Madison Foodie

With the Farmer’s markets awash in piles of sugar snap peas, it is time to make one of our favorite pasta recipes – Sugar Snap Peas and Pasta.
We make a pesto-like sauce of the cooked peas and toss it with a short pasta – penne or rotini works well, and then add in some reserved [...]

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 [...]

We have always tried to maintain an ideal of the Friday Night Supper, which is a meal at home that should be as simple and laid back as going out for a fish fry.
Last night, the spur of the moment decision was mussels with french fries.  With the meal lacking the sophistication of a Brasserie [...]

It’s always good to begin something new in the simplest way possible.  And there is nothing more simple than a French-style omelette.
A couple of eggs, salt, pepper, butter, a little time in a hot pan, and you have breakfast or lunch.
Or topped with finely chopped herbs, and served with a glass of Viognier and a [...]