Ordering In The Thanksgiving Dinner - Easy, Delicious Gourmet Food Can Be Delivered To Your Door

November is near and families begin to plan for Thanksgiving. While some in the family grow excited about turkeys and pilgrims and days off from school, others anticipate non-stop football, and still others of us take a deep breathe and prepare to cook ALL DAY. Many of us even cook the day before Thanksgiving as well. For those of us responsible for delivering the Thanksgiving meal to the table, Thanksgiving can become a holiday to endure rather than relish. Perhaps you have suggested in the past that the family enjoy the Thanksgiving meal at one of the many restaurants hosting the holiday feast. But your suggestions have been met with scorn and horror by your loved ones. No, they seek tradition in all things, which unfortunately means the tradition of you spending hours working in the kitchen while they lounge and play. How did you ever get yourself into this bind you wonder.
Well, there is a way out, -a compromise of tradition and leisure. Because of the internet, highways and planes, and dedicated gourmet Wisconsin chefs, a Thanksgiving feast can be delivered to your door. Upon the food's arrival you'll need only to either refrigerate it until serving or warm it in the oven.
Let's start with the Thanksgiving turkey. A whole smoked turkey can arrive fully cooked and ready to be gently warmed and enjoyed. It will look as classically festive as any bird you've prepared in the past. Your family won't even guess you hadn't cooked it yourself unless their discerning taste buds recognize the turkey's gourmet smoky flavor. And if you are really rebelling against Thanksgiving toil, a boneless Thanksgiving turkey breast can arrive that will equally please the family. In these modern times, wrestling meat off a bone is no longer mandatory, - it's an option to consider.
Similarly easy and gourmet with a flare are Wisconsin wild rice medleys which are a delicious compliment to the taste of poultry. And don't forget the cranberries. Sweetened dried cranberries decorate Thanksgiving plates with their deep red color while bites of turkey and rice are dipped into sweet and tart cranberry topping.

Vegetables and appetizers are simultaneously attractive and simple to serve. A tray of gourmet, pickled beans, asparagus, Brussels sprouts, and mushrooms offer new taste treats for guests. Cheese balls, sausage, nuts, and sweet nibbles can arrive ready to open and enjoy. Even artisanal crackers can be delivered to you.
Last, and what the children in the family look forward to most, are the Thanksgiving desserts. Cranapple pie and pecan pie made in a chef's kitchen can adorn your table. And the most decadent of treats, pumpkin truffles, enjoyed with gourmet coffee will top off your feast.
Yes, a Thanksgiving dinner delivered by Wisconsin chefs can be a meal your family will fondly remember for its scrumptious taste and one you'll remember for its ease. Enjoy the holiday this year, order in.

Gettin' In The Mood For Holiday Food - Taste-Testing The Gifts

Fall is a great time to eat. Healthy but bitter, green vegetables faded with summer's heat. Scrumptious, whole-grain breads, pumpkins, apples, cranberries, and cheese replace them on the table. These hearty foods, cooked into soups, stews, casseroles, and pastries, warm us against autumn's chill. Swimsuit season is 9 months away. No worries now. Time to celebrate the return of carbohydrates! Let's party.
Of course, autumn is also the start of the gift-giving season. We're full circle back to last year's holiday question of what gifts to give relatives, co-workers, and special friends. And here is where gourmet food can help. It's not okay to repeat last year's gift, unless that gift was excellent food. In fact, if the person you care about liked the cake, or cheese, or breakfast basket you sent last year, good chance s/he'll like it again. Maybe that friend is even hoping you will re-send it. Or maybe not.
Now that you think about it, perhaps you should try that gift you sent. Is it really as good as you thought? Your friends raved about it last year, but were they sincere? Hmmm... maybe you should taste it yourself. How were those pumpkin truffles? And those hand-decorated sugar cookies? That pecan kringle? What about that Fall Harvest Bakery Basket? True those muffins look delicious, but hmm.... maybe you should taste them. You wonder.
Yes, perhaps you need to be the judge of those world championship cheeses. It would be a mistake to send Aunt Pickles something she won't like. You'll hear about 'til next fall. Sigh, yes, better be safe than sorry. There's still time to taste the gifts before you send them. Oh, but you won't be able to eat a whole Smoked Meat Delights Sampler Gift Box yourself. And this is exactly the reason why fall is party time. What a delicious season as we get in the mood for holiday gourmet food!

