Food on F L O T I S S E R I E 🕳️ 🐇

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 21:42:16 -0500

Extra credit

Wed, 09 Sep 2026 12:40:59 -0500

The university is back in session, so the city’s lineup of food trucks are back in formation. Some tips:

El Wiscorican is a perennial fav, offering a short but very customizable menu. Vegetarian and vegan options are regularly available for those among us who like to keep it light. They’ll ask if you want it spicy – but whatever your expectations are around spice levels, dial it back. The great north is suspicious of the virtues of capsaicin. (I recommend the fried plantains.)
Saigon Sandwich has one of the best banh mi sandwiches in town, which is pretty wild given that this sandwich is produced by a single person in a box trailer. But with fresh bread and ultra-fresh ingredients, it’s a really good one. Nothing beats a fresh banh mi with good bread and snappy veggies.
Madison boasts (at least) two great fresh juice trucks – Fresh Cool Drinks and Natural Juice – and you’re as likely to find them at the end of State Street as you are at the Saturday farmers’ markets. They both make excellent juice concoctions on the spot, and sell delicious, fresh vegetable spring rolls packed with fresh, local produce.

Several years ago, many people were weighing the possibility that the Madison food truck economy would struggle to recover after the long shutdown, worried because this scene is one of the things that makes the urban food desert more livable during the workday and supports a great deal of local culture with it. This makes your participation in the little treat economy practically a civic responsibility.

Tue, 08 Sep 2026 19:12:33 -0500

TechCrunch reports on the problems inherent to AI-generated restaurant advertising - it looks wrong.

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 10:23:11 -0500

If you’re looking to be depressed, see this early research from Business Insider on the social implications of GLP-1 usage and how it may impact relationships in the home and workplace.

Thu, 25 Jun 2026 13:23:06 -0500

I too am dismayed at the sudden lack of cottage cheese in the local supermarket (I take mine as a snack, dusted with EBTB). The shortage hits hardest in the lactose-free section, where six of us appear to be competing for five tubs, and I have started to recognize their faces.

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 14:12:59 -0500

Was gifted a jar of gorgeous fresh maple syrup.

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 19:20:57 -0500

Morels for dinner.

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 10:17:37 -0500

Big internet controversy over dress codes in chain restaurants.

Tue, 16 Dec 2025 16:47:48 -0500

One of my favorite low-cost cooking hacks is baking nice charcuterie on a frozen pizza. Today, I found out that Alimentari carries Smoking Goose products from my home state, so we’re having frozen pizza from Sal’s with capicola for dinner. Rawr, yum.

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 16:14:48 -0500

Choco Taco is back: the business and engineering behind the revival of a retro treat.

🍳 Bean machine

Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:09:16 -0500

It’s soup season - and I’m a newly-minted member of the bean club. This is more or less my favorite lentil soup recipe, except I deglaze the pot with a healthy dose of dry red wine before adding the lentils and stock, and I stew it with a big sachet of fresh thyme.

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0500

Need a brilliant bauble for the holidays? How about a beautiful box of blooming instant miso soup bombs? www.brooklynmisomaru.com/shop/p/mi…

Tue, 24 Oct 2023 09:02:08 -0500

One of my toxic traits is that I think I can make everyone love beets. Another is that I think I can make everyone love beans.