheese Curds
Hook’s Cheese Company was founded in 1929 in a building built into a limestone hill that used to be a livery and stable. Their milk travels no more than 5 miles and is from small farms that each raise 25-60 … Continue reading
Posted in WI Cheese Tour
Tagged 12 year cheddar, aged cheddar, cheese, Hooks Cheese company, Mineral Point, WI Milk Marketing, Wisconsin
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Chalet Cheese Cooperative: The Stinky Cheesemakers
All I knew about Limburger cheese before my visit to the Chalet Cheese Coop in Green County revolved around the antics of the Stinky Cheese Man in the children’s book by Jon Scieszka. Turns out that’s only a part of … Continue reading
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Tagged Chalet Cheese Coop, cheese, Green County, Limburger, WI Milk Marketing, Wisconsin
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June Dairy Month & Winning Wisconsin Farm Facts
In honor of June Dairy Month I had the pleasure of enjoying an incredible, cheese-filled weekend in the Madison, WI area with the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board. Truly, it was divine. A bus full of media and food bloggers traveled … Continue reading
Posted in WI Cheese Tour
Tagged cheese, cows, June dairy month, milk marketing board, Wisconsin
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SloPig Recap & IMHO, Winners
My mother has a few sayings that not only sum up her views on life, but also stick with me into adulthood from when I first heard them as a child. One, which I know is not original but nevertheless … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged heritage pig, hinterland, L'etoile, local food, madison, Milwaukee, SloPig
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Savory Beef Tips & Noodles
This recipe is a combination of many I read in the past weekend. I had some yummy beef tips from Gahn Meat Company (they needed a photo, so I made a dish), I needed a recipe, and voila! Savory Beef … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, Main Dishes
Tagged beef, beef tips, Chianti, cooking with wine, Gahn Meat Company
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Short & Stout Beef Stew
My friends and I held an inaugural Chili Cook-Off in October and enjoyed it so much that we decided to make it a seasonal event. Thus the “Rock Out With Your Crock Out” was born. Today we’re holding Part Deux: … Continue reading
Posted in Beef, CCC Updates, Main Dishes, Soups
Tagged Beef Stew, Cooking with Beer, Guinness
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Upcoming Contests
We here at Cream City Cuisine don’t enter every cooking and baking contest we stumble across. We do, however, enter most every cooking and baking contest we come across. There are two such contests to take note of: 1. Cook’s … Continue reading
Posted in CCC Updates
Tagged apple pie, contest, Cook's Corner, Green Bay, holiday cookies, Journal-Sentinel, Milwaukee
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Door County Coffee & Tea
This is a bit of an extension of my Eat Local Challenge. While coffee beans are not locally-grown in Wisconsin, which didn’t fit my challenge, I did say that I would make an exception and drink only local brews. Enter … Continue reading
Posted in Eat Local Milwaukee, Featured Products, Ingredients
Tagged coffee, Door County, Wisconsin
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Pork & Beans Oup
This recipe is a version of my mom’s bean soup, which is likely a version of her mom’s soup. What can I say? Loving bacon is a generational thing in my family. Pork & Beans Oup Ingredients *Unless otherwise noted, … Continue reading
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