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Wednesday, March 19,2008
Thyme Savvy, Health Savvy
Preserving family dinners
Convenience is more synonymous with the drive-thru than it is with eating well. The time between rolling down the window to order and busting into that bag full of fast food is all of five minutes.
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Wednesday, March 12,2008
Cultural Stronghold
Elegant farming in Mukwonago
After visitors pass through a pair of refurbished silos to enter The Elegant Farmer, they are greeted by a wooden sign that reads, “Enter as Strangers. Leave as Friends.” The market’s physical layout is designed in such a way that customers must walk through The Elegant Farmer’s voluminous selection of...
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Wednesday, March 5,2008
Demystifying Cheese
Cedar Grove’s prized products
Residing in America’s Dairyland, where it is considered neither peculiar nor uncommon to don a head ornament that resembles a large chunk of cheese, it can be said that we appreciate our state’s prized product. And rightly so. With origins that predate recorded history, cheese is a diverse...
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Wednesday, February 27,2008
Family Friendly
Rio West meets Riverwest
The man responsible for giving Milwaukee the popular Riverwalk Boat Tours, Mondo Brothers, the longstanding Vecchio Bar and Grille and even one business quickly en route to becoming a bona-fide Milwaukee tradition—the Palm Garden fish fry at Lakefront Brewery—has just introduced his newest venture: Rio West Cantina.
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Wednesday, February 20,2008
Cookie Emergency
U Bake to the rescue
You pull up in front of your child’s bustling elementary school, and with the slide of the minivan door your 8-year-old suddenly remembers that he needs to bring cookies to school tomorrow—a lot of cookies.
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Wednesday, February 13,2008
Food Phenomenon
Charting the chili trail
With the sixth-annual WMSE Rockabilly Chili Contest just two weeks away, we must ask ourselves if we are fully prepared to stand in judgment of such a wild and woolly stew. A heated debate brews over the proper ingredients of chili, as well as its source of origin.
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Wednesday, February 6,2008
Food with Integrity
Chipotle’s fresh Mex
When you think of fast food, what words come to mind? Integrity? Sustainability? Health? Probably not—but Steve Ells is on a quest to change that. The founder and CEO of Chipotle Mexican Grill is steering his 15-year-old company with a philosophy called “Food with Integrity,” ...
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Wednesday, January 30,2008
A Guided Tour
Door Peninsula Winery
Along a stretch of Highway 42 just north of Sturgeon Bay, a fresh layer of snow covers the long, neat rows of grape vines owned by Door Peninsula Winery. In the spring, these particular vines will bear a red French-American hybrid grape that thrives in northeastern Wisconsin’s challenging climate...
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Thursday, January 24,2008
Perfect Burgers
Sobelman’s Pub & Grill
Apparently some guys around town say the economy’s bad. I don’t believe ’em,” Dave Sobelman says with a sly grin. It’s Monday and he and his wife, Melanie, have just survived another of those crazy-busy weekends so typical of their restaurant,...
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Thursday, January 17,2008
Downtown Deli Bistro
Gourmet lunch on a budget
Every once in a while a city gets to experience the rare but fortunate occasion when a chef from one of its best fine-dining restaurants decides to take the leap into restaurant ownership and open his own place. At Downtown’s Laissez Faire—
Read more...Elections 2008
Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Sources: Pentagon to stop forced tour extension
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AP - The Army will substantially reduce use of the unpopular practice of holding troops beyond their enlistment dates and will pay $500 to those still forced to stay in the service, defense and congressional officials said Wednesday.
AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
(AP)
AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
Analysis: White House, Dems backpedaling on AIG
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AP - For the first time since last fall's election, Democrats and the Obama administration are backpedaling furiously on an issue easily understood by financially strapped taxpayers: $165 million in bonuses paid out at bailed-out AIG.
Pence: Return AIG donations
(Politico)
Politico - House Republican Conference Chairman Mike Pence is urging politicians from both parties to strongly consider returning campaign contributions from AIG.
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AIG head shares US anger of bonuses but backs them
(AP)
AP - The chief executive officer of failed insurance conglomerate AIG acknowledged Wednesday that the company's multimillion-dollar bonuses were "distasteful" to many and had provoked a firestorm of wrath. "I share that anger," Edward Liddy, chairman and CEO of the American International Group Inc., said in testimony prepared for Congress.
Obama seeks greater rein on financial institutions
(AP)
AP - President Barack Obama says he wants Congress to pass legislation giving the government greater regulatory authority over financial institutions like American International Group.
Consumer prices rise by largest amount in 7 months
(AP)
AP - Consumer prices rose in February by the largest amount in seven months as gasoline prices surged again and clothing costs jumped the most in nearly two decades.
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