6 Great Ideas for Tailgate Sandwiches

It seems appropriate that as football season is in full swing, we celebrate by eating the quintessential tailgate food, the hero sandwich. At its most basic, a hero is a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments galore). At its finest, it’s […]

Hearty Potato and Cheddar Soup With Bacon

Need a delicious recipe to use up some of your Wisconsin cheese? Try this great recipe adapted from “Live, Love, Eat!: The Best of Wolfgang Puck.” Serves 6 1/4 pound bacon, coarsely chopped 1/4 cup butter 2 small leeks, trimmed, chopped 1 large onion, chopped 1 carrot, peeled, chopped 1 clove garlic, minced 1/2 cup […]

Breakfast Couscous

Couscous for breakfast? Whole grain, made with milk and lots of fruit. And you can toss it in a plastic container and eat it on the go.

Bacon-and-Tomato Guacamole

Serves: 8 to 10 as a nibble 5 strips medium-thick bacon 3 medium-large avocados 1/2 medium white onion, chopped into 1/4-inch pieces 2 or 3 canned chipotle chiles en adobo, removed from the canning sauce, stemmed, slit open, seeds scraped out and finely chopped 1 medium-large round, ripe tomato, cored and copped into 1/4-inch pieces 1/4 […]

Autumn Apple Cake

Instead of the usual apple pie, think apple cake when those delicious, crisp apples start to fill the farmer’s markets this month.