My Madison Bistro

Beef stew might seem like a strange dish for April. But you see, we’ve been hit by sleet/snowstorms the past two weekends, and the temperature is all over the place. It feels more like autumn than spring. If the lack of mums and the presence of hyacinths and tulips poking through the dirt didn’t give […]

I have to admit, I was prepared to not like this dish. I’ve only recently started dabbling in the world of butternut squash, but I do love risotto and was very interested in trying this recipe. I did, however, have my usual bacon reservations. In this recipe, I was afraid the bacon would flavor the […]

Can you call something an annual tradition if you’ve only done it twice? Well, I’m going to. Last year, my mom and I started a new tradition. The day after Thanksgiving, we would treat ourselves to a French toast breakfast made from brioche. After all of the hard work she puts into making the Thanksgiving […]

I’m always looking to put a spin on leftovers. When I was in college, I had a reputation in our apartment for packing up leftover food, putting it in the fridge, and promptly forgetting about it. On any given day, you could open our fridge and find my latest science experiment. I’m still not the […]