Food plays a central part in any culture. This series honors the foods and food systems meals that make our state unique.
What’s The Scoop On The Origin Of The Culver’s Franchise?
Just about everyone in Wisconsin is familiar with Culver’s. Whether it’s the cheese curds, the custard or the ButterBurgers that draw ...
Calling The Crops: Finding Solace In Fruits And Vegetables
As the coronavirus pandemic has left more people stuck inside, a yearning to get back to nature has flourished. This ...
A Mother And Daughter Friendly Debate: Is There A Place For Macaroni In Chili?
A love of chili and a friendly mother-daughter debate over whether to add macaroni prompted this WHYsconsin question from the daughter ...
Milwaukee Woman Carries on Family Tradition of Making Headcheese
Daphne Jones is carrying on a tradition that is deeply personal, and at the same time, ancient and universal. She ...
Wild Rice Harvest Tradition Passed Down To Youth
Wild rice, or manoomin, is a staple food among Ojibwe tribes that lies at the center of their time on ...
Wisconsin 101: Babcock Ice Cream Carton
When you see a carton of ice cream from Babcock Hall Dairy Plant, it’s not particularly flashy. It’s red, white, ...
What is THE Wisconsin Cocktail?
When you think about a cocktail that embodies Wisconsin, what comes to mind? We posed that question to a few ...
Cannibal Sandwiches: A Polarizing And Misunderstood Wisconsin Tradition
Imagine. It’s the holidays and to quiet your pre-dinner hunger, someone hands you a slice of rye bread topped with ...
Food Traditions: Lutefisk Supper
This story is part of Wisconsin Life's Food Traditions series. Lutefisk is a Scandinavian delicacy. It’s cod or whitefish that's ...
Milwaukee Man Bakes Pies That Can Remind You Of Your Grandma
Johnathan Dye calls out to folks, “We got free pie samples folks! You’re gonna hurt my feelings if you don’t ...
Oneida Man And His Mobile Farmers Market Grows, Sells Native American-Produced Goods
For Dan Cornelius, food has always been an important influence in his life. As a member of the Oneida Nation, ...
Mexican Couple Grow Corn, Make Authentic Tortillas
Angel Flores grew up on a farm in Mexico with the familiar smell of home cooked tortillas wafting through the ...
Cream Puffs And Corn Dogs: A History Of The Wisconsin State Fair
People are flocking from across the state to West Allis this week for the Wisconsin State Fair. The best in ...
Taking Stock
I was thinking about traditional foods of Wisconsin the other day. Envisioning the immigrants who crossed choppy seas and rock ...
Wisconsin 101: The Milwaukee-born Cookbook That Became A National Phenomenon
Before Martha Stewart and Ina Garten, there was Lizzie Kander and The Settlement Cookbook. The cookbook was the brainchild of Lizzie ...