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A podcast about food and drink in Madison, Wis., produced by The Capital Times and hosted by food writer Lindsay Christians.

"Top Chef" executive producer/showrunner Doneen Arquines joined the "Top Chef" team during its very first season, working as a production as...

Kyle Knall, chef/owner of Birch in Milwaukee, joined the judges' table during a recent "Top Chef" episode filmed at Harbor House. Kyle refle...

Stephanie Bedford, a local book critic, food freelancer and fiction writer, reserved the URL TopSteph.com about 30 seconds after learning th...

This week we hear from Wisconsin's first "Top Chef" contestant, James Beard-nominated Milwaukee chef Dan Jacobs. Jacobs talks about how team...

Amber Bristow is a fifth generation cranberry grower, but even she had never seen cranberry soup before the cranberry challenge on "Top Chef...

Restaurant Wars is an iconic "Top Chef" challenge. Chefs must create a whole restaurant with a coherent concept, smooth service and good foo...

This week on the podcast, we're talking ballpark food. Loren B. Rue grew up loving baseball, and now has his dream job — executive che...

Chef Paul Bartolotta, the Milwaukee restaurateur and two-time James Beard winner, was bemused by a recent challenge on "Top Chef Wisconsin."...

No drone shot of Madison would be complete without a view of the Memorial Union Terrace and its iconic sunburst chairs. That, in fact, is wh...

This week on our "Top Chef Wisconsin" companion podcast, we have a full Madison episode! First, host Lindsay Christians takes a deeper dive...

The architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright inspired the challenges this week, on episode 4 of Top Chef Wisconsin. Host Lindsay Christians talks...

Theater artist and educator Erica Halverson has seen every episode of "Top Chef" from Season 1 to now. This week, the UW-Madison professor a...

We walked the red carpet in Milwaukee , and all the stars were there. This week, Destination Madison's Sarah Warner and I, Cap Times food ed...

This week, Corner Table co-host Chris Lay joins to talk about the first episode (mild spoilers, with ample warning!) and reflect on whether...

Lindsay Christians, food editor at the Cap Times, resurrects The Corner Table podcast for a special, limited series all about Top Chef Wisco...

Farm-to-table is a cliché, but its roots among the farmers and chefs of south-central Wisconsin are deep, vibrant and resilient. From...

This is the final episode of Reopening Sardine , a limited series from The Corner Table podcast. This week, hosts Lindsay Christians and Chr...

A few things have changed since we last checked in with the folks at Sardine on opening day, May 19. For one, Dane County mask mandates have...

Well, friends, we're finally here. After more than a year of uncertainty, fear and frustration, on May 19, Sardine was ready to open its doo...

Sardine, a French-inspired restaurant in downtown Madison, had 70 employees when it closed in 2020. As staff prepared to reopen in mid-May a...

When quarantine kicked in last spring, we refocused The Corner Table to examine and document effects the pandemic was having across so many...

This bonus episode is adapted from a live (virtual) conversation and cooking demonstration Lindsay hosted on Tuesday, featuring Cortney Burn...

As we reach the end of 2020 and COVID-19 continues to stomp on our dreams, it's pretty clear not all the restaurants we love are gonna make...

Chef Molly Maciejewski has made hundreds of gingerbread houses. As the executive chef and general manager at Madison Sourdough on Madison's...

One of our favorite things about the holiday season is all the snacks. Between the traditional meals, it's more than acceptable to absentmin...

The pandemic has put an undeniable damper on the Wisconsin way of life, and probably cut down on the number or quality of old fashioneds we'...

If you've spent time around the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in the last year, you've probably spotted the adorable white robots r...

What do you think about going paleo? Did you do a Whole30 January? Ever been served up an ad on Instagram for a DNA diet — whatever th...

One of our favorite things to do lately is check Instagram to see what "Heavy Kevy" is making for dinner. Kevy is not a chef. He's not a bra...

Thanks to summer vacations, we're repurposing an entertaining and educational episode from the archives that doubles as a kitchen safety pub...

Kids are going back to school this week. Well ... sort of. Some of them are going to school in buildings, while others are learning fraction...

After finding success with their canned mojitos and brandy old fashioneds, Tom Dufek and his Plain Spoke Cocktail Co. business partners set...

Back in February, Jamie Hoang and Chuckie Brown were cooking for cocktail-sipping crowds at their Robin Room pop-up, doling out mini veggie...

Even for minor sports fans, a typical Madison summer might involve a random Brewers game with friends or a trip or two out to the Duck Blind...

The Wisconsin State Fair has joined a long list of events across the country canceled in response to the coronavirus pandemic, but there's o...

Will Green started Mentoring Positives almost 16 years ago to help teens in the Darbo-Worthington neighborhood on Madison's east side learn...

With so many activities off limits due to the coronavirus, this summer practically demands that we get outdoors as often as possible in orde...

Before the pandemic hit, bartender Karlin Langley was working at Sardine, mixing Sazeracs and French 75s behind their pewter bar. Lately he'...

A couple months ago, COVID closed restaurants everywhere. Dane County is now in the first phase of its reopening plan, but with masks and di...

Just before the pandemic hit, Mel Zastrow was preparing to teach her middle school students to cook the old-fashioned way, piled into a kitc...

What might make your quarantine mornings less painful and more delicious? Breakfast sandwiches. This week on The Corner Table, find some ins...

Restaurant people are helpers, the kind you go to when you need to feed volunteers or get a sponsor for your Little League team. So what hap...

Just 12 days after the opening of D'Vino, a new wine and ciccheti bar in downtown Madison, the coronavirus pandemic forced it to close its d...

The COVID-19 pandemic has given all of us a new appreciation for the workers who bag our groceries and keep the shelves stocked. On this wee...

For those pining for March Madness or just a good way to pass yet another evening at home, Kyle Nabilcy has a suggestion: Make your beer, or...

During any other year, farmers and vendors would pour onto the Capitol Square this Saturday for the first outdoor market of the Dane County...

This week on the podcast, Lindsay and Chris talk with Brandon Brieske, who started the Madison Area Service Industry Support Facebook group...

A dull knife is more dangerous than a sharp knife. Never put knives in the dishwasher. And if the garbage disposal is rattling, definitely t...

On this week's show, Lindsay and Chris sit down with master cheesemaker Steve Stettler of Decatur Dairy to find out what's changed since his...

Serious farm-to-table cooking can be tough: You might be drowning in strawberries one minute and stuck with just rutabaga for an entire mont...