Madison Food:: A History of Capital Cuisine

by Nichole Fromm, JonMichael Rasmus, Erika Janik (Foreword by)

Overview

Madison's savory ascent as a culinary destination pairs its rich tradition of homegrown bounty with a progressively wider international palate. Sample the fare of Mad City staples like Ella's Deli, Mickies Dairy Bar and the Plaza and enjoy tales of legendary eateries of yore, such as Cleveland's, the Fess and Ovens of Brittany. Visit the farmers' markets that feed the capital city and the unions that have struggled to represent dishwashers and waiters. Slide into a booth with the visionaries who nurtured Madison's food culture, from Gulley to Guthrie and Peck to Piper. Food enthusiasts Nichole Fromm and JonMichael Rasmus share a taste of the unique ingredients spread across Madison's evolving table.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626196155
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	06/22/2015
Series:	American Palate
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	1,053,791
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Nichole Fromm works as a librarian and enjoys bicycling. JonMichael Rasmus works at the Wisconsin Lottery and is a popular music scholar. He has co-designed two board games: Those Pesky Garden Gnomes (Rio Grande) and Double Feature (Renegade). In 2004, they began "Eating in Madison A to Z," a weblog chronicling their alphabetical adventure in the capital city's food scene. Since then, Nichole and JM have eaten at nearly one thousand Madison area-restaurants.

Table of Contents

Foreword Erika Janik 9

Acknowledgements 11

Introduction 13

1 The History of Madison's Food Culture 15

2 Land, Labor, Capitol 37

3 Farm to Table for Four: Old Buildings, New Restaurants 49

4 Seventy-seven Years Ago: Madison's Most Enduring Eateries 57

5 Soul Proprietors: African American Restaurant Owners and Chefs 71

6 An Isthmus of Meat: Burgers in Madison 83

7 Madison's Culinary Godmother: The Ovens of Brittany Story 95

8 Three Square Meals 111

9 Surrounded by Reality 121

10 Around the World in Eight Restaurants 135

Appendices

I The One Hundred Most Influential Restaurants in Madison History 141

II Madison Magazine's Best of Madison 145

III Isthmus's Madison's Favorites 151

IV Best New Restaurant (Madison Magazine / Isthmus) 157

Bibliography 163

Index 177

About the Authors 189