Roll Out The Barrel

 We noticed this nice overview of the awesome food and drink of our home away from home:  Wisconsin.  Interesting, but unsurprising, factoid:  Wisconsin has three times more bars / taverns than grocery stores.  It's not just the exceptional cheeses, and the long history of brewing beer. It's the pastries, sausages, and other delights.  The Dane County Farmers' Market in Madison on the Capitol Square is the U.S.'s largest producer-only farmers' market (if you stop by tomorrow, you'll see the World Naked Bike Ride starting at 11 a.m.  -- it's Madison, after all).

(photo:  A plate of one of Wisconsin's signature state dishes, deep fried cheese curds, as served at Madison's Old Fashioned restaurant.  Jeanne Carpenter, cheeseunderground.blogspot.com)