CHEW meetings are free and open to the public. Unless otherwise noted in a program’s description, meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month at the Goodman Community Center, (Ironworks Building), 149 Waubesa St., Madison, Wisconsin. Got questions? Or want to get on our newsletter list? Email chewwisconsin@gmail.com
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COMING NEXT
CHEW Members-Only Annual Picnic: Wednesday, August 5, 2026 (5:30 PM-)
Warner Park Beach Shelter, 1101 Woodward Drive
A Semiquincentennial Experiment!
While July festivities commemorating the country’s semiquincentennial will have passed, we invite you to extend the experience by attending this year’s members’ picnic and bringing a dish to pass featuring a new or favorite recipe, either from among your Fourth of July picnic standards or a fresh culinary mashup of the red, white, and blue.
Please also bring a card with the name of your dish and whether it contains any common/potential allergens: milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, or soybeans. CHEW will provide plates, utensils, and beverages.
For map to Warner Park Beach shelter, go to: https://maps.app.goo.gl/KPNVK81dMfkmYpJW6.
Please note that there is no CHEW meeting in July, 2026.
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CHEW meetings feature invited speakers, lively discussions, and often food samplings or cooking 
demonstrations. See below for info about our newsletter, membership, traveling library and more.
Newsletter – To receive our email newsletter, send us a note at chewwisconsin@gmail.com.
Membership – For info about why and how to join CHEW, click here.
CHEW Library – One of the benefits of in-person CHEW meetings is access to CHEW’s traveling library. Our collection totals over 110 titles, ranging from James Beard award winner The Sioux’s Chef’s Indigenous Kitchen to the very drinkable Bottoms Up: A Toast to Wisconsin’s Historic Bars and Breweries. To peruse all the book titles in our library, click Culinary. You can put in an “order” for a specific book by emailing chewwisconsin@gmail.com. The book will be brought to the next in-person meeting (if it hasn’t already been checked out). Several titles will also be featured at each meeting–you’ll hear a short review and will have the opportunity to check one of the featured titles out for a month.
Facebook – We also invite you to join CHEW on Facebook, for fascinating food links, discussions and more: https://www.facebook.com/groups/chewwis/