A little sneak peek of my interview in the summer 2025 issue of Wisconsin People & Ideas:

“Heather Kerrigan traveled more than 2,600 miles across Wisconsin to sample as many of the state’s beer, brat, and cheese delicacies as her stomach could handle. Her debut book, Beer, Brats, and Cheese: A Wisconsin Road Trip (University of Wisconsin Press, 2025), is a guidebook for those hungry to follow in her footsteps. We sat down to discuss her research—i.e. sampling hundreds of rounds of food and beverages—and why it’s more important than ever to support the state’s butchers, farmers, cheesemakers, brewers, and chefs.”

Read the full article here.

Listen in as I join WORT-FM’s Andy Moore on the Friday 8 O’Clock Buzz to talk all things Wisconsin beer, brats, and cheese!

Midwest Book Review selected Beer, Brats, and Cheese as its March 2025 Reviewer’s Choice:

Featuring a number of maps and the occasional B/W illustration, Heather Kerrigan’s “Beer, Brats, and Cheese: A Wisconsin Road Trip” from the University of Wisconsin Press is a treasured combination of Wisconsin culinary history and food themed travel guide showcasing what Wisconsin on has to offer beyond beer, brats, and cheese — as well as the best of those iconic foods. Informative, exceptional, and an inherently fascinating read from start to finish, “Beer, Brats, and Cheese: A Wisconsin Road Trip” is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal reading lists and community/academic library Travel Guide & Wisconsin History collections.

“Reads like a love letter to Wisconsin’s craft cheese and beer, as if this is your best friend telling you exactly where to go—and why. With Kerrigan’s ‘go here, not there’ attitude, I felt like we were on a road trip together.”

—Kristine Hansen, author of Wisconsin Cheese Cookbook: Creamy, Cheesy, Sweet, and Savory Recipes from the State’s Best Creameries

“If you want to take a road trip for beer, brats, and cheese, then this is your Bible, and Heather Kerrigan is your beer, cheese, and brat prophetess. Reading this book will make you both hungry and thirsty, and you’ll likely want to jump in your car and take a road trip, with Kerrigan riding shotgun.”

—Jeanette Hurt, author of Wisconsin Cocktails