![]() 7, 2022, 7 pm: “Get CHEWsy with a Little Bit of Hygge.” (No recording available.) How do you hygge? The word “hygge,” as used in the Danish and Norwegian languages, evokes the feeling (and being) of a coziness enriched by moments for reflection, comfort, and warm hospitality. Karate Fight strives to showcase & promote independent authors, poets and visual artists in the age of Amazon and best-seller lists. Jesse Brookstein is founder of Karate Fight Publishing, under which he has published three children’s books alongside local artist, Jessalyn Mailoa. His lively CHEW presentation covered his personal connection to landjaeger, a brief history of landjaeger from Europe to Wisconsin, the process that makes landjaeger such a unique and shelf-stable product, and why he feels it’s so wildly popular in Wisconsin. (No recording available.) Jesse Brookstein’s book, A Perfect Pair: The History of Landjaeger in Green County, Wisconsin shines a spotlight on one of Wisconsin’s most celebrated-yet-misunderstood sausages. January 4, 2023: “A Perfect Pair: The History of Landjaeger in Green County, Wisconsin,” presented by Jesse Brookstein. When the 2020 pandemic caused the widely beloved Manna Cafe to close, she turned once again to writing, bringing her career full circle with this memoir-cookbook. Then, for 35 years she welcomed guests to her inn and customers to her cafe and bakery, all the while cultivating recipes that helped define a community. Mark your calendars! For the February 1 meeting, Barb will share stories and food samples from her book.īarb Pratzel was a UW Journalism School graduate and science writer whose career took a sharp turn into the world of bed and breakfasts, catering, and restaurants. Madison in the 1970s greatly influenced their decision to open a food-centric B&B, and later a restaurant, and much of what defined their businesses drew from what defined Madison as a city and a place to eat well. The author of the The Manna Cafe and Bakery Cookbook, explored at how the 1970s was an incubator for her and her husband Mike, as their love of food and eating became a career and a piece of Madison history. 1, 2023 – “From 1970s Madison to The Manna Cafe Cookbook: How Two Businesses and a Cookbook Took Root,” by Barbara Pratzel. Her pandemic project was a fundraising cookbook, Tea for Water.įeb. ![]() Her interest in tea has taken her to China as well as to dedicated conferences and the scholarship of the many books on the subject. Longtime CHEW member and executive committee officer Char Thompson has hosted many friends for tea and goodies over the years. Attendees enjoyed several kinds of tea and some classic teatime treats. While the story of tea is long and complicated, the telling of a bit of history, basic processes, facts and stories made for a fun evening. This includes, Safe Haven, the Veterans Transitional Housing Program, Men’s Shelter, the CBRF at School Rd and Porchlight Products. These products are then available at local stores and on the menus of area restaurants.ĭrew Niedercorn, Director of Kitchen Programs at Porchlight oversees the five kitchen program sites that Porchlight operates. Trainees learn basic job skills such as proper hygiene and time management, as well as the skills to take raw ingredients and turn them into quality food products. ![]() Porchlight Products is a paid employment-training program and food production company that works with disabled and formerly homeless individuals who have struggled to return to or remain in a mainstream employment setting. Niedercorn shared the story of Porchlight Products and their contribution to the Madison area community. Amanda Ikens, Owner Resources Coordinator, explored how Willy Street Co-op enacts this mission and gave a brief history of Willy Street Co-op and an overview of the cooperative business model.Īp– “Porchlight Products,” by Drew Niedercorn Based in Dane County, Willy Street Co-op’s mission is to cultivate and empower community, customers, employees, and suppliers through cooperative principles and practices. ![]() "For me food will always be associated with times of good eating, storytelling, laughter and good-hearted fun,” notes Apps, as he looks back on an era with which modern generations are swiftly losing touch.Īpps, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was born and raised on a dairy farm in Waushara County during the Great Depression.– “ The Willy St. on PBS Wisconsin, beloved Wisconsin author and historian, Jerry Apps, along with his daughter, author and educator Susan Apps-Bodilly will explore the ways food shapes family and traditions.ĭuring the show, entitled "Jerry Apps: Food & Memories", Apps and his daughter will share family stories as told through the food that Apps’ mother, Eleanor, prepared for their family using a wood-burning stove in a kitchen with no plumbing or electricity. In an all new television special set to premier on Monday, Nov. ![]()
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