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Editor’s note: Below is the Thursday, April 9 edition of the Food & Culture newsletter. If you want to receive it in your email inbox every Thursday (it’s free!), subscribe at\u00a0captimes.com\/newsletters<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n

It might as well be spring<\/strong>\ud83e\udebb<\/h3>\n

By Lindsay Christians, food and culture editor<\/em><\/p>\n

A few years ago,<\/strong>\u00a0I took a friend who\u2019d moved to town from California to Madison\u2019s first outdoor farmers market of the spring. My friend was confused. \u201cWhere are all the vegetables?\u201d she asked. I gestured to the still-leafless trees. Nothing is growing yet! And yet, the market is back. If you\u2019re low on honey or frost-sweetened spinach or spicy cheese bread, head to the Square this weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spring in Wisconsin<\/strong>\u00a0can be so gray and muddy. Luckily it looks like a decent weekend to wait outside during the Wisconsin Film Fest, which we\u00a0previewed<\/a>\u00a0quite a bit this year. Try a\u00a0documentary<\/a>\u00a0about the \u201clast\u201d music critic (sigh) or revisit \u201cBabe: Pig in the City<\/a>\u201d with the folks from the Blank Check podcast.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll be in the theater<\/strong>\u00a0for the opening weekend of \u201cLady Disdain,\u201d Forward Theater\u2019s modern take on Shakespeare\u2019s comedy \u201cMuch Ado About Nothing.\u201d When I learned that University Theatre is putting up the actual \u201cMuch Ado\u201d starting April 16 and the runs would overlap, I was delighted \u2014\u00a0\u201cMuch Ado\u201d times two<\/a>!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u201cDisdain\u201d star\u00a0<\/strong>David Daniel said he and Colleen Madden \u2014 who played opposite each other in \u201cMuch Ado\u201d at American Players Theatre in 2014 \u2014 \u201csometimes revert to the Shakespeare line rather than the Lauren Gunderson line. \u2026 One of the joys of my life is that (we) get to do Beatrice and Benedick again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Milwaukee got the exciting news<\/strong>\u00a0this week that the city will be part of the next\u00a0Michelin guide<\/a>, part of a Great Lakes cohort funded by Visit Milwaukee, Destination Cleveland, Visit Detroit, Visit Indianapolis, Meet Minneapolis and Visit Pittsburgh. Restaurant criticism is expensive, and Michelin is no exception. It often costs city tourism boards hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring in the guide, and because that doesn\u2019t equate to stars, it\u2019s a calculated risk.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019d like to see<\/strong>\u00a0Michelin take a look at Sanford, The Diplomat, Lupi & Iris, Ca\u2019Lucchenzo and EsterEv. I\u2019d love those secretive inspectors to dine at Cassis and Morel. And if Odd Duck doesn\u2019t get a Bib Gourmand nod, I\u2019ll be shocked.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cheers, friends!\u00a0<\/strong>\u2014 Lindsay<\/em><\/p>\n

PS Are you watching the feeds from Artemis II? Here\u2019s wishing the astronauts a\u00a0safe trip home tomorrow<\/a>!<\/p>\n

PPS Psst, Cap Times members: \u201cCompany\u201d author\u00a0Amy Thielen<\/strong>, the James Beard Award winner and former host of \u201cHeartland Table\u201d on the Food Network, is our next\u00a0Cooking with the Cap Times<\/strong>\u00a0guest chef!\u00a0Sign up here<\/a>\u00a0to express your interest in the event, which will be\u00a0May 13<\/strong>. More details coming soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

What we’re reading<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Weekly reading recommendations from Lindsay Christians and\u00a0Beck Henreckson<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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As cozy mysteries go, \u201c10 Marchfield Square<\/strong>\u201d takes its time, opening with a murder of a nasty character known for selling dodgy antiques and abusing his wife. Author Nicola Whyte presents a colorful cast, from an aging movie star to a gregarious captain and a nosy grand dame who spies on her tenants from her elegant flat. The detective pairing of practical Audrey, a house cleaner, and self-involved mystery writer Lewis had me immediately taking sides. The combination works.\u00a0\u2014 Lindsay<\/em><\/p>\n

