Emma Waldinger

2 weeks ago | channel3000.com | Emma Waldinger

Nic Mink says it will feel different when people come to Seven Acre Dairy Co. in a few weeks. The owner of the boutique hotel, restaurant and events space is referring to a new concept that is slated to replace Seven Acre Dairy Co.’s The Kitchen restaurant at the end of April. Little Cloud Restaurant will draw from head chef Ben Serum’s French-cooking background and the cheeses and dairy products in sister operation Landmark Creamery’s body of work in Paoli.

2 weeks ago | channel3000.com | Emma Waldinger

Food Editor Emma Waldinger gets a taste of entomophagy — the practice of eating insects — in Madison. Literally.

2 weeks ago | channel3000.com | Emma Waldinger

Last May, I ate bugs for the first time. Not the kind you accidentally swallow when you’re riding a bike — or the hundreds you mythically ingest over a lifetime while you’re sleeping. These were plated very artfully with a pair of tweezers at a two Michelin-starred restaurant. I was dining at the famed Pujol in Mexico City. The bugs in question were flying ants, or chicatanas — a seasonal delicacy from Oaxaca, Mexico, ground into a sauce.

4 weeks ago | channel3000.com | Emma Waldinger

Colton Schara is the storyteller behind Cadre’s vision, according to chef and owner Evan Dannells. “I am always excited to talk to my guests and kind of be a maven,” says Schara. “I love learning about a topic and sharing it with other people.”Schara helped Dannells open Cadre in 2019 using his previous experience creating the bar program at Sweet Home Wisconsin. At Cadre, he connects the dots between the terroir of French food and Wisconsin seasonality.

4 weeks ago | channel3000.com | Emma Waldinger

When Erin Gleeson moved to Madison last year, she had already written, photographed and illustrated five bestselling cookbooks. On April 15, she is set to release a new book, "The Watercolor Feast," that teaches readers how to emulate her style of watercolor painting in simple tutorials. “People are alway so drawn to the watercolors, [so] I thought, maybe I’ll do a book about painting the flowers and veggies,” says Gleeson, who has a professional background in food photography.