Dining - Feb. 6, 2009
Capital ideas
We had already made our way to Madison this past summer when we filmed and sampled beer at "The Great Taste of the Midwest," but our cameras and crew were across the lake and in the open summer air. For this episode, we chose winter, the hallowed halls of the capitol building, and the exceptional kitchen of L'Etoile situated on the Capitol Square.
Tags: madison, l'etoile, slow food, odessa piper, tory miller

Dining - Jan. 19, 2009
Old Fashioned delights with modern comfort food
Although the demise of The Social marks the end of an era when it comes to modern-day comfort food in Milwaukee, a recent visit to the Old Fashioned, 23 N. Pinckney St., next door to the acclaimed L'Etoile, on the capitol square, suggests that in Madison, familiar favorites are as comforting as ever. While the wind whistled around the capitol and temps grew colder and colder, the Old Fashioned was packed to the gills, lights down low, conversation humming.
Tags: Old Fashioned, comfort food, Madison, Capitol Square, L'Etoile