Paws and Pints: Check Out This Paw-some Event at the Leinie Lodge

the annual event celebrating bountiful brews and doggone-adorable dogs is slated for Sept. 30

Is there anything better in life than enjoying a refreshing beer on a scenic patio? Of course there is – doing the exact same thing, but with lots of dogs. From 5-7pm on Thursday, Sept. 30, the Leinie Lodge in Chippewa Falls is hosting their Paws and Pints event ...

5 Tips on Creating the Coolest Charcuterie Boards

local charcuterie experts offer tips on pairing meat and cheese

Charcuterie boards have grown in popularity, bringing two new cheesy businesses to the Chippewa Valley. Clearwater Charcuterie and Northwoods Grazing have been steadily gaining traction on social media ...

Little Red Grilled Cheese Serves Up Big Flavor

new Chippewa Valley food truck serves cheesy goodness

What does it take to regain a sense of normalcy in a hectic time? A tasty grilled cheese sandwich. Or at least to a new player in the Chippewa Valley food truck scene, Little Red Grilled Cheese – a family-owned, grilled cheese-centric business ...

There Is Nothing Cheddar Than This New Cheese Biz

UW-Stout food science alum starts own cheese platter company

Christine Leonard had a “come to cheeses” moment while attending an Honors College class at UW-Stout on the geography of food. In that class, the 2016 alumna, who grew up on a family-owned dairy farm near Waconia, Minnesota, really started to think about food and where it came from ...

Cheesy & Sudsy Reads

topical books from The Local Store shelves

Wisconsin is the dairyland of the nation, and so food writer and connoisseur Jeanette Hurt explores the most innovative and traditional artisans who embrace our statewide ...

Farm-to-Ear Production

cheesemaker, farmer, and TV host Inga Witscher's latest venture is an 'Around the Table' podcast

Embrace the seasons and embrace nature. That’s the biggest lesson Inga Witscher – the host of the PBS series "Around the Farm Table" – has learned as a dairy farmer near Osseo, where she has been making raw milk ...

Raising a Glass to Wisconsin

‘Discover Wisconsin’ explores Wisconsin's craft beverages in new episode

It’s time to raise a glass to all those Wisconsin brewers – not to mention the vintners and distillers – who have helped make 2020 more tolerable.