Stories tagged: "food"

Our Wisconsin Some tastes of Christmas are best left to the experts to produce. (Photo by Mary Bergin)
Our Wisconsin Here Are 12 Wisconsin-Based Holiday Treats ‘Yule’ Love

Mary Bergin takes us on another tour of the state, this one rooted in food and drink to enjoy this time of year.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin December 11, 2020 1:04 pm CST
Our Wisconsin Vino Over the Valley in Arcadia, Wis.
Our Wisconsin The Cure for COVID Stress? A ‘Great River Road’ Getaway.

Here are 16 suggestions for stops along a stunning stretch of hills, valleys, and the mighty Mississippi.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin August 7, 2020 6:59 am CDT
Our Wisconsin Walker House in Mineral Point
Our Wisconsin Social Distancing Means Diners Get More Attention in Some Restaurants

A restored stagecoach stop, Walker House combines a 19th century environment with 21st century safeguards.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin July 9, 2020 11:59 am CDT
Our Wisconsin Rock Island State Park
Our Wisconsin Ease Out of Quarantine with These Trips Around Wisconsin

From parks to pizzas and fishing to fish dinners, cure cabin fever with cafes, canoes, or a different cabin!

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin May 24, 2020 12:51 pm CDT
Business Sugar cookies with Dr. Antony Fauci on them are a new and hot seller at Uncle Mike’s
Business How Dr. Fauci Cookies and Strawberry Milk Help Keep These Wisconsin Businesses Alive

A Dane Co. creamery and an award winning Fox Valley bakery demonstrate resilience in a pandemic

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin April 28, 2020 7:32 am CDT

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Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) holds a press conference on April 13 where he demands Gov. Tony Evers accept severe restrictions on local health officials, schools, and the governor himself in exchange for tens of millions of dollars in federal supplemental COVID food aid. (Image via Wisconsin Eye.) Politics Evers and Timberlake Find a Way to Bypass Vos’ Willingness to Lose Millions in Food Aid for Families
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money
Coronavirus Local chefs cooking up meals for frontline workers treating COVID-19 patients.
Coronavirus Madison’s Top Chefs Serving Up Gourmet Feasts for the Frontline

Father of SSMHealth ICU nurse comes up with idea to show gratitude to daughter, coworkers by bringing good eats their way

Susan Lampert Smith Susan Lampert Smith April 27, 2020 5:05 pm CDT
Business Theresa Nemetz began Milwaukee Food Tours in 2008 to tell the stories of city history, culture and more through indie owned businesses. (Photo from Milwaukee Food and City Tours)
Business Tasty Pivot: Milwaukee Food Tour Business Now Sends ‘Quarantine Care Kits’

Handmade morsels provide a break from yet another kitchen raid

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin April 9, 2020 7:05 am CDT