Wisconsin Foodie

- Season 3

(2012)

Explore Milwaukee's North Side and meet several individuals changing the course from a Food Desert to an Urban Ag epicenter. Visit with Young Kim of the Fondy Food Center as he celebrates the market's opening weekend with a BBQ competition. Then, travel to Alice's Garden to meet Venice Williams. Finally, visit Milwaukee's iconic Speed Queen BBQ and get a tour from owner Giovanni Gillespie.

Visit Madison, WI for the World Cheese Championship. With over 2500 cheeses from around the world, this group of esteemed and international judges must select the top 3 cheeses in the world. Meet some of the judges that happen to also be the biggest names in the cheese industry from buyers to writers and cheesemakers to mongers.

Over the past several decades we have strayed away from small farms raising and processing their own animals. Meet a couple farmers that are reversing that trend and bringing back small scale meat processing: Steven and Darlyne Pinnow of Pinn-Oak Ridge Farms and Bartlett Durand of Black Earth Meats. Finally, visit Burgers and Brew - an event put on by REAP food Groups at Capital Brewery.

Visit the award-winning New Glarus Brewing company in New Glarus, WI to meet Co-Owner and Brewmaster Dan Carey for a tour of the Brewery. Then meet James Altweis from Gorst Valley Hops as he and his team prepare to install the beginnings of a Hop farm. Finally, visit the Carey household for a look at how Dan tests different varieties of hops on his kitchen stove.

Travel to New York City to celebrate the man known as James Beard. First, visit the James Beard House in Greenwich Village for a "pop-up" dinner featuring chef Tory Miller of L'Etoile. Then, hit the red carpet for the James Beard Awards in which chef Miller and chef Justin Aprahamian are nominated for Best Chef Midwest.

In New York City, see the influence Wisconsin has on the world's biggest culinary stages. First, meet Beloit native turned international celebrity and Michelin-awarded chef, Michael White at Osteria Morini. At Murray's Cheese, see where Wisconsin ranks among the world's best cheeses. And, meet Milwaukee native Julia Jaksic at Employees Only where she creates Midwestern inspired dishes.

Picnic on the farm at Cress Spring Bakery in Blue Mounds. Hosted by Edible Madison, this picnic features pigs raised by Chef Dan Fox and Micah Nicholes and cooked over a wood-fired oven that baker Jeff Ford also uses to make artisanal breads.

Meet several vendors at the market, and get a behind-the-scenes look at the annual breakfast that celebrates the market's final day. Featuring chef Peter Sandroni from La Merenda, Justin Aprahamian from Sanford, culinary instructor Jack Kaestner and more.

In Burlington, tour Brightonwoods Orchard with owner and vice president of the Wisconsin Apple Growers Association Bill Stone. The orchard features over 200 varieties of apples, including rare, antique apples that are popular with local chefs. Brightonwoods is also home to AeppleTreow Winery and Distillery, which makes cider, brandy and whiskey with the fruit.

At Wisconsin's original CSA farm in Plymouth, owner Peter Seely gives a tour of the farm and shows the process of packing up the CSA boxes. Also, Chef Chris Mangless of Three Three Five in Green Bay stops by the farm to pick up some produce for a special cocktail dinner he is hosting with guests Nick and Ira of Bittercube.

Travel from Sauk County to Barvaria, Germany to profile one of our favorite ingredients - the hop. First, visit Gorst Valley Hops to learn about the resurgence of Wisconsin Hops. Then, tag along with Dan Carey of New Glarus Brewing as he travels to the Hallertau region of Bavaria, Germany to source hops for some of their brews.

Wisconsin Foodie host Kyle Cherek takes viewers on an outdoor journey to explore a small sample size of the food trucks world. Meet food trucks that serve dishes ranging from traditional and ethnic cuisine to trucks dedicated to Midwest comfort food using locally sourced ingredients.

Visit Milwaukee's first inner-city cheese factory, Clock Shadow Creamery, which sits in the shadow of the Allen-Bradley clock in the city's burgeoning culinary neighborhood Walker's Point. Get a tour from owner Bob Wills and learn how the creamery also serves as an incubator for upstarts like Martha's Pimento Cheese and Purple Door Ice Cream.