MINERAL POINT & THE DRIFTLESS

Our Community

WE’RE MORE THAN JUST COOKING CLASSES

Connecting With Our Community

At The Book Kitchen, a huge part of our mission is about building ties between our community members and the local culinary and farming community.

We have highly trained and diverse food professionals from the Driftless area and far beyond its borders to expose our community to the vast culinary world. By making these connections to the larger community, we educate, inspire, and unmask ethnic foods to enrich our corner of the globe.

The Driftless Region

The Driftless is a wide region, including Southwestern Wisconsin, that gets its name because it lacks glacial drift. Unlike much of the surrounding Midwest, our area is full of hills, bluffs, valleys, and other unique landscape features.

Because it was never covered by ice, there is also an increase in biodiversity and microclimates making the Driftless area excellent for farming of all kinds.

The nearby Mineral Point Driftless region alone has award-winning cheesemakers, organic beef and dairy farms, wineries, and other artisanal farmers. Over the last century, Mineral Point began to attract artists and a growing tourism industry.

a farmer holding a wooden box full of fresh produce
a farmer holding a wooden box full of fresh produce

The Driftless Region

The Driftless is a wide region, including Southwestern Wisconsin, that gets its name because it lacks glacial drift. Unlike much of the surrounding Midwest our area is full of hills, bluffs, valleys, and other unique landscape features.

Because it was never covered by ice, there is also an increase in biodiversity and microclimates making the Driftless area excellent for farming of all kinds.

The nearby Mineral Point Driftless region alone has award-winning cheesemakers, organic beef and dairy farms, wineries, and other artisanal farmers. Over the last century, Mineral Point began to attract artists and a growing tourism industry.

A farmer handing a customer fresh produce at a farmers market

Connecting With Our Community

At the core of our mission is to connect with and contribute to our local community in a positive way. We strive to be so much more than a place to take cooking classes.

We’re always looking to connect with more Chefs, Farmers, Food Makers, Cookbook Authors, and other culinary folk from the Driftless area and beyond who would be interested in leading classes, tastings, demos, and more.

If you’re interested, you can email us directly at info@thebookkitchenmp.com.

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