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Henry Verden spent 15 years in the restaurant industry and has had a lifelong love affair with food (he grew up in Wisconsin after all). He has written freelance for many years and is now a feature writer for Bountiful Cupboard Magazine. Read Bountiful Cupboard, http://www.bountifulcupboard.com and discover the best quality food, ingredients, beverages, products and services. Learn about the finest in Wisconsin, northern Illinois and Minnesota. Connect with fascinating growers, local producers, and the finest providers. Offered in full-color print and online. Go to http://www.bountifulcupboard.com now.

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Taste of Wisconsin Chocolate
Artist/cartoonist John Q. Tullius said "Nine out of ten people like chocolate. The tenth person always lies." Long ago, chocolate became the go-to indulgence for a large portion of humanity. We eat it when we're happy, when we're sad, when we're celebrating, and for no good reason at all. Americans consume 11.7 pounds per person annually. Read
By: Henry Verden | 19/04/2008 | Food and Beverage
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Flavors of Norway -- Syttende Mai
Ask most people what the biggest day on the Norwegian calendar is and they would probably say the first day of the ice fishing season. If you're in that group (come on, be honest) you may be shocked and surprised to find out you're WRONG...close...but WRONG! If you live in Dane, Rock, or Green Counties, you should be run out of town on a rail. Read
By: Henry Verden | 05/04/2008 | Food and Beverage
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The Scoop on Local Ice Cream
One of my fondest memories of growing up was the ice cream truck slowly cruising through my neighborhood on those hot summer days. The sound of The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down or The Entertainer played through tinny speakers would send kids scrambling in every direction to get a quarter before the truck got away. Nothing in the world ever tasted as good as those frozen treats during the hazy summers of so long ago. Read
By: Henry Verden | 17/03/2008 | Food and Beverage
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The Little Dairy That Did
I'm a Wisconsin boy, born and bred; I never met a dairy product I didn't like. My wife and son both drink skim milk but the lowest I would ever go was 2%. I felt, as many do, that skim was just blue water, even if it was healthier. However, recently something happened that changed my mind. That something was Blue Marble Dairy. Read
By: Henry Verden | 07/03/2008 | Food and Beverage
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Reunions
Family reunion. Those words seem simple, but they are often loaded with emotional content, memories -- and stress. housing arrangements to entertainment plans, and the challenge of how to feed the gathering herd with all their unique personalities and tastes. Your family may be different, but our extended family is full of relatives that get along and those that don't. In the end, Read
By: Henry Verden | 24/02/2008 | Food and Beverage
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The Biggest Secret in Sausages
In 1956, Fred Voll, a Master Sausage Maker, and his wife Kathe moved to Madison from Schweinfurt, Bavaria. Fred worked for Red Owl for awhile and then decided that he wanted to be free to make his sausages in his own way. He bought some land near Madison, Wisconsin and opened the first Bavaria chalet in 1961. Read
By: Henry Verden | 14/02/2008 | Food and Beverage