Category Archives: Wisconsin

The Glass Knife, Winter Park FL

The Glass Knife Cinnamon Roll Salted Caramel Brownie Triple Chocolate Chip Cookie Vegan Maple Pecan Donut – Vegan Brioche, Whipped Pecan Butter, Vanilla Maple Glaze, Pecan Brittle Crumble Cranberry Orange Donut – Cranberry Cake, White Chocolate Glaze, Candied Orange Peel, … Continue reading

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Sanford, Milwaukee WI

Sanford Pretzel Grissini Local Trout Rillette, Capers, Dill Multi-Grain Roll with salted butter Grilled Pear and Roquefort Tart with Caramelized Onions and Walnuts Fried Squash Blossoms with Zucchini and Dried Blueberry Caponata Grilled Duck Breast with Grilled Peaches, Pickled Golden … Continue reading

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Hinterland Erie Street Gastropub, Milwaukee WI

Hinterland Erie Street Gastropub Pork Rillette – served warm with apple butter, crispy whole wheat, and pickles Braised Pork Cheek – Pear and Celery Salad with Red Wine Syrup Wood Fire Grilled Quail with Broccoli Salad, Cilantro, Charred Onion Vinaigrette, … Continue reading

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Purple Door Ice Cream, Milwaukee WI

Purple Door Ice Cream Samples of Rum Raisin, The Honolulu, Peanut Butter, Lemon Cardamom, Raspberry Green Tea, Baileys Tasting of Toffee Butter Pecan, Trail Mix, Maple Nut, Salted Caramel Named to several local and national ‘best of’ lists for their … Continue reading

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Karl Ratzsch’s, Milwaukee WI

Karl Ratzsch’s Bread Basket with Buttered Rolls and Garlic Crisps Potato Pancakes – Served with Apple Sauce and Sour Cream Duck & Goose in Combination – One Half Goose Shank and One Quarter Roast Duck served with spatzel, Red Cabbage, … Continue reading

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Daisy Café and Cupcakery, Madison WI

Daisy Café and Cupcakery Bottomless Coffee French Toast Strata (eggs, cream cheese, bread cubes, maple syrup) with oven roasted potatoes and fruit Morning Bun Lennie Small – Chocolate Bacon Bunny Face on Maple Buttercream Frosting, Baked Bean Cake with Coffee … Continue reading

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4 & 20 Bakery & Cafe, Madison WI

4&20 Bakery & Cafe Blackberry Scone Cranberry Orange Scone Morning Bun Cinnamon Walnut Streusel Coffee Cake Big Ol’ Oreo Raspberry Bread French Toast – Raspberry Compote, Orange Curd, Local Raspberries, Struesel, house whipped cream   With a return trip to … Continue reading

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L’Etoile, Madison WI

L’Etoile Sanguine Spritz – Deer County Montmorency Cherry Juice and L’Etoile Orgeat Syrup Summer Vacation Fizz – Fresh housemade limeade and strawberry topped with charged thyme fizz Local Beet with Fennel Pollen and Goat Cheese Cream Red Pepper Gazpacho with … Continue reading

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Forequarter, Madison WI

Forequarter Coffee Egg Cream – Cold Brew Dogwood Coffee, Cream, Honey, Lemon, Egg White (replaced by Cold Brew Dogwood Coffee) Goat Sausage with Crispy Baguette, Mustard, and Olives Galantine of Poussin stuffed with cabbage and almonds – Mustard Greens, Pickles, … Continue reading

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Ian’s Pizza, Madison WI

Ian’s Pizza   Mac n’ Cheese   Pork Sausage with Marinara with Mozzarella As much an icon as any other dining establishment in Madison it was directly from Graze that I walked to 100 State Street and although already plenty … Continue reading

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Graze, Madison WI

Graze Charcuterie and Cheese – Carr Valley Mobay (sheep and goat), Hook’s 15-yr Cheddar (cow), Hook’s Little Boy Blue (cow), Willow Creek Pate de Campagne (Berkshire Pork, Chicken Liver, Cognac, Quatre Epices), Oxheart Farm’s Salt Cured Pork Culatello with Sauce … Continue reading

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Batch Bakehouse, Madison WI

Batch Bakehouse Carrot Cake Cupcake with Cream Cheese Frosting Bourbon Pecan and Salted Caramel Danish Strawberries and Cream Buttercake Monkey Bread Almond Croissant Located at 1402 Williamson Street and as such a logical follow-up to breakfast at Lazy Janes it … Continue reading

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Lazy Jane’s Cafe, Madison WI

Lazy Jane’s Café Vanilla Coffee, Hazelnut Coffee, Organic French Roast, Light Roast Italian Smores Scone Maple Walnut Scone Blueberry Scone Morning Bun Almond Croissant Blueberry Pancakes Waking up early for a morning run around Madison it was after nearly ten … Continue reading

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Heritage Tavern, Madison WI

Heritage Tavern Cheese Plate – Alemar Camembert, Satrori Extra Aged Goat Cheese, Hooks Paradise Blue Cheese, Poppyseed Crackers, Fruit Bread, Figs, Mustard, Pickled Radishes Berries, Chocolate, and Cream – Chocolate Cake, Macerated Mixed Berries, Vanilla Cream, Strawberry Ice Cream, Roasted … Continue reading

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A Pig In A Fur Coat, Madison WI

A Pig in a Fur Coat Rabbit Rillette – Pistachio and Cherries Poutine – Foie Gras, Cheese Curds, Poutine Sauce Ravioli – Duck Egg, Bacon, Ricotta, Brussels Sprouts, Brown Butter Foie Gras Mousse – Profitteroles, Lardo, Fig Octopus – Mussels, … Continue reading

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Greenbush Bakery, Madison WI

Greenbush Bakery Apple Fritter Almond Kringle Sour Cream Old Fashioned Blueberry Cake Donut Westward bound for Madison with dinner plans bumped back to seven it was to 1305 Regent Street that I set my GPS and arriving at Greenbush Bakery … Continue reading

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The Comet Cafe, Milwaukee WI

The Comet Café Duck Confit Poutine with Fontina Cheese and Beer Gravy AJ’s Compact Turkey Dinner – Beer Battered Slow roasted Turkey, Sage Stuffing, Cheesy Mashed Potatoes Creamy Tomato Soup and Sauteed Zucchini Sourcream Pancake Blueberry Pie Having come to … Continue reading

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Holey Moley Coffee + Doughnuts, Milwaukee WI

Holey Moley Coffee + Doughnuts Apple Fritter Fat Elvis Crème Brulee S’mores Bourbon Indonesian Vanilla C+DD – Coffee and Doughnut, Doughnut Picked as my second stop in Milwaukee given the impressive initial reviews and a planned visit to the Public … Continue reading

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Blue’s Egg, Milwaukee WI

Blue’s Egg Grapes Apple Cheesecake Coffee Cake Monkey Bread “Crunked” with whiskey sauce Berry Smothered French Toast with almond crumble and white chocolate sauce, plus real maple syrup for $1 Key Lime Thumbprint, Chocolate Chippers, Maple Bacon Sugar Cookie Bottomless … Continue reading

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