The first half of \u201cThe Magpie Murders<\/strong>\u201d is a classic murder mystery set in a cozy English village, complete with a brilliant foreign private detective, reminiscent of Poirot. That could have been the whole book \u2014 it had me completely spellbound in the way that only really well done mysteries can. But the book cuts off right before the mystery is solved, and we\u2019re pulled back to modern-day London where an editor is trying to find the final chapter of the novel we just read, solve who the murderer was, and figure out why reality is starting to eerily mirror the fiction she just read. Or was it fiction? Anthony Horowitz is brilliant. I’m enthralled.\u00a0\u2014\u00a0<\/em>Beck<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n

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Restaurant news<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Blind\u00a0Shot Social,\u00a0<\/strong>a restaurant on Fair Oaks Avenue known for its non-alcoholic cocktails and golf simulators, will have its final day of service on Sunday. Owners told\u00a0the State Journal<\/a>\u00a0that insurance costs following a flood and flagging business led them to break their seven-year lease in the Garver Point apartment building.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A third location of\u00a0Poke Bay<\/strong>\u00a0opened this week in Monona at 6518 Monona Drive. The menu is streamlined, offering build-your-own bowls and house specials. One example, the Maui Bowl, combines shrimp and chicken with mango and pineapple, topped with avocado, masago (fish roe), coconut sauce, fried onion and toasted coconut, on either rice or greens. Hours are Sunday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. and Friday-Saturday 11 a.m.-9 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

A new cafe and bar on Madison\u2019s south side,\u00a0Friends Applaud<\/strong>, has had its soft open at 1602 Gilson St. According to Adam and Sacha Benedetto\u2019s website, the spot began serving its whole food menu April 8 and hopes to have its liquor license after April 13.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After a burst pipe necessitated renovations in the kitchen,\u00a0La Rocca\u2019s Pizzeria<\/strong>\u00a0at 971 Janesville St. in Oregon has reopened. Stop by for spaghetti and meatballs, chicken parmigiana and pizzas from thin crust to stuffed from Wednesday-Saturday, 4-9 p.m<\/p>\n\n

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A tuna salad sandwich on a great baguette at Lakeside Street Coffee House.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Recent obsessions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week I needed a kid-friendly lunch spot to meet some friends, and the downstairs space at\u00a0Lakeside Street Coffee House<\/strong>\u00a0at 402 W. Lakeside St. was a perfect fit. Hat tip to the great crusty baguette on my tuna sandwich, the wall of games, the cozy rugs and framed band posters \u2014 it all feels so homey and warm.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I have a new cocktail obsession. The\u00a0<\/strong>Oliveto<\/strong><\/a>, born at the Marvel Bar in Minneapolis, includes a half ounce of olive oil \u2014\u00a0Gin Pennant<\/strong>\u00a0host Martin Foys knocks it down to 1\/4 ounce \u2014 plus gin, lemon juice, a sweet vanilla-scented liqueur called Licor 43 and an egg white, to keep it smooth. The tiny pop-up house bar Gin Pennant may be sold out until they open reservations again this fall, but I will be making this cocktail at home.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Easter inspired a friend of mine to re-watch \u201cThe Prince of Egypt<\/strong>,\u201d the 1998 Dreamworks hit, which led me to watch it for the first time. The cast is a bit crazy on a couple of levels (lots of extremely famous white people voicing brown characters, and why are some of them British?). But the Stephen Schwartz songs hold up and my buddy\u2019s right, the plague scenes are powerful. As the angel of death passed through, I held my breath. (Available on Peacock.)<\/p>\n

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Speaking of movies, \u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d is still in theaters, and my former editor Rob Thomas says the Ryan Gosling adaptation of an Andy Weir novel is a winner. \u201cI haven\u2019t felt this good walking out of a movie theater in a while,\u201d he wrote in his review. Watching human and alien learn to communicate and work together to save the galaxy \u201cis so delightful.\u201d \u2014 Lindsay<\/em><\/p>\n\n

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Greenbush Bar<\/strong> is everyone’s secret place. Read about the tavern-style pizza and great vibes in this week’s Table for Two features, a newsletter exclusive. Sign up here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Alberici, a house pizza at Greenbush Bar, is topped with smoky bacon, roasted tomatoes, gorzongola and arugula. Read about it in this week’s Food & Culture newsletter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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