Homemade Candy Bar/Maple Lawn Bakery

Ever made a candy bar? Of all desserts, the candy bar seems among the most-challenging to re-create at home. You would think, given its ubiquity, that recipes should abound —…

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Pączkis/Festival Foods

The day I’m typing this post is Fat Tuesday. And around Wisconsin, as you may well know, there is a culinary tradition in the crescendo to that day: the pączki.…

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Sweet Mango Rice/Thai Orchid

Fruity rice: perhaps not the first type of rice you would consider eating, but if you think about it, it makes a lot of sense. Oftentimes, you can order an…

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Cheesecake Cones/Festival Foods

I was recently walking through Festival Foods, and passing the bakery, I gazed at the sweets, as I do pretty much every time. There was one thing that looked a…

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Lefse

Being the proud Norwegian-heritage Wisconsin that I am (for the record, 50% Norwegian), it’s about time that I review that staple of western Wisconsin Norse sweetness: lefse! If you happen…

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Sopapilla/Casa Margarita

On my tours of Mexican restaurants in the Eau Claire area, I have reviewed xangos and flan. Recently when ordering out from Casa Margarita on the account of my wife’s…

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