A few weeks back, we brought you news of an aldermanic hissy fit that threatened the life of the Logan Square Farmers Market. Alderman Rey Colon objected that campaign material for his opponent in the last election had been handed out at the market, and tried to shut it down. The response was immediate - on every website that covered the story, angry comments piled up - and a few days later, Colon withdrew his formal opposition to their permit in the city counsel. Even then, it was unclear what would happen to the market. The Tribune reported Friday that Colon announced that he would support the market going forward. more ›

• New term: "foodie" + "douchebag" = "Foochebag." I'm already making a Twitter list of foochebags right now. [Houston Press]
• Center Square Journal's Victoria Wiedel gives a hearty recommendation for I Monelli Trattoria Pizzeria in Lincoln Square. [Center Square Journal]
• Thank you, Carly Fisher, for naming Sai-Shan-Tea one of five must-try summer beers. [NBC Feast]

Shoppers at Green City Market may know Kate Gross as one of the folks selling arugula, cavolo nero and other heirloom greens and produce at the Kinnikinnick Farm booth. Gross is also an accomplished photographer; her photos of local farms seem to almost jump off the screen in their color and vibrancy. more ›

• Mike Sula, in keeping with the Reader's "road trip" theme this week, took a road trip to June, a Peoria restaurant that splits the fine line between molecular gastronomy and the localvore movement that he surmises may be the best new restaurant in the Midwest. [Reader]
• Sula also likes the gyro jibarito at Thamara Dominican Restaurant in Humboldt Park. Next week, Megan will calculate Sula's reduced life expectancy. [Reader]
• Rachael Ray crowned her favorite Chicago hot dog today. Whatever. At least she had the good sense (or savvy producers) to put Superdawg and Jimmy's Red Hots in her final three. [The Stew]

Mike Gebert took a road trip to Iowa recently to film some behind-the-scenes footage at La Quercia in Norwalk, IA. La Quercia owners Herb and Kathy Eckhouse make some of the best dry-cured artisan salumi available, particularly prosciutto and guanciale. Jeffrey Steingarten called La Quercia's prosciutto "the best American or imported prosciutto [he's] ever tasted," while Bon Appetit once named La Quercia "Food Artisans of the Year." more ›

Taste TV, the food and fashion Web network that brought their Chocolate Salon to Symphony Center last autumn, has been organizing a series of judged snout-to-tail competitions across the country in recent months. "Cochon 555" pits five chefs against each other, each of them given their own heritage pig to break down and cook, paired with wines from five boutique wineries. Think "The Whole Hog Project," complete with the same mission of raising awareness about endangered breeds of swine, without the focus on one breed. more ›

Local catering company City Provisions is entering the already crowded "supper club" pool currently shared by Sunday Dinner Club, Bonsoiree, Efrain Cuevas' Clandestino, Bill "The Fish Guy" Dugan's Wellfleet and Jorgina Pereira's Sinhá. more ›

The Tribune reports today about a battle starting to heat up between residents of Jo Daviess County in Northwest Illinois and a California dairy farmer who just received approval from the state Department of Agriculture to build a "megadairy." more ›