Upstart kitchen, in Sherman Park, has a line of entrepreneurs eager to start food businesses →

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At any given moment, the entrepreneurs who rent prep space in the shared commercial kitchen at Upstart Kitchen, 4323 W. Fond du Lac Ave., could be making barbecue, Nigerian cuisine, liquor-infused ice cream, baked goods, potato chips or community meals.

In the 15 months since it opened, Upstart Kitchen maxed out with 40 tenants using the space 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The wait list for entrepreneurs, which sat at an impressive 75 names about a year ago, has ballooned to more than 220 names.

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Wisconsin chef is among the creators of new indigenous food publication →

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A groundbreaking Indigenous multimedia publication and cookbook has begun publishing, and a Wisconsin chef plays a central role.

Chef Kristina Stanley, an adjunct professor at Fox Valley Technical College in Appleton and former business owner in Madison, is project manager of The Gathering Basket, a new online indigenous community journal.

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'Food is the connector': UW-Madison chef aims to reinvigorate traditional African meals →

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On a warm Friday night in October, jazz music mingles in the air with the smell of collard greens at Cafe Coda, a Black-owned music venue in Dane County.

Out front, the Adem Tesfaye Band has patrons dancing, and in the back room, Chef Yusuf Bin-Rella is preparing collard greens for the musicians and VIPs to have at their set break.

Inside a pressure cooker, greens, Scotch bonnet peppers, onions and garlic that were pulled from the dirt at Troy Farm on Madison’s north side by Bin-Rella about an hour prior were blending with bacon and smoked turkey. The result was a mouth-watering scent that lured people backstage.

Bin-Rella hadn’t necessarily planned to cook. He was at Cafe Coda to see friends and unwind, but he can’t resist feeding people.

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UW women 2, Northeastern 1: Badgers repeat as NCAA champions after Daryl Watts' overtime goal bounces off of defender's back →

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ERIE, Pa. - Daryl Watts and Kennedy Blair both said they transferred to Wisconsin to win national championships. They did exactly that as the Wisconsin women’s hockey team defeated No. 1 Northeastern, 2-1, in overtime to earn the program’s sixth title.

Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: Clarkson 3, UW 0: Badgers lose women's hockey title game →

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ST. CHARLES, MO – The University of Wisconsin women’s hockey team lost to Clarkson University, 3-0, Sunday afternoon in the NCAA Division 1 championship game, ending the Badgers' attempt to complete a wire-to-wire run as the nation's top-ranked team.

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Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel: UW goaltender Desbiens wins Patty Kazmaier Award →

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ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Wisconsin senior goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens was named Saturday as winner of the 2017 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, which is presented annually to the top player in women’s NCAA Division I hockey.

Desbiens is the third goaltender and the fifth player from UW to win the award. Sara Bauer (2006), Jessie Vetter (2009), Meghan Duggan (2011) and Brianna Decker (2012) all won the Patty Kazmaier while with the Badgers.

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