Dessert Valley, Wisconsin

My family recently went to The Coffee Grounds for brunch. This, of course, brought the opportunity to try another of their baked goods (I’d wrote about them for the blog…

You’ve possibly heard of millionaire bars, and perhaps you’ve heard of billionaire bars. Can you get a bar more valuable? Of course you can! Presenting the trillionaire bar: I’d been…

I have previously written about Sweet Driver Chocolates. Recently, I was looking up some baked goods in the area, and once again came across Sweet Driver…in this case, their café.…

Near the western border of the 715 area code, my family found a local chocolates place. We were in Hudson, and decided to see what they have to offer dessert-wise.…

Organic is the best way to go. Now, that’s not always the cheapest or the most-efficient way to consume food and drink, but if you can do so, you should…

Ah, the sweet-vs.-savory debate. OK, this really is not a true debate, rather more a matter of preference and combination. At the proper rate of inclusion, sweet and savory ingredients…

There is a difference between pumpkin pie and sweet potato pie. That may seem obvious, since, well, a pumpkin and a sweet potato are not the *same* thing — for…

Those tree whirlybirds can show up in unexpected locations. They start falling in the spring, and next thing you know, they’re several rooms into your house, having transported on your…

I was perusing Facebook one recent morning, and somehow I came across a post for Wild Flour Bakery in Chippewa Falls. I quick figured out that I had a midday…

Among the candy bars I grew up eating — the usual, like Snickers & Kit Kat & Twix, and the long-lost Summit bar — was Skor. My mom had a…