Let me be clear: Milwaukee is not my hometown. However, it often feels that way...

Certain regional foods seem to have such universal appeal that it's surprising they aren't more widely available. The pasty is a classic example. A staple of the Cornish diet that came to America when Cornish workers migrated to the country...

WMSE's loyal listenership guarantees the community radio station a decent turnout at any event it sponsors, but there's one event that reaches well beyond the station's usual base to attract the greater public: its annual Rockabilly Chili Contest...

Clue: the pig in the restaurant's logo means the owners of Honeypie (2643 S. Kinnickinnic Ave.) are big on pork. Just opened in May, the menu boasts of a turkey dinner with bacon, macaroni and cheese with bacon, a cheese and sausage plate, a slow-cooked pork shoulder, a bacon and tomato sandwich, a ham and bacon and turkey sandwich, sausage on a hoagie and the ironically named "Iowa Skinny," a six-ounce...