Photos: Thony 'Mango Man' Clarke makes chicken curry at Idea Fest
The September Cooking with the Cap Times event at Furniture & ApplianceMart featured Thony Clarke of Café Costa Rica and Mango Man sauces.
Robinia Courtyard: What went wrong at the Madison restaurant group?
Former employees said they enjoyed working at Robinia save for repeated issues with bounced and missing checks, inaccurate payments and unresponsive owners.
Madison dining: 11 just-opened restaurants, and 19 to come
As we head into the latter part of summer, restaurants around Dane County continue to close, change ownership and expand. Here are some of the latest updates from the local food world.
Watch: Staci Fritz of Calliope makes sweet corn ice cream
The July edition of Cooking with the Cap Times featured chef Staci Fritz of Calliope Ice Cream.
As rents rise across Madison, a business incubator supports growth
Small food businesses in Madison with tight margins and small staffs can find themselves with an increasing customer base and no place to grow.
The 'Top Chef' effect is a 'game-changer' for Wisconsin
For some businesses featured in the Madison and Milwaukee episodes, a moment on “Top Chef Wisconsin” has meant more cheese orders, more tour reservations and fuller tables.
Wisconsin restaurants in recovery: more staff but fewer diners
A new report out May 30 from Wisconsin Policy Forum charts the recovery of restaurants and bars. Staffing looks better, more restaurants are operating, and revenue is on the rebound.
After 76 years, Kavanaugh's Esquire Club changes hands
Kavanaugh’s Esquire Club, a northside supper club with 80-plus years of history on Sherman Avenue, will change hands on Wednesday, May 8. New owner Craig Spaulding will serve “the first Old Fashioned” at 5 p.m. to John Kavanaugh, whose family bought the restaurant in 1948.
All the Cap Times' 'Top Chef Wisconsin' coverage
Find how and why 'Top Chef' Season 21 came to Wisconsin, episode recaps and behind-the-scenes stories on our companion podcast, The Corner Table.
Iconic Madison diner Nick's to close after 60-plus years downtown
Dino Christ tried to ease his most loyal regulars into the idea that Nick’s Restaurant, open since 1960 on State Street, won’t be around forever. On Sunday, Christ made it official: Nick’s last day will be May 11.
'Top Chef' watch party draws dozens to Garver Feed Mill
Over 100 people came to Garver Feed Mill Wednesday to watch a Madison-centered episode of "Top Chef Wisconsin" and also to hear Cap Times food editor Lindsay Christians interview Shaina Robbins Papach.
A peek behind the scenes on ‘Top Chef Wisconsin’
Media access to “Top Chef” sets is tightly controlled by NBC Universal. But for one challenge, I got a view from the dish pit.
Don’t Cook for Cowboys pop-up dinners revive Grandma’s fancy plates
Don’t Cook for Cowboys is a mobile, collaborative dinner party powered by thrift store finds and friendship.
Whiskey Run Distilling prepares to fire up the still in New Glarus
In the new year, Whiskey Run will fire up a new Vendome copper still from Louisville and finally start making its own spirits in house.
Eight Madison-area igloos offer winter dining outside
They started blowing up during the first pandemic winter. Domes. Bubbles. Globes. Plastic igloos with varying degrees of structural integrity and heat, in which you can pretend to be drinking inside while also kind of being outside.
Duck Inn in Delavan gives an oat milk brand a taste of Wisconsin
A new promo video from Oatly gives the world a quick glimpse of Wisconsin supper club culture, punctuated by frank takes, flat accents and goofy antics. “It’s got a nice shelf life, I guess.” “It’s good, but I wouldn’t order it.” “Tastes perfectly normal, I’d say.”
Madison’s first kava bar, Rooted In Sanity, to open on Atwood Avenue
First your lips go a little tingly and numb. Then your mouth starts to feel numb, and down into your throat. This lasts for just a few minutes before fizzling into a fuller body relaxation — what Hannah Saxman describes as “a euphoric, social feeling.”
How ‘Top Chef’ came to Dairyland
According to documents obtained by the Cap Times, Travel Wisconsin coordinated a total of $1.3 million in incentives from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation ($500,000) as well as tourism partners and agricultural marketing organizations, like Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin.
Why Wisconsin Loves Supper Clubs - City Cast Madison
Supper clubs are a Wisconsin staple. Whether it’s the relish tray at Tornado Steakhouse or the American cheese-laden hash browns at Toby’s, supper clubs have always brought cozy vibes and enormous portions to the Madison culinary scene.
Life gave Madison chef Giovanni Novella lemons, so he made limoncello
Chef Giovanni Novella can literally feel the effort of making lemon liqueur in the palm of his hand.
5 Local Apple Orchards Worth Visiting 🍎 - City Cast Madison
In the final installment of how to make the most of fall in southern Wisconsin, Cap Times Food Editor Lindsay Christians provides picks for where to get apples for pies, where to pick-your-own, and which varieties you gotta try. Who knew you could pickle apples?!
Cook with Awa Sibi of Les Delices de Awa: Cooking with the Cap Times
On the September edition of Cooking with the Cap Times, chef Awa Sibi of Les Delices de Awa demonstrates how to make attieke, or cassava couscous, as well as whole fried fish with side vegetables.
5 apple orchards to visit near Madison this fall
It’s been a solid season for apples at orchards around Madison, and the time to pick your own is now through the end of October.
Madison Public Market rides a 'roller coaster' to opening
The market is closer than ever to its goals, with a secured city-owned location and most of the funding it needs. But anyone who’s worked on this project knows that predicting its future is challenging.
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