Cafe Wisconsin Cookbook

Cafe Wisconsin Cookbook

     Joanne Stuttgen's popular book Cafe Wisconsin guides travelers to Wisconsin's best home-style cafes. Now, continue the journey with the Cafe Wisconsin Cookbook , a compilation of more than one hundred cherished recipes that showcase the distinct culinary and cultural traditions of Wisconsin. From classic pot roasts and country-style pies to long-simmering soups and heritage specialties, the whole soul-satisfying spectrum of Wisconsin cafe fare is here.       Stuttgen tracked down Wisconsin's best small town cafes, from Boscobel to Sturgeon Bay, chatted with owners and customers, took notes, and recorded the history, anecdotes, and recipes behind the food. Tested and fine-tuned by Wisconsin food writer and former chef Terese Allen, these favorite recipes will bring an authentic slice of Wisconsin into your home kitchen. “Recipes of the people, by the people, and for the people fill the Cafe Wisconsin Cookbook with good things to eat, along with a generous—and equally delicious—portion of heartland character. In a time of overbearing celebrity chefs, such culinary democracy is food for the soul.”—Jane and Michael Stern, Roadfood.com "Along with good recipes, this cookbook captures the unique role of the small town cafe in Wisconsin. During the years I operated the Norske Nook in Osseo, Wisconsin, many folks came to the Nook for hearty, homemade soup and a piece of pie. I look forward trying recipes in this cookbook; the old favorites as well as some new ones.”—Helen Myhre, Farm Recipes and Secrets from the Norske Nook  Featured recipes include: •German Apple Pancake                 •Meatloaf •Fry Cakes                                          •Ham Balls and Noodles           •Kolaches                                           •Cornish Pasty •Chicken Dumpling Soup                •Creamed Cod •Beer Cheese Soup                          •Amish Cream Pie •Broccoli Raisin Salad                      •Sour Cream Raisin Pie •Snickers Salad                                  •Possum Pie •Hot Beef                                              •Chocolate Cherry Cake Bars Joanne Raetz Stuttgen is a folklorist. She grew up in Minnesota, lived five years in Wisconsin, and now resides in Martinsville, Indiana, with her husband, a Chippewa Falls native, and son.  Terese Allen is food editor for Organic Valley, food columnist for Madison’s Isthmus newspaper, and author of Wisconsin’s Hometown Flavors and The Ovens of Brittany Cookbook .