Driftless Appetite

The Potosi Brewing Company was one of the big regional breweries in Wisconsin throughout much of the early 20th century.  If you’re old enough to be the kind of person who shops at flea markets, you probably remember Good Ole Potosi or Holiday.  I say this with certainty because I have been to two flea [...]

I’m continuing to explore my new found love for beets.  I had some roasted ones leftover  so I decided to incorporate them into today’s breakfast.  Voila!  I came up with these wonderful “Red Velvet” pancakes.  They looked a little strange on their own so I decided to make another batch using browned butter for a [...]

I’ve never liked beets and I never will.  To me they tasted like plain old dirt.  That’s what I used to think.  Even hearing the word made me cringe with disgust.  However, every Saturday morning for the past few weeks Rink and Jenny from Shooting Star Farm have been bringing them to the farmer’s market.  Everything [...]

This is our second summer at the “Button Hill” (our house is on a small hill).  We named it after Keith’s grandparent’s house in England called the “Buttonwood” (not in a small wood). Haha.  I love how English homes have names and how they are part of their official address so we decided to adopt [...]

We’ve never made Paella before.  Actually, we haven’t done much in the way of Spanish cooking (expect churros con chocolate).  Since I have a Spanish last name (and a great grandfather from Spain), I figured this is something I should figure out.