Food

I’ve reviewed the SweetSpot previously, and here are a few quick remarks about the new menu and remodeling of their location at 226 West Whitewater Street. I’ve not yet reviewed the SweetSpot Bakehouse, on the other side of town at 1185 West Main St, Whitewater. Remodel (and Menu Changes It Brings). The remodel adds a…

Food, Restaurant, Review

Restaurant Review: Jimmy’s Classic Italian Beef

by JOHN ADAMS • 02/04/2016 • 5 Comments

A new year, a new month, and an unexpectedly happy find: that’s how the resumption of restaurant reviews starts off. At 535 E. Milwaukee Street in Whitewater one finds Jimmy’s, a sandwich shop with a more robust and satisfying menu than one might have expected from driving past. On so many trips along that street,…

Food

The Classic Hamburger

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/28/2016 • Comments

This week on Dining on a Dime, Lucas Peterson teams up with The Meat Show’s Nick Solaresto find the ideal meal for both their tastes: flavorful but inexpensive, and centered around beef. Their search leads them to the town of Massapequa on New York’s Long Island and a place called All American Hamburger Drive-In, an old-school burger…

Food

Wisconsin Foodie : The State Fair

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/21/2016 • Comments

Last week I embedded a Wisconsin Foodie episode with a local angle (Chef Tyler Sailsbery). That episode was the second of the show’s new season. Here’s the first episode, broadcast initially on 1.8.16, of a trip to the State Fair. In this episode, Kyle Cherek and Jessica Bell explore the fine culinary delicacies of the…

Food

Wisconsin Foodie, A Taste of Local

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/15/2016 • Comments

Wisconsin Foodie is a favorite program of mine. In the episode below, “Kyle [Cherek] visits the Michael Fields Agricultural Institute in East Troy, touring the grounds and sitting down to a white-linen dinner prepared by Tyler Sailsbery of the Black Sheep. This episode also profiles Dan O’Leary, who has been caring for the bees of…

Food

Nutella-Stuffed Pastry

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/14/2016 • Comments

Business, Food, Free Markets, Laws/Regulations

Institute for Justice Fights Anti-Competitive Ban on Baked Goods

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/14/2016 • Comments

Wisconsin is lousy with anti-competitive statutes, designed to protect incumbents from free-market competition. One would prefer that private parties did not have to file lawsuits to protect their economic rights. Unfortunately, some laws (and some official actions) compel private citizens to seek redress from the courts to protect their liberties. Fortunately, the Institute for Justice…

Food, Good Ideas, Health

Caffeinated Pastry’s Only a Matter of Time

by JOHN ADAMS • 01/07/2016 • Comments

Embed from Getty Images Alternative title : Biophysicist-Inventor Possibly One of the Greatest Americans Ever. Thanks to a biophysicist, caffeinated muffins could be coming soon to a coffee shop near you — and they’ll also be loaded with antioxidants. Professor Daniel Perlman of Boston-area Brandeis University has invented a coffee flour milled from par-baked green…

Drink, Food, Holiday, Poll

Friday Poll: Third Annual Eggnog Poll

by JOHN ADAMS • 12/18/2015 • 3 Comments

Eggnog? Embed from Getty Images If one’s been around a bit, one has the opportunity for annual posts or polls, including this one: an eggnog poll. So, a simple question: eggnog, yes or no? Here’s a link to an eggnog recipe that I’ll try this Christmas – 1958: Eggnog @ New York Times Cooking.