On Your Plate - A Weekend of Tasteful Delights
By Sam Perlman

Tucked in amongst the fish boils, supper clubs and brat fries that are the typical dinner fare in Northeast Wisconsin are numerous opportunities for adventurous and educated palates to do some pretty serious eating. For four weekends
in December and January, the quiet Door County town of Fish Creek is transformed into the center of fine dining and conviviality for the entire region.

For the past eight years, three of the historic inns of Fish Creek have banded together to prepare and present a culinary adventure known as the Progressive Dinner Weekend. Originally began as a way to help fill rooms for a weekend during a slower time of the year, the Progressive
Dinner has transformed into a winter destination unto itself, with dedicated epicures returning year after year for a weekend of tasteful delights. (more)

Our current issue features:

The Cozy Transformation from Bustle to Nestle
by Laura Beck

Door County in autumn smells like freshly brewed coffee tickled by the sweet bay breeze. Adorned by a cozy scarf and cotton knit poncho, I sit at a coffee shop and enjoy the comforting bliss of the nonchalant after-season, the post-Labor Day sigh, the oncoming off-season for renewal and refreshment.

Sitting outside, the cedar trees swirl above my head with a woodsy aroma of clean preparation. Complete slumber is on its way; autumn’s relaxation and reflection weave the connection between summer energy and winter nesting. Between the gurgling and hissing of the espresso machine and the lazy local gossip, the coffee shop beautifully reveals this transformation from bustle to nestle. (more)

 

A Subterranean Exploration - Caves of the County
By Roger Kuhns

We often think of the earth we walk upon as solid
and unchanging. Nothing could be further from the
truth in Door County. Caves, sinkholes, open joints and fractures are everywhere in the carbonate rocks of the Door Peninsula. Bedrock here is known as the Silurian-aged Niagara Dolomite.

Born from warm sub-equatorial waters
425 million years ago, it is the stuff of coral reefs and
pristine expansive beaches much like what we find today in the Caribbean or Great Barrier Reef. Water, time, and watersoluble dolomite are all part of an interesting equation whose solution has yielded holes in the rock. (more)

OUTSIDE IN DOOR- Gliding Through the Peninsula
By Vinni Chomeau

Being a year round resident in Door County, I’m often asked by visitors how I survive the winter. My answer is the same that a Norwegian or Swedish person may have given over 5,000 years ago: I ski.

In Norway and Sweden cross-country skis were an essential survival tool used for hunting in deep snow. The origin of the word ski comes from the Norse word for stick of wood – skith. The original cross-country skis were made out of boards of wood. One board was long and used for gliding while the other board was short and used for braking and climbing. Both skis had animal fur attached to the bottom so that the ski went forward with and back against the direction of the fur growth for traction. (more)

ART SCENE -Donna Brown - The Artist as Philosopher
By Mary Johnson

Plato considered “art” to be nonsense, a form of play not to be taken seriously. Aristotle, writing a generation after Plato, saw things differently. He saw “art” as a means of understanding and comprehension. He saw it as a way of
widening the mind’s access to the world.
It may be play, but it is play with a vital purpose. Donna Brown has deeply
considered both viewpoints…in fact she has lived them. (more)