Madison Foodie

A week ago last Sunday, we treated ourself to a lovely meal in the fields of West Star Farm outside of Madison.  The occasion was the Madison stop of Outstanding in the Field, which is  ”a roving culinary adventure – literally a restaurant without walls”, that matches local chefs with local farms in order for people [...]

With weather expected to be sunny in the morning, rising to the low 70’s, tomorrow should be a glorious start to the 2009 season of the Dane County Farmers Market in Madison.
The market opens at 6:00 AM and runs to about 2:00, and will be open rain or shine.
Although we’d love to see morels, sugar [...]

Although true spring seems to be taking its time coming to Wisconsin, last weekend it seemed right around the corner at the Community Supported Agriculture open house at Olbrich Gardens in Madison.
Each year, the Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition (MACSAC) provides a forum for the public to meet with representatives of some of the [...]

It may be the beer equivalent of bringing “coals to Newcastle”, but it looks like New Belgium Breweries “Fat Tire Ale” is coming to Madison.
Congratulations to Sartori Foods in Antigo, Wisconsin for winning the 2009 Championship Cheese title with their SarVecchio Parmesan.
In the former home of Ken’s Bar on South Butler Street, The Bayou has [...]

Slashfood just published a list of 50 of the best sandwiches submitted by readers from across the country.
Madison had two sandwiches on the list, including:

The Otto from Fraboni’s on Regent and in Monona

The Pork Shoulder from Smoky Jons on Packers

Another good addition to that list would have been the Garibaldi from Paisan’s.