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Cafe Wisconsin: A Guide To Wisconsin's Down-Home Cafes

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Author Joanne Raetz Stuttgen had the great fortune to get paid to wander Wisconsin eating at small (no more than ten thousand hearty, hungry souls) town cafes. She captures the ambience as well as the taste of these places, often the social hub of their communities. The reviews are rendered with tender loving care wherein it is evident that she took the time to get to know the people, local culture, and their stories, not just a quick look at the menu and a slam the food down, bam the check paid, thank-you m'am, and on to the next. After digesting this book, this reviewer hopes to be able to eat my way through my next visit in the Land of Cheese. My only quibble is that Ms. RS with-held the name of best darn cheeseburger "barn" in all of America's Dairy Land. People in-the-know will go miles and hours out of their way (it's 19 miles off I90-94, which at that point are travelling together) to get a cheeseburger at the Bowling Alley in Evansville. Try it! You'll love it! And give the owner a hug. Anybody with burgers that good, with the gumption to be a belligerent Bears fan in Cheesehead PackerLand, deserves a hug. /TundraVision, Amazon Reviewer

I really enjoyed this book. The "down home" descriptions of the people
involved and the recipes really do work.

I'm a foodie and a motorcyclist. I do a lot of road trips in the badger state during the summer months. This book takes the guess work out of wondering where to eat really good food at homestyle cafes and diners. The book is divided in regions and easy to read. The descriptions of the cafes are more than adequate and really interesting. A good book to carry in the car or in the saddlebag