Farmers markets on Sundays, Clean Green salad menu and Eastern European wines
Markets support family farms
The Food, Faith and Farming Network hosts Sunday winter markets at Milwaukee-area churches with brunch featuring groceries provided by local farmers. The first market event will be held on January 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the North Shore Congregational Church, 7330 N. Santa Monica Blvd., Fox Point.
Additional markets are February 5 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Lake Park Lutheran Church, 2647 N. Stowell Ave.; February 12 at Wauwatosa Presbyterian Church, 2366 N. 80th St.; and on February 19 at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 20275 Davidson Road, Brookfield.
For the full winter schedule and to learn more about the Food, Faith and Farming Network and its mission to support family farmers in Wisconsin, visit foodfaithandfarmingnetwork.org.
Tre Rivali gets clean greens
Restaurant Tre Rivali, 200 N. Broadway, has partnered with Milwaukee’s municipal farm Hundred Acre to receive premium vegetables for the restaurant’s new Clean Green Salad lunch menu through February.
Available for eat-in or take-out, the lunch menu features salads made with locally sourced produce, harvested weekly without the use of pesticides or herbicides. The salad of grilled Treviso, a kind of chicory, contains pomegranate, candied walnuts and grated pecorino; The ELT has a soft boiled egg with cherry tomatoes, bacon, spring onions, potato crunch and basil buttermilk dressing. Additional salads include Green Goddess, citrus and winter greens, mixed leafy greens, and roasted beet salad. Chicken, salmon, steak or shrimp can be added to any salad.
Tre Rivali is located at the Kimpton Journeyman Hotel. For reservations and the full menu see trevalirestaurant.com.
Dinner in the old town offers special wines
Sample wines from Eastern Europe during a 5-course tasting dinner February 23 at Old Town Serbian Gourmet Restaurant, 522 W. Lincoln Ave.
It is the first wine dinner in the old town since the beginning of the pandemic. The wines come from Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia and Montenegro. At the end of the evening, Serbian brandy syrup and Serbian coffee will be served.
One of the courses will be Karageorge Schnitzel, named after the Serbian revolutionary: a veal cutlet stuffed with Serbian cream cheese and prosciutto, rolled, breaded and pan-fried.
Dinner is $85 per person and starts at 6:00 p.m. Reservations are required and can be made by calling the restaurant at (414) 672-0206. The old town is open from Tuesday to Sunday. You can find out more about the restaurant at oldtownserbian.com.
Eat for literacy in Waukesha
Six chefs will be giving a gourmet twist to McDonald’s ingredients at the SHARP Literacy fundraiser, which returns to Waukesha on February 5th.
Unwrapped Waukesha Edition will be held at the Wisconsin Brewing Co. Park in Oconomowoc that day from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. It is raising funds for what SHARP calls its STEAM-based educational program (which is science, technology, engineering, arts and math) for K3 through fifth grade students and educators at five Waukesha schools.
Chefs will use their imagination and additional ingredients to transform McDonald’s products into dishes ranging from appetizers to desserts.
Among the chefs are Christina Burgarino Meiers of Albanese’s Roadhouse in Waukesha, Jeremy Chavez of Steel Tank Brewing Co. in Oconomowoc, and Roberto Alvarez and Tommie Hulman of Wisconsin Brewing Co. Parks Concessionary.
Wisconsin Brewing Co. is creating a custom Hefeweizen beer to be served at the event. The beer will also be sold at some Waukesha area restaurants and bars to raise funds for SHARP.
Admission tickets are $50. They are available at Waukesha23.givesmart.com or by calling (414) 410-3204.
Wisconsin Brewing Co. Park is located at 1011 Blue Ribbon Circle N. off Summit Avenue and Delafield Road. For more information, see sharpliteracy.org.