Since I became a parent, my obsession with the quality of durable goods has really flourished. Once you are…

I’ve had chicken pie probably close to 80 times in my life. This was my grandmother’s first-call recipe when cooking…

Like many people who share my upper Midwestern heritage, I have a firm recall of different relish trays I’ve…

Stale potato chips are flaccid discs of sadness. They are annoying like a fruit fly in a freshly cleaned kitchen, or…

Love can exist between a person and an inanimate object, especially when it’s an object that brings immense joy into…

When I moved to Chicago after college, I was in my early twenties and not flush with cash. My entry-level job (in…

As of March 2019, after 20 years of taking my coffee black, I now drink it with two Stevias and minimal cream. This…

In my preteen years, I remember testing my heat tolerance through a game: my brother would dare me to eat a few…

Barbecue chips are ubiquitous in the U.S., where the differences in brands’ interpretations of the flavor make no…

It’s been about one and a half score since I’ve enjoyed a frozen entree cooked in an oven. As a kid, I remember…

Welcome to MmmPop, our exploration of unexpected ways to use soda pop in recipes.

I grew up in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, which I declare is the unofficial cheese-spread capital of the world. Why?…

This cheesy hash brown casserole doesn’t technically have hash browns, and isn’t what you’d typically think of as a…

My family heads to Wisconsin every year for my dad and stepmother’s Saturday-after-Thanksgiving dinner. Most of…

I have food allergies. Much more than you care to know, but I’ll tell you anyway: Fish or shellfish send me to the…

Let’s start with an obvious statement: Steak birds is a bonkers name for a dish.

After beer, cheese, Door County, and the Packers, one of the things I hear most when I say I’m from Wisconsin is “bra…

My grandma excelled in what I affectionately refer to as husky rural cuisine. A Northwest Wisconsin farm girl via…

The grocery store seasonal aisle is a refreshing bastion of predictability: Valentines’ Day chocolate, Halloween…