Dessert Valley, Wisconsin

You knew at some point I would have to write about an autumnal dessert. The thing is, such options become available quite early in the fall, so I had plenty…

Here’s another hidden gem from the furthest reaches of the 715 (practically on the border on the St. Croix River). By hidden, I mean so in a literal sense. My…

I needed to have that dessert again. The time of year was making it happen: the transition from summer to autumn, the beginning of college football…and a cherry Blizzard I…

I love me some donut holes; I remember my dad getting them when I was a kid. Really, anything fried and doughy in a round shape, and I’m good to…

Before you continue reading this post, click on the YouTube link below and let it play in the background as you finish: It’s the Waltz In C# Minor, Op. 64,…

I have had a lot of fruit in my life; lingonberries in Norwegian-American contexts, and huckleberry-everything on a drive I made to Washington state, stand out. I do not believe…

I often like to arrange certain foods around major sporting events. For example, the first time the New England Patriots played the Philadelphia Eagles in the Super Bowl, I did…

Jay Ray’s is, perhaps, the smallest awesome sandwich place in western Wisconsin. It’s in that tiny location along Brackett Avenue, where you go into the drive-through to order an always-pleasing…

This is another of my findings driven by the legendary Eau Claire Foodies Facebook group. If you’re not a member, here’s one of the regular types of posts: Where can…

This is going to be a short entry in the “Dessert Valley, Wisconsin” oeuvre. I found out about Breezy Hill Bakery from my wife; she had been out with her…