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Mary (examiner@roadstraveled.com) writes a weekly travel column for Wisconsin newspapers and also contributes to national publications. “Hungry for Wisconsin,” her newest book, examines food and travel.

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Wellspring: hostel and retreat center near Milwaukee also operates organic farm that sells CSAs

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

When I met Jeff Schreiber, he was taking a break from the vegetable harvest to prepare lunch for his work crew. That meant roasting Brussels sprouts...
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Downtown, 500-bed Chicago hostel clean, convenient, welcoming and safe

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009

To Cristina Causone of Italy, $34.50 is a lot to pay for a place to sleep. Even if it is clean, safe and in the heart of Chicago. She is 24 and...
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Pie Palooza feast in Madison raises money for food programs, one slice at a time

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Pie Palooza, a celebration of sweet and savory concoctions sold by the slice or entire pie, will be held 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 8, 2009, at...
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Foodie Monique Jamet Hooker discusses food preservation Nov. 2 in Madison

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

Cookbook author and former Chicago restaurateur Monique Jamet Hooker, who now lives in DeSoto, presents "The Fifth Season" - a talk about...
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Lutefisk: First, a necessary food preservation technique. Now, a way to prove you're Norwegian

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

Carrie Roy of the University of Wisconsin’s Department of Scandinavian Studies has made lutefisk research her specialty. Lutefisk “started...
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Lutefisk season arrives: Northwoods Brewpub, Norske Nooks serve this traditional Norwegian dinner

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

(Cyber connections: Follow me on Twitter, Facebook and www.roadstraveled.com.) On a recent Sunday menu at Eau Claire’s Northwoods Brewpub...
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Lutefisk brats? Andrew Zimmern samples strange Wisconsin foods for his Travel Channel show

Saturday, October 24th, 2009

When I tracked down our TV star recently, he was squirting lime juice onto a raw kingfish heart, then popping it into his mouth. Just another day at...
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Jacques Pepin, Andrew Zimmern to entertain foodies at 2009 Kohler Food and Wine Experience

The Travel Channel's king of bizarre foods, Andrew Zimmern, is among this year's marquee speakers at the Kohler Food and Wine Experience, Oct....
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Luxury lodging, dining at Canoe Bay Resort, the Midwest's only Relais & Chateaux property

A former Seventh Day Adventist church camp in Northwoods Wisconsin today thrives as one of the state's most expensive, inviting and unusual...
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Rocks for Fun Cafe, Tigerton, specializes in pasties and unusual rock art

(Cyber connections: Follow me on Twitter and Facebook.) Personality. Sometimes that’s what it takes for little restaurants and diners to stand...
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