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    Kitchen How-To and Tips

    Learn the tips and tricks that every home cook should know, from how to roast garlic to making your own vanilla extract.

    • A pile of cranberry ice cubes sit on a parchment paper lined tray and are garnished with orange slices and fresh rosemary.
      Cranberry Ice Cubes (How to Make Holiday Ice Cubes)
    • All the ingredients for homemade chai spice blend are in various glass bowls on a white marble backdrop with a gray towel.
      Homemade Chai Spice Blend
    • How to Make a Holiday Simmer Pot (Great for gifting!)
    • A small glass bowl filled with frozen, pitted cherries.
      How to Freeze Fresh Cherries
    • How to Freeze Fresh Cranberries
    • A metal colander filled with pieces of fresh, chopped rhubarb.
      How to Freeze Fresh Rhubarb
    • A small glass bowl filled with frozen mulberries.
      How to Freeze Mulberries
    • How to Make Homemade Vanilla Extract (with video!)
    • How to Roast Garlic
    • How to Make Browned Butter
    • How To: Make Cake Flour
    • How To: Season a Cast Iron Skillet

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    Wisconsin Classics

    • Brandy slush cocktail 
    • Beer battered fish fry
    • Wisconsin brandy old fashioned
    • Grasshopper cocktail
    • Beer brats and onions
    • Pink squirrel with ice cream
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    Venison Dinners

    • Seared venison tenderloin 
    • Venison dry rub 
    • Juicy venison burger
    • Red wine venison roast
    • Venison meat sauce 
    • Smoked venison backstrap
    • Grilled venison tenderloin

    Coffee at Home

    • Pumpkin cream cold brew 
    • Vanilla iced coffee
    • Dirty chai latte 
    • Pistachio cream cold brew
    • Maple syrup latte
    • Vanilla sweet cream cold brew
    • Homemade chai concentrate

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