Where we eat: The Central Illinois culinary tours are based at Greenhouse B&B, a restored farm home utilizing permaculture and amazing cooking. Culinary classes and dinners are also hosted at sustainable locations throughout the northwest Illinois/ Wisconsin/ Iowa region: Great Galena Cookery in Galena, The Dining Room at 209 Main in Monticello, Wisc., and in Sabula, Iowa, on the farm—in the rolling Mississippi River hills.
Where we visit: Each culinary tour includes two food stops and a hands-on cooking class, with delicious organic gourmet dinner! Tours include cheese-makers, buffalo and beef and chicken farms, tree farms and vineyard/ wineries, herb gardens, vegetable and fruit growers, and a grist mill. We visit these farms and producers and make wonderful food-lover stops along the way!