Gourmet Baby

Liliana was already one year old and a seasoned restaurant diner by the time we opened our restaurant, so even though being KID friendly was a priority, being BABY friendly got overlooked.

So, almost three years later, we are back in the world of feeding a new eater at a restaurant, and Liliana's can certainly feed even the tiniest customers.

The chefs came up with the Gourmet Baby, a nice little platter of fruits, veggies and cheese as well as a little bowl of soup. Charlie (our 8 month old) thoroughly enjoyed his dinner, and was able to snack of most of the food himself.

If you have littles, dont forget to think of Liliana's! Especially on Sunday Family Night where kids under 12 eat free!

Knife Skills

Knife Skills - Sunday July 11th!

Using knives properly is one of the most important parts of the culinary arts, and we've had many, many requests to create a class on improving knife skills. This specially priced class will be in a different format from the rest of our classes.

Bill Peterson - Wisconsin Cutlery

For the first half of the class, Mr. Bill Peterson from Wisconsin Cutlery will be joining us, and he'll teach you everything you need to know about selecting and caring for your knives. You'll learn the right way to use a steel and a whetstone to keep your knives in perfect cutting condition. He'll be bringing a variety of great knives with him for you to review.

Bring up to three of your favorite knives from home, and he'll professionally sharpen them for you for no additional charge.

During the second half of the class, Chef Dave will be teaching you all about how to use your knives in the best way possible to make you safe, efficient, and accurate in all of your kitchen cutting tasks. Cutting things properly makes an enormous difference in the way your dishes appear and taste, and makes it a lot more fun to prepare foods.

You'll practice your own knife skills under the direction of Chef Dave, using your own (now beautifully sharpened) knives.

This is a specially priced class - just $10 per person. Food will not be served for this special, shorter class.

Just call ahead so we know how many to expect! Class will run from 3:00PM to 4:30PM.

Tuesday Tasting Menu 6-21-10

Strawberry Fields Forever (at Lutz Family Farm)

We've been enjoying Wisconsin Strawberries and since most of the farms are harvesting the last of their berries in this unusually early and warm berry season, we thought we would have a last hurrah strawberry tasting menu.

First Course

Wisconsin Strawberry salad with fresh arugula and sherry vinaigrette with toasted pecans and feta

Second Course

Strawberry and chipotle glazed baby back ribs with fresh herb gratinee and glazed carrot

Third Course

Trio of strawberries. Strawberry mousse, chocolate covered strawberry, and mini strawberry shortbread

Come eat these actual strawberries, picked by Liliana on Monday night for Tuesdays menu

Liliana, finding strawberry zen

See you at Liliana's!

Watch for Lutz Family Farm again when we come back for some amazing sweet corn later this summer.

Strawberry Fest at Fitchburg Farmers Market

Chef Dave and Liliana enjoy a strawberry sundae at the Fitchburg Farmers Market.

Insider Scoop: Talks are in the works of a cooking demonstration at the Farmers Market by Chef Dave using ingredients found at the Fitchburg Farmers Market. Fresh and Yummy! Stay tuned.

Fathers Day Fun

Father's Day

This year, do something really special and bring him to Liliana's for a truly memorable time.

We'll be offering a great special all weekend (Fri - Sun evenings):

• Full rack of Barbecued Pork Ribs - $26

• Half rack of Barbecued Pork Ribs - $19

• Black Angus Rib Eye - $26

All are served with a sweet corn succotash and a twice-baked potato stuffed with Nueske's bacon and Hook's 10-year cheddar.

We've also got a free tap beer just waiting for Dad.

And here is what Liliana is most excited about!

Sing-Along:

For a very special treat, on Father's Day evening we'll be having a campfire sing-along out on the patio (if it's not raining), and will be fixing S'Mores and other treats, starting around 5:30 and singing until 8:30 or so.

We'll provide the guitar player (Cliff Frederiksen) and the words to the songs, and you just have to sit around the fire and sing along.

Let us know your favorite campfire song, and we'll make sure we include it. It'll be an old fashioned Father's Day evening!

As always- reservations are recommended

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Tuesday Tasting Menu 6-15-10

Sneak peek at the Tuesday Tasting Menu:

Truffles!

Truffle and Sweet Corn Soup

Truffled pan seared black cod with black truffle risotto and brown butter brussels sprouts

Trio of chocolate truffles.

Tuesday Tasting Menu 6-8-10

Tuesday June 8, 2010

We wanted to recognize the importance of beer to Wisconsin summers by featuring beer in all three courses, and are pairing the courses with beer instead of wine this week.

1st course

Spotted Cow Beer cheese and brat soup with soft Guinness pretzels
(New Glarus Spotted Cow)

2nd course

Pan seared pork tenderloin with IPA peppercorn cream sauce
and roasted vegetables
(Ale Asylum Hopalicious)

3rd course

Cherry crumble tart with Belgian Red Ice cream
(New Glarus Belgian Red)

The cost for the three course meal is $30, with a beer flight for an additional $10.

Reservations for Tuesday evening are highly recommended, and please tell us if you're planning on having the special 3-course menu so that we're sure to hold one for you.

Harris Lemberg will be playing piano jazz in the bar.