Another stop I made in my 8 day journey was to Madison Wisconsin. There, my friend decided we needed to go to one her her favorites. It’s a darling restaurant near one of the lakes in Madison called Bluephies. It’s veggie friendly, an almost California-cuisine type restaurant that even has gluten-free options.

They had amazing food and so much to choose from! I had tomato basil soup (veggie based!) and a portabello mushroom sandwich with the most amazing aoli sauce on it. It was fabulous.

But the best part of the meal was the Tomato Olive Butter served with warm sourdough bread. My sister, Renee and I were were analyzing it to see just how it was made. We figured out butter, cream cheese, kalamata olives, sun dried tomatoes and some other spices. But we couldn’t figure it out just exactly.

So, I had an idea… They have a cookbook they are selling at the front. So, at the end of our meal, I flipped through the book. Sure enough! It was there. So, I had my sister ‘fake’ pose with the book to ‘show where we went to eat’ in typical tourist fashion. And then she flipped the book open, I zoomed in and snapped the shot. And we went on our way. I now have the recipe. For free. (hehe!!! shhhh… Don’t tell!)