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Article #86: Tasty Travels: A Culinary Education In Wisconsin

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For many travelers, cuisine is just as scene is the Braise Culinary School. This
important as the destination. They may be traveling school goes to where the food
glad to know Wisconsin boasts top-notch is grown and produced, showcasing
culinary schools and shops that Wisconsin products in their native
seamlessly blend food with travel, settings-often on farms. A tour of the
allowing foodies to brush up on cooking farm or facility, recipes and ample
skills while watching and working samplings are part of the classes.
alongside Wisconsin's top chefs. Wisconsin's Top Chefsand Restaurants
Culinary and Cooking Schools Milwaukee's celebrity chef Sanford
The Marcel Biró Culinary School in "Sandy" D'Amato teaches at his Historic
Sheboygan is the gold standard with its Third Ward District restaurant, Coquette
own nationally syndicated PBS cooking Café. The $59 price includes a
series, "The Kitchens of Biró." It's a three-hour evening class and tasting of a
full-immersion cooking school dedicated four-course meal that includes inspired
to teaching classic European techniques dishes such as Fennel-Seared Tuna on
as well as providing individualized Vegetable Spaghetti with Fig Onion Relish
attention. For $350, visitors can be or Marsala Poached Pear with Vin Santo
"Chef for a Day"-an apprentice at either Zabaglione.
Biró Restaurant or Ó. Topics range from Madison's L'Etoile Restaurant has been a
advanced pastry to sushi. fixture in the fine dining scene since
Terri Milligan, executive chef and owner 1976. Current owner and chef Tory Miller
of The Inn at Kristofer's in Sister Bay, shares the techniques behind L'Etoile's
has been instructing for 20 years. seasonal menus, putting the spotlight on
Featured on the Food Channel's "Best of local farmers and producers. Dinner
Holiday Cooking," Milligan offers classes include a three-course meal with
demonstration-theme dinners plus wine, instruction, and recipes to take
participation classes. home at a cost of $85 per person.
Another cooking school located in Door In the village of New Glarus, where large
County is the Savory Spoon Cooking numbers of Swiss immigrants settled in
School. In her restored historic the mid-19th century, travelers can
farmhouse, Chef Janice Thomas opens up experience authentic fondue. Local
her kitchen to the home cook looking to Swiss-trained Chef Mike Neval shares his
learn by experience. secrets during demonstrations at both the
Visitors to the historic Washington Chalet Landhaus Inn & Restaurant and the
(Island) Hotel, Restaurant & Culinary New Glarus Hotel.
School can relax, hike, boat-and cook. Shopping and
Executive Chef Leah Caplan oversees a Demonstration Classes
variety of classes, from one-hour A number of retail shops specializing in
demonstrations to intensive two-day gourmet food and cooking equipment offer
classes. mini-cooking sessions and demonstrations.
Unique to Wisconsin's cooking school






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