Gourmet Wisconsin Food And Art To Honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Wisconsinmade.com is honoring breast cancer patients, survivors, and their families this October by donating 10% of its sales to the Breast Cancer Coalition, and to the Breast Cancer Recovery Organization. Wisconsinmade.com is a gourmet food and fine-gift store which sells products made by Wisconsin artisans and small businesses. It was founded ten years ago by Linda Remeschatis following her own victory over breast cancer. For the past eight years, Linda has given her thanks to the many people who helped her back to health by making these generous donations to breast cancer organizations.
But Linda has done more than just give money. She's asked Wisconsin artisans to help in raising breast cancer awareness. She encourages artisans to create food and gifts that symbolize the breast cancer fight. And artisans have generously responded. This month Wisconsinmade.com features gourmet foods such as pink ribbon, hand-decorated sugar cookies, chocolate turtle candies with pink ribbons of icing, and a party-sized, cherry kringle in the shape of a large pink ribbon. Wisconsin jewelery-makers and ceramics artists responded by creating special breast cancer awareness pendant necklaces and commemorative stepping stones for the garden .
Since Wisconsinmade.com's inception, Linda has sought to showcase books by Wisconsin authors who write about cancer and help readers meet its many challenges. Eating can be a major difficulty for cancer patients, so for people who love cooking and good food made easy, Wisconsinmade.com offers a wonderful cookbook called The Cancer Survival Cookbook. It was written by Dr. Christina Marino, MD and nutritionist, Donna L. Weihofen, RD of the University of Wisconsin-Madison's oncology and radiotherapy clinics. The book has dozens of recipes and thoughtful, nutritional advice for cancer sufferers. More personal accounts of living with cancer are found in Judith Strasser's book, Facing Fear: Cancer and politics, hope and courage. The book is a psychological aid to all of us who must distinguish real fear from debilitating anxiety in order to recover from illness or trauma. A third inspiring book is called During...A Couple's Intimate Experience With Breast Cancer Treatment co-written by Jody Glynn Patrick and Kevin Patrick about how love grows and sustains. They write honestly about daily coping when the challenges of work, home, and family don't stop just because you've got cancer. These books are practical and hopeful guides for people traveling the difficult path of serious illness.
Breast cancer is such a pervasive illness that we all know women who crrently suffer from it, recovered from it, or tragically lost the battle. By all of us coming together to support families living with cancer, we can ease the pain as we race for the cure. Thank you for reading this post, and we hope you will do what you can to help.

Today Children...AND Adults...Celebrate Halloween With Gifts of Treats

Children love Halloween...and more and more adults are celebrating it too. Spooky decorations, costumes, and Halloween parties are becoming increasingly elaborate. One sign of Halloween's acceptance as a 'Not-for-children-only holiday' is the growing practice of giving Halloween gifts. For the grandparent, aunt, uncle, or family friend who wants to say, "I care about you," Halloween offers a fun theme for gift-giving. Common gifts of food, clothing, and home-decor accessories become unique and festive when crafted in the Halloween spirit.
And while children love Halloween decorations, they love Halloween treats the most! A ghost-shaped cookie, a white-chocolate skeleton, caramel corn, and a caramel apple with black and orange sprinkles make children grin with Halloween glee. No ordinary cookie, chocolate or apple would be as fun.
Adults with gourmet palettes enjoy Halloween treats too, but the traditional corn syrup candy corn is out of fashion. Today's adult, gourmet ghosts and goblins crave gifts of pumpkin truffles and their caramel apples are dipped in Belgian chocolate and coated in pecans. Even serious adults smile like children when they open gift baskets brimming with gourmet bakery treats. Yes, Halloween is a very easy holiday for gift-giving. The possibilities are out-of-this-world.

Spread The Love, Spread The Cheese, Wisconsin Crackers Make Happy Tongues At Packer Parties

Watching football with friends is a recipe for a good time. In Wisconsin, our Green Bay Packer parties are the easiest parties to give. All a host need supply are the beverages and snacks. A host's fussing over heated appetizers or fancy desserts would not only be unappreciated but could dampen the happy mood. If one person is uptight about the food, then everybody will be uncomfortable. So best to take it easy and serve the classic, best-loved, easy-to-serve, true Wisconsin appetizer: WISCONSIN CHEESE AND CRACKERS. When you've got Wisconsin cheese, you don't need any other food...except maybe a great cracker.
And now Wisconsin is also making extraordinary crackers. These crackers aren't greasy with trans-fats. They're light and crisp because they're baked with wholesome ingredients. The wonderful flavor of the organic wheat crackers compliments a variety of cheeses. One of the most popular cracker flavors is the organic caraway rye. Nothing beats the flavor combo of rye and Swiss cheese.
But the real flavor of Wisconsin comes through in the cranberry and wild rice organic crackers. In addition to its gourmet cheeses, Wisconsin is famous for its cranberries and wild rice. Spread Wisconsin cheese on these cranberry and wild rice crackers and you'll spread the love of Wisconsin. Wisconsin cheese on Wisconsin crackers make happy tongues at Packer parties. On Wisconsin!