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Jesse Raub

Jesse Raub is a writer for Serious Eats and has pieces published in Vulture, Edible Madison, and other publications. He moved from Chicago to the SASY neighborhood of Madison in 2021 and enjoys assimilating to his new, lake-based lifestyle. You can find him walking his dog in Yahara Place Park or bowling at Dream Lanes, and if you’re polite and introduce yourself, he might offer to drop off a loaf of sourdough bread to your front door.
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A photo of a bundle of red radishes is framed at a close-up. The author's left-hand holds the bundle by the radish greens at the top. Behind that, a slightly cloudy blue sky and short stretch of East Washington Avenue can be seen just off the Capitol Square on a spring day. An illustrated frame around the photo depicts a checked tablecloth pattern with various items of food. In the bottom left corner, a small caricature chef stands on a spoon with the speech bubble, "Small Bites."
Small Bites: A hater’s guide to the Dane County Farmers’ Market
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May 31, 2024

Or, practical guidance for the radish lover navigating Madison's largest weekly social event.

Close-up of a homemade pizza pie sitting on a wooden table. The cheese pizza is topped with four semi-large, green ramp ribbons horizontally. An illustrated frame around the photo depicts a checked tablecloth pattern with various items of food. In the bottom left corner, a small caricature chef stands on a spoon with the speech bubble, "Small Bites."
Small Bites: You just bought a bundle of ramps at the farmers’ market: now what?
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April 19, 2024

Advice on navigating food trends (and a pizza recipe).

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Screaming in Percepto with schlocky horror classic “The Tingler”
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March 29, 2024

Vincent Price stars as a mad pathologist in William Castle's 1959 flick, which screens twice during the Wisconsin Film Festival on April 5.

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Small Bites: I studied the blade
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March 22, 2024

Prep your kitchen for fresh spring produce by getting your gear in tip-top shape.

A rectangular collage of film stills in different colors and intensities. A black-and-white image from "Do Not Expect Too Much From The End Of The World" appears at the top left; the top right displays a character close-up from "Red Rooms" in luminescent red; bottom left displays archival footage in "So Unreal" digitally distorted in shades of green and blue; and the bottom right is a table read from "Ghostlight" in a room with a dark background.
A 2024 Wisconsin Film Festival preview in full bloom
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March 12, 2024

Nine of our writers offer their picks and advice on the annual cinematic rite of spring that runs between April 4 and 11.

A photo shows an Aleppo chili flakes jar flanked by salt and pepper on a kitchen counter. An illustrated frame around the photo depicts a checked tablecloth pattern with various items of food. In the bottom left corner, a small caricature chef stands on a spoon with the speech bubble, "Small Bites."
Small Bites: Soup season is Aleppo pepper season
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February 16, 2024

This mild and fruity spice adds a light kick to any wintertime dish and is available locally.

A white kayak rests upside down on saddle horses in the grass by a stone building.
Summering in analysis paralysis
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August 18, 2023

The pressure to maximize summer fun in Madison.

A collage shows the logos of several recent Madison apartment developments, including Humbucker Apartments, Ella, and The Standard, over a grainy background of an architectural drawing of a building facade.
A definitive grading of Madison apartment building names
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July 28, 2023

Dude, we're hum-bucking the standards when it comes to gentrified branding.

A photo illustration shows a paperback copy of Wallace Stegner’s “Crossing To Safety” held up in the foreground, with a residential Madison street and the shore of Lake Mendota visible in the background.
Depression-era Madison, meet Madison’s depressing housing market
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June 2, 2023

Wallace Stegner's "Crossing To Safety" tells an eerily familiar story about money and ambition in our city.

This illustration shows a man in a hot air balloon floating through a blue sky with fluffy clouds. But floating along with him are COVID-reminiscent mines. One is poking and could puncture the balloon.
Tired, sick, and invisible; or, how I learned to never stop worrying and love the mask
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May 22, 2023

As COVID-19 precautions continue to erode, immunocompromised people are left even more isolated without a path forward to normalcy.