We give a lot of love to Green City Market, but there are so many other great farmers markets in Chicago. One of our regular haunts, which we profiled last year, is the Glenwood Sunday Market in Rogers Park. Already a fixture of the community, the market doesn't just sell food - it holds classes and demonstrations and works on anti-hunger initiatives, like matching LINK funds so people on food assistance can get more for their money. And, they have a chance to be America's Favorite Farmers Market, in a contest held by the American Farmland Trust. more ›

We were fortunate to have the opportunity to ask Epicurious.com's Editor-in-Chief, Tanya Steel, some questions about the website and the upcoming holidays. Epicurious incorporates content from Gourmet, Bon Appetit and Self magazines as well as original content. Since coming to the site in the summer of 2005, Steel has broadened the website to include a bevy of food knowledge in addition to one of its greatest appeals: tried and true recipes that can be re-created at home. Prior to joining Epicurious, Steel ran the New York arm of Bon Appetit. She has written for numerous publications including the New York Times and Food and Wine magazine and received the James Beard Foundation Journalism Award for Magazine Restaurant Review or Critique in 2003. more ›

We mistakenly told the other Chicagoist foodists that November was National Chili Month when, in fact, it was last month. more ›

• Five ways to trick yourself into eating less. [Newsweek]
• The mulefoot pig being served at Blackbird on 10/19 is not the Reader's Dee-Dee. Start placing bets now on if she's in utero. [Food Chain]
• Will Allen, founder of MIlwaukee Based CSA (Community Sponsored Agriculture) organization Growing Power is the recipient of a MacArthur Genius grant. [Drive-Thru]

Gas prices continue to rise and food prices are right behind, riding the bumper. As a result, not only is the move toward fresh, local ingredients (which require less transport) becoming more important but food banks are finding themselves in short supply. America's Second Harvest, the nation's largest charitable hunger-relief organization, is teaming with Epicurious.com to sponsor an event that will not only raise money for hunger relief, but also give attendees a taste of farm-fresh ingredients prepared by MK Restaurant's Chef Michael Kornick and Pastry Chef Amy Sampson. (See our review of MK here.) more ›