well, madison - your liberal, hippie, locavore idealism has served you well as this is the cleanest under $25 vodka i’ve ever tasted.
death’s door is distilled in madison from washington island wheat. marry this with the great wisconsin beers and all that’s lacking is a noteworthy red vino that’s not on the sweet side (love you wollersheim, but really) for the ethanol trifecta.
Our Top Five - Two Months In
We’ve been in Minnesota for just over two months now, and have had so much fun getting reacquainted with Minneapolis and St. Paul. Here are a few of our favorites, so far:
1. Free Thursdays as the Walker
2. The Happy Gnome
3. Gold Medal Park
4. HauteDish
5. Taco Taxi
What are some of your favorites? Where else should we go?
Two of our favorites: Q Fanatic and Pizza Farm (in Wisconsin).
(Source: scaredpanda.com)
In downtown Madison. #cornish #pasty #restaurant #madison #wisconsin (Taken with Instagram at Myles’ Teddywedgers Cornish Pasty)
Don’t ever try to get between a man and his pasties.
Tea and cardamom cookies at Matcha Tea House in Madison, WI.
“When over 50,000 pounds of cheese rolled this week into Wisconsin, a state clearly not suffering from cheese shortages, it could only mean one thing: The World Championship Cheese Contest was in town.”
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Hundreds Battle For International Cheese Glory In Wisconsin
The biennial competition, held in Madison, is like a World Cup for the cheese world, where Dutch Gouda battles Swiss Gruyere for the coveted top title. This year there were a record 2,503 entries from 24 countries. Traditional heavyweights in the U.S. and France were well-represented, making it tough for first-time competitors from India, Estonia, Romania and Croatia to catch the judges’ attention.
Like wine and coffee, competitive cheeses are evaluated on a number of factors — judges look at the exterior, smell it, feel a piece by hand and in their mouth, taste it and then spit. Each winner of the 82 categories advance to a semi-final where judges narrow it down further to 16 finalists.
Wisconsin, true to form, out performed every other state in the semi-finals. It had 30 first place finishers and prompted Twitter user Oryx2046 to poke fun at a classic California dairy campaign: “WHOSE COWS ARE HAPPY NOW?!”
(via npr)
Thanks Wisconsin for supplying me with the perfect road trip snacks! #cheesecurds #food #wisconsin #snacks #roadtrip (Taken with instagram)
Nothing like a perfectly squeaky cheese curd!
#kopps #photooftheday #iphone4s #wisconsin #frozen (Taken with Instagram at Kopp’s Frozen Custard)
Fish Fry infographic from the UW-Madison Alumni Association.
“Today, four out of five restaurants in Wisconsin offer fish fries, which can account for up to three-quarters of their Friday business.”
Holy cow, this is really beautiful!
