Each Friday at 8 am on 88Nine, Milwaukee Magazine’s dining critic, Ann Christenson, and 88Nine foodie Tarik Moody discuss Milwaukee’s culinary and restaurant culture.
On this week’s show, we talked about unique ways to treat your mom this Mother's Day. We also talked a new French restaurant coming to Washington Heights; a charity event where local chefs reimagine McDonald's dishes, and a Rose wine dinner at Supper.
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Mother's Day
Is you mom getting bored with brunch every year for Mother's Day? Or is your mom just not the brunch type? Here are three unique ways to treat your mom right on Mother's Day.
1. Milwaukee Pizza Bus Tour via Milwaukee Food & City Tours
Celebrate PIZZA with Milwaukee’s bus-driven Pizza Tour! Sample the quintessential thin crust pizza, grab gourmet slices of tomato goodness, and search for the most historic pies in town.
The tour goes from old school, 5-star pizzerias to newer, upscale establishments and enjoy a variety of unique tastes that they each offer. The tour concludes with a scoop of gelato!
The 3-hour bus tour will depart from West Milwaukee and feature substantial portions. Pizza slices, dessert, and round-trip transportation are included in the per person price. If your mom doesn't like pizza, there are other tours to check out.
2. Culinary school at Braise
How about taking a cooking class or a full semester mastering culinary skills?
Semester at Braise is a 10-week culinary boot camp that covers the fundamentals of cooking, baking, menu planning & wine pairing.Each student receives a textbook, chef coat, and apron. The course culminates with a Graduation Dinner in which the students prepare a 4-course meal for their family and friends alongside the Braise chefs.
If that is too intense for your mom, she can take a variety of cooking classes like Rustic Italian, Exploring India, Homemade Sausage, and more.
3. Wine and Cheese subscription from local start-up Bright Cellars
Found in 2014 by two MIT alumni, Bright Cellars is a monthly subscription service for wine. Each subscription is based off an individual’s personal taste which comes from an algorithm. Once you sign up on the site, you must take a quiz based on several attributes of flavor profiles like sweetness, bitterness, and others. After the quiz, Bright Cellars will create a list of suggested wines for your subscription. After you try the wines in your first box, you will rate and review the wines on the Bright Cellars site and the algorithm will develop better matches for your next box.
Bright Cellars also offer an artisan cheese subscription service to pair with your wine subscription. The cheese service works similar to the wine subscription. You have to take a quiz and then Bright Cellars will pick out the cheese that matches your profile the best.
50% off discount for 1st month of wine: https://www.brightcellars.com/?n_id=MR&a_id=mr1&d=250% off discount for 1st month of cheese: https://cheese.brightcellars.com/?n_id=MR&a_id=mr1&d=5
McDonald's Unwrapped Charity Event
On Thursday, May 18, SHARP Literacy, Hunger Task Force and McDonald’s are partnering to present Unwrapped, an evening of food and festivities. The event will be held at Hunger Task Force’s warehouse from 5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Unwrapped will challenge area chefs to create unique dishes using McDonald’s ingredients and guests will have the opportunity to sample all of the chefs’ offerings!
Proceeds from Unwrapped will benefit SHARP, a 501(c)(3) organization that delivers visual art based, foundational literacy program to over 7,000 students from some of Milwaukee and Waukesha’s most at-risk elementary schools. In addition, a portion of the ticket sales will benefit Hunger Task Force.
To purchase a table or individual tickets, click here.
Contact Nandini Sinha at (414) 410-3203 or nandini@sharpliteracy.org for more information, or view the official Unwrapped Save the Date invitation for location, attire and event details.
Unwrapped will feature the following local chefs:
Rachel Rick, SURG
Jarvis Williams, Carnevor
Nicholas Ramos, Antigua
Amber Dorszynski, Joey Gerard’s
Patrick Cullen, Truckmeister
Richard Sweed, Artisan 179
Andrew Kosner, Rumpus Room
Leora Wells, ProStart
Rose Wine Dinner at Supper
A 6-course menu featuring the cheeses of LaClare Farms and a rosé wine paired with each. Wine and cheese door prizes too! Spots will go fast, so call now! 414-509-6074.
