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Some things are as good as they look – others not so much

January 14, 2010

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Here is something that is just as good as it looks: The pizza on top is, of course, classic pepperoni pizza.  The one on the bottom is the most ethereal pizza imaginable, the creation of Kathy Windiate, who knows what she’s doing in a kitchen.  It is a crispy thin crust slathered with Alfredo sauce […]

Warning to businesses

December 6, 2009

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Telemarketers have been scamming local businesses that accept credit cards, particularly Discover cards.  The operation does NOT require that anyone at the business give out an account number.  That information is already available to the thieves.  What they need is someone to say “Yes” in answer to a question.  Then payments for non-existent goods and […]

Farm fresh produce

September 23, 2009

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Yesterday was a good day to be out and about for a person (or a spaniel) who loves produce.  I bought a large bag of McIntosh apples and some sweet, sweet plums at King’s.  Then I stopped at Providence Farm.  I’ve told you all about the CSA before, but now there’s something new.  On Tuesdays […]

Rocky Top future blowing in the wind

September 19, 2009

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I stopped at Rocky Top to buy some jam and ran into Tom Cooper, which was a good thing, as I had some questions.  Tom and Ruthie are the owners of Rocky Top Farms, so he was well supplied with answers. I wanted to know how “Busted Knee” Cherry Salsa got its name.  It seems […]

Lures and Legends added to Matt and Lisa’s puzzle empire

September 16, 2009

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I love fishing lures. Comes of hanging out at Amanda Campbell’s father’s bait shop in Rhinelander a hundred years ago. So when Chris Szejbach showed me a picture of the newest puzzle from Puzzles that Rock, I was hooked.   Lures and Legends will be on sale at Sonny’s Torch Lake Market and other fine emporia […]

USA Today catches up with Torch Lake Views

September 9, 2009

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Unless you stumbled in here for the first time today, you know King’s is a great place to pick apples. (And cherries and raspberries and peaches and nectarines but I digress.) Last Thursday a story in the travel section of USA Today confirmed this wisdom, and even mentioned drumlins. This is all excellent news. We […]