Dessert Valley, Wisconsin

Lately, my toddler daughter has been playing a game on the PBS Kids Games app based around the cartoon “Jelly, Ben & Pogo.” I keep noticing that halo-halo is one…

I recently turned over the blog to one of my co-workers at Mid-West Family Eau Claire, Dan Kasper. One of his main initiatives is Backyard Dreams, giving opportunities to folks…

Easter approaches, and around this time of year, bunny imagery appears. In the dessert realm, that might be associated with candy eggs (Cadburys…mmmm…) but for a local touch, let’s go…

This post is for π Day — March 14th. So, of course, I have to write about π– er, I mean, pie. And, if I’m gonna write about pie, let’s go…

Guest blog time! For this edition of Dessert Valley, Wisconsin, I decided to lead with a few words from my fellow on-air personality, Dan Kasper, who you may know from…

The first image you see when you go to the menu at the Mom’s Kitchen menu page on their website is a cinnamon roll. Having never made my way up…

One of my fellow DJs here at the Mid-West Family Eau Claire group of radio stations — Teri Ryan — told me a couple years ago about a friend of…

If you know where to look, there are little bakeries all over the Eau Claire area. By these, I refer to the ones that churn out muffins and loaves of…

Good ol’ comfort food. It’s something practically everyone likes, yet, the best type in a restaurant is often found in local establishments. You can probably think of several in the…

The wildly colored building on Cameron just easy of Clairemont has an interesting history. My first time there was in the summer of 2008 — not to eat or drink,…