Issue September - October 2015 (2024)

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Midwest Living celebrates the unique and surprising Midwest region through its food, travel destinations, lifestyle, homes and gardens. Like visiting with a best friend, it unveils the authentic flavor of this region through inspiring photos, inside tips on best places to visit, and family-favorite recipes that simply taste great.

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SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONGlazed to PERFECTIONBrickyard Pottery and Glassworks, Shell LakeBrian and Mary Dosch say their rich, matte Double Dip Pumpkin glaze is a perennial favorite among their stoneware customers.Stockholm Pottery and Mercantile, StockholmCustomers love Diane Millner’s berry bowls and egg cookers for their beauty, utility and fine details, like comfy handles and smooth bottoms.The Mulberry Pottery, Mineral PointFrank Polizzi’s wood-fired stoneware, flameware and porcelain pieces are traditionally styled (ditto the pit-fired earthenware) and all feature locally dug, food-safe glazes.Eckels Pottery and Fine Craft Gallery, BayfieldMade-from-scratch glazes and designs inspired by Lake Superior and the Bayfield Peninsula ensure Deanna Eckels’ stoneware and porcelain pieces are a hit (below).COLOR REPORTThis is the season when nature indulges us with her best display of rich reds, warm oranges and vibrant yellows. Follow the march throughout the season by…2 min

IN EVERY ISSUEGame-day runway“You don’t have to wear the name of the school on your sleeve to show spirit. Use color—even if it’s just a manicure.HEAD-TO-TOE SPIRITFor an easy update to your game-day duds, I love these two companies, which sell trend-forward accessories in a rainbow of team colors.Lillybee UniversityShop for jazzy striped flats in 53 color combinations. $58 (lillybee.com).Chicka-dUbersoft infinity scarves feature subtle team logos. $24.99 (chicka-d.com).…1 min

FEATURESNaturally SIMPLEIn the spotlightSquash, pumpkins and a twig of ginkgo leaves (inserted in a flower pick) on mounded moss command attention in this bell jar set atop a terra-cotta dish. Substitute a terrarium, large jar or even a glass cake cover, if desired. Arrange a few spillovers outside the glass for a touch of spontaneity.Clear focusGlass vases recede to give a carefully edited selection of blooms, foliage and crabapples center stage. The singular treatment means each fower stands out as a notable specimen.Beyond mumsIf your go-to autumn bouquet defaults to traditional oferings, shake it up with a lessexpected blend of veggies, fruits, berries and widely varied fowers. Small gourds, cabbage heads and pears (secured to thin dowels) add surprising fair.Autumn splendor! For more fall arrangements, visit midwestliving.com/tabletop.…1 min

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONFOOD with a ViewDon’t walk into the kitchen at Canoe Bay in Chetek and expect to find new chef Scott Bratton. He might be foraging for Chicken-of-the-Woods mushrooms. Chef Kady Gibowski of Milwaukee’s Plaza Hotel? She might be chatting with the folks at Sugar Bee, an urban farm that produces the delicate oyster mushrooms she loves to incorporate into her dishes. And odds are J.R. Schoenfield of Green Bay’s Bleu Restaurant and Lounge will be quizzing his farmer vendors about their celebrity crushes; he loves to dish trivia to customers.The farm-to-table philosophy—in which restaurateurs use locally sourced and produced foods, plus form strong relationships with vendors—is popular nationwide. And that includes the Badger State, especially newer restaurants and chefs.Thomas Welther, executive chef at Madison’s recently renovated Edgewater hotel, says a farm-to-table philosophy is…5 min

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONFestivalsThese lively fall festivals shout, “On, Wisconsin!” with their food and drink, plus activities with fun twists.River Falls Bacon Bash River FallsSeptember 19–20 Try your hand in the pig-calling contest—sooooey!—or pig out on bacon and pig wings in the eating competition.Wine and Harvest Festival CedarburgSeptember 19–20 Race across Cedar Creek in a gigantic hollowed-out pumpkin and stomp some grapes before sampling apple brats and fine Cedar Creek wine.Gays Mills Apple Fest Gays MillsSeptember 25–27 The largest orchards in the tri-state area offer a pick-yourown option, but it’s easier to simply chow down on apple pies, doughnuts and fritters.Warrens Cranberry Festival WarrensSeptember 25–27 Tour a marsh, build your own bog in a cup, then nosh on cranberry cream puffs and deep-fried cranberries on a stick.Oktoberfest La CrosseOctober 1–4 One of the…1 min

Issue September - October 2015 (2024)

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