Feed The Resistance: Brat & Sauerkraut Soup is paired with F-Covid Beer! This weekend is Brat Fest weekend here in Madison, so I wanted to cook up something a little different with Brats.  I found this recipe several years ago and have been wanting to try it ever since, but never got around to it […]

Feed The Resistance: Grilled Cheese with Fig Preserves, Honey & Basil is paired with New Belgium’s “Voodoo Ranger IPA!” The Month of May is American Cheese Month, and today is World Bee Day – so I combined the two and made a sandwich with CHEESE…and…HONEY!  I found the recipe for “Grilled Cheese with Fig Preserves, […]

IPA Beer Cheese Soup is paired with Hubbleton Brewing Company’s “Kleinstadt Kolsch” This week is American Craft Beer week – so to celebrate, I went looking for recipes at Craftbeer.com and found this recipe for IPA Beer Cheese Soup!  Although it’s not really “Hearty Soup” weather – this one still works, because it’s so “Wisconsin” […]

Feed The Resistance: A Fancy Tuna Salad is paired with “Night Walk” Black IPA from HOP Garden! This coming Sunday is Mothers’ Day, which got me thinking about what Mom used to serve to us when we were kids.  Things like Tomato Soup, Mac & Cheese, and of course…Tuna Salad Sandwiches!  The Tuna Salad was […]

Feed The Resistance: Icy-Cold Kimchi Ramen is paired with Shiner’s “Sea Salt & Lime” I’m getting just a little tired of the Spring with no warm weather, so I thought maybe some warm-weather food would be the kick in the pants that Mother Nature needs to get things right!  I discovered this recipe for Icy-Cold […]

Feed The Resistance: 420 Chocolate Chip Cookies are paired with “New Zealand Pale Ale” from Karbon 4! Originally, the plan was for a little 4/20 celebration today, but then I changed the focus of this one to the war in Ukraine.  Several local breweries have gotten together to recreate recipes from a brewery in Ukraine, […]

Feed The Resistance: Smoked Trout + Avocado Salad Toast is paired with Warsteiner Dunkel! I used Good Friday as an excuse to make something with fish.  Definitely not the traditional Wisconsin Friday Fish Fry – but fish none-the-less.  This Smoked Trout and Avocado Salad would be perfect at your next summer picnic.  Dee took her […]

Feed The Resistance: Kilt-Lifter Mac & Cheese paired with Sticky McDoogle from Ale Asylum! This week is National Library Week, and yesterday was National BEER Day – so I went to the library and got a book about beer!  The American Craft Beer Cookbook features recipes from Brewpubs and Breweries across the country!  From Wisconsin […]

Feed The Resistance: Hard Kombucha-Brined Chicken paired with…Luna Bay Hard Kombucha! This week’s “Tap That” beverage of the week comes to us from Luna Bay Booch…it’s the Prickly Pear Punch Hard Kombucha!  Last time we talked with the folks at Luna Bay, I got the idea that their Kombucha would be good to use as […]

Feed The Resistance: Smoky Paella w/Shrimp & Squid…paired with Bell’s “Bright White” Several years ago, Chef Jose Andres started World Central Kitchen.  The mission of World Central Kitchen is to feed people in areas that are in crises…humanitarian, climate and community crises.  The organization was started after the earthquake in Haiti, back in 2010 – […]