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Memorial Day weekend has special meaning in Madison, Wisconsin.  For the last several years, it has marked the weekend for Bratfest, the biggest Bratwurst-eating orgy in the World!  Thousands gather to buy bags of brats at bargain prices.  And that’s not all, there are major celebrities on hand, as shown below:

 
Yes, the Johnsonville Brat [...]

Just a heads up - it’s that time of year again!  If you are in the Madison, Wisconsin area and you are starting to plan your Farmers Market season, http://CookingOutOfTheBox.com is here to help!  Check out the 2008 season listing here!

The Madison Food and Wine Show took place this weekend.  An annual event, this show features food, wine, demonstrations, exhibits, and other food and beverage related items.  Perhaps one of the more entertaining aspects of this show is the Dueling Chef Competition.
Chefs representing Madison Originals restaurants compete ala Iron Chef for the title of Madison’s [...]

This evening I participated in a Madison area “foodie” panel. It was a lot of fun, I really enjoyed meeting people of like minds, and I hope to continue to connect with all of them in the future, in one way or another. My thanks to the moderators: Eating in Madison from A to Z.
One [...]

Hi all, I’m out of town at the moment, but thought I’d drop a quick note about a local Madison event coming up, featuring a Foodie Panel. It should be fun!
Madison Interactive, a group for people who work on public websites – both for work and for play – in the Madison area – is [...]

A quick perusal of my blog stats tell me that many of you are hitting this blog right about now searching for tickets to the Great Taste of the Midwest.
Pardon me for a moment while I rant.
I will never again purchase tickets to another Great Taste of the Midwest. I won’t even use tickets if [...]

Trader Joe’s has opened in Madison. But more about that harrowing tale in a moment…
The balmy Sunday weather (35 degrees and sunny!) encouraged me to go out early this morning and roam around a bit. I started out at the Monona Farmer’s Market. This is actually a routine Sunday morning stop. You might think that [...]

I was born and raised on the north side of Madison. This means that I’ve always aligned myself with the “East Side” faction of the Great Madison Eastside/Westside fray.
The whole debate goes something like this: The East side is more blue collar, more unique, more at ease, more “real Madison”. The West side is full [...]

I’ve figured out why I will never amass a fortune. I don’t act on my impulses and create obscure, targeted niche marketing products.
What caused this epiphany, you may ask? Well, there I was, wandering around Jenifer Street Market in Madison one day and lo and behold, what should I come across but one of my [...]

We have a neighborhood butcher shop that we go to religiously. It’s not in our neighborhood, but we make the trip out of our way to buy all of our meat there.
This shop doesn’t have a huge selection of cuts of meat - if I have one complaint, that would be it. But the cuts [...]