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Wigwam Tavern - Eau Claire, WI

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Published April 11, 2010 at 9:48 a.m.

The Deal: The Wigwam Tavern in downtown Eau Claire offers a fried cod dinner on Friday nights for $7.25. Dinner includes three pieces of cod, french fries, coleslaw and tartar sauce. There's also a shrimp basket with the same sides for $6.95 ... The Food: The Wigwam has won some awards for best fish fry in the Eau Claire area, so my expectations were high. Unfortunately, those expectations were dashed almost as soon as our friendly waitress told us that she'd have to thaw our fish out first

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Rehorst pours triple crown of fruit brandies

Published June 4, 2009 at 4:17 p.m.

If I thought that Great Lakes Distillery's first attempt at grappa was fruity, it was only because I hadn't yet sampled the flavor explosions that are its German Kirschwasser and pear eau-de-vie. All three are crafted from Wisconsin fruit.

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Chetek's stunningly relaxing Canoe Bay offers the highest end retreat

Published April 18, 2009 at 11:33 a.m.

If you've never heard of the ultra-luxurious Canoe Bay resort, don't feel too badly. The one-of-a-kind getaway in Chetek, about 300 miles northwest of Milwaukee, doesn't do much marketing to our area. But let me spill the secret of Canoe Bay: if you have the means, you won't regret a weekend getaway in this most private and secluded of properties.

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Laboring Over Food on Labor Day

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Published Sept. 4, 2007 at 9:01 a.m.

Greeting and Salivatations Fellow Food Munchers ... Hope everyone had a great labor day weekend filled with camping, cookouts, swimming, boating and barbecueing. Here in Wisconsin, Labor Day is like the signal of winter coming and summer retreating for yet another year. Soon the barbecue grills will all be cleaned and packed away for the Wisconsin blizzards that are coming soon. But our Eau Claire restauranteers will still be serving up the munchies at our demand.For labor day we snatched up 14

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Holiday Food Season Insurance

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Published Nov. 16, 2007 at 6:27 a.m.

Greetings and Salivatations Fellow Food Munchers ... With my favorite time of year quickly approaching, "FOOD SEASON" I find my self getting ready to feast hardily for about the next 1 1/2 months. The residual snacks will insure my food habit for up to a year. Let me explain, My Food Season will begin with Wisconsin deer hunting season, which I gave up several years back myself but friends and relatives keep me well supplied in venison brats, venison sausage and home made venison jerky.

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Eau Claire Wisconsin Food Blog

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Published Aug. 28, 2007 at 8:32 a.m.

Greetings and Salivatations fellow public munchers ... I have created this blog in a quest for better cyber food relations. Let me explain: Just last night I get home and decide "hhmmmmm think I will order up some delivery food. So right to google I go quick search for Eau Claire Wisconsin delivery food, lick my lips and press enter and behold the "pizza listings and more pizza listings". Well there was one chinese fast food listing but ... welllll ... not tonight. Ok well guess I will be having

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A Wisconsin Style Pig Roast

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Published Sept. 28, 2007 at 4:58 a.m.

Greetings and Salivatations Fellow Food Freaks ... Ever roasted a pig over a charcoal fire? we did this summer for one of our airsoft scenario games and it turned out to be a delicious feast. The whole process took about 10 hours for a 120lb pig and was actually much easier than I thought it would be. It took about 125 pounds of charcoal that we steadily added throughout the day to keep the cooking process steady. After completely wrapping and securing the pig to the rotisserie spit with

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