Food plays a central part in any culture. This series honors the foods and food systems meals that make our state unique.
Squirrel Eating
Many Wisconsinites are serious about eating locally. Commentator Patti See’s family took things really local with a delicacy that some ...
Thanksgiving Cobbler: Behind It Is Love, History, Legacy
In Madison, Carlotta Calmese bakes one of her family’s traditional desserts for Thanksgiving — peach cobbler. Wisconsin Life producer Cynthia ...
Hunting
Thousands of Wisconsinites will take to the woods and fields this weekend for the nine-day gun deer season. Writer Michelle ...
Choucroute
When the leaves fall and the temperatures drop, our meals tend to get hearty, rich, and warming. Today, commentator Brett ...
Threshing | Hamlin Garland
Autumn is threshing time in Wisconsin. In celebration of the season and of the Wisconsin Book Festival, we bring you ...
Craft Cocktails
If you’ve lived in New York or San Francisco in the past decade, you’ve probably heard of a “craft cocktail”. ...
Jello Salad
Alongside the turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberries is another Midwestern holiday tradition: jello salad. If you’re lucky (or unlucky) enough ...
Greens
For many Wisconsin families, a Thanksgiving meal just wouldn't be complete without a big ol’ pot of greens. And for ...
Cranberries
It's hard to imagine Thanksgiving without cranberries. Unless you’re like Nodji vanWychen — born and raised on a cranberry marsh. ...
Trout Caviar
The word “caviar” conjures images of opulent luxury and the crashing waves of the Caspian Sea — not the lakes ...
Beets
If you think politics are polarizing, try beets. A fall and winter food staple, beets are a major Wisconsin crop ...
Rambo Apples
It’s apple season once again and although you can find the basic varieties in any supermarket, once upon a time, ...
Oneida Husking Bee
For the Oneida Nation, corn is not just food, it’s culture. The Oneida grew white corn for centuries in New ...