Driftless Appetite

Last Saturday I picked up a bag of red potatoes from  King’s Hill Farm and some walleye fillet from Supreme Seafoods at the Mineral Point Winter Farmer’s Market (at the Old Royal).  As I was cutting up the potatoes for dinner one night, I was taken aback by the interesting red pattern inside. I hadn’t [...]

One of my favorite desserts, this is something you must try.  (I know I know I’ve started quite a few posts this way but I have many fond memories pertaining to food when I lived in the Philippines–did I mention I was a very fat child?).  Growing up on my grandparents farm we had several [...]

Last Friday we went to Steve’s Pizza Palace in Platteville.  Steve’s makes a nice pie, with plenty of tasty cheese, a nice chewy crust and (in our case) homemade sausage.  Now this not at all like my ideal pizza (which you can read about here) but it’s pretty typical American thin crust.  But well executed.  [...]

Happy New Year everyone!  Cheers to a new beginning and new adventures.  Do you have any resolutions?  Last year I was going to run a half marathon by the end of the year.  That didn’t happen because I ran too much too soon so I got plantar fasciitis on both feet.  This year, I’m gonna [...]