Cafe
Wisconsin
A Guide to Wisconsin's
Down-Home Cafes
Second Edition
Joanne Raetz Stuttgen
Mashed potatoes and rhubarb pie. . .
. Let's eat!
Cafe
Wisconsin returns in a new, updated
version that provides a sure-bet guide to Wisconsin's best small
town, home-cooking cafes. For this second edition, author Joanne
Raetz Stuttgen traveled more than 12,000 miles in six months,
revisiting old business districts and main streets in search
of the ultimate cafe, the perfect slice of homemade pie, and
the meaning of life in Wisconsin's down-home cafes.
Featuring 133 cafes, with another 100 Next Best Bets alternatives, Cafe Wisconsin is every hungry traveler's guide to real
mashed potatoes, melt-in-your-mouth hot beef, from-scratch baked
goods, and colorful coffee klatches. At the counter of aptly
named cafes like the Coffee Cup, Main Street, and Chatterbox,
you'll laugh with owners, shake dice with customers, and find
the authentic taste and flavor of Wisconsin.
"An eminently useful book, directing
readers to dozens of colorful eateries we wouldn't otherwise
find. . . . It is stirring evidence that despite the onslaught
of corporate fast food, small-town cafes thrive, resonant with
local character and perfumed with the good smells of sizzled
bacon and oven-warm rhubarb pie."—Jane and Michael
Stern, authors of Road Food
"If you're tired of fast food, a former Eau Claire resident
can direct you to some of the best down-home eateries in the
state."
—Eau Claire Leader-Telegram
Joanne Raetz Stuttgen is a folklorist who has lived
in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Indiana. She is currently at work
on Cafe Wisconsin Cookbook (with Terese Allen) and Cafe
Indiana, both forthcoming from the University of Wisconsin
Press.
Media & bookseller inquiries regarding review copies, events, and interviews can be directed to the publicity department at publicity@uwpress.wisc.edu or (608) 263-0734. (If you want to examine a book for possible course use, please see our Course Books page. If you want to examine a book for possible rights licensing, please see Rights & Permissions.)
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Helen Myhre with Mona Vold
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October 2004
LC: 2004005250 TX
392 pp. 7 1/4 x 9 1/4 10 maps
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