If you haven't stopped by the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum this season to grab some local produce, head over this Saturday. more ›

The shop will open with a full lineup of breads and packaged goods - the meats come later. more ›

Once Friedman announced the book project on Twitter last week, we had to know more. more ›

The indoor winter market runs from January through April. Matthias Merges, Chef of newly-opened Yusho, will be running a demo. more ›

Logan Square Farmer's Market and the Glenwood Sunday Market are both setting up shop inside this weekend. more ›

Uncommon Ground holds the top two spots in the Green Restaurant Association's restaurant rankings. more ›

The organization has to move their apiary to new land and they need to raise the money by February. more ›

The new brew, "Eldergin," joins the star-studded pantheon of North Shore's limited release spirits. more ›

Most of them are already spoken for - but you have one last chance to get a great local turkey. more ›

Learn about Virtue Cider while eating Nicole Pederson's awesome food. more ›

Read Part I of our interview with Dmitry Samarov from last Friday more ›

We helped harvest a few weeks ago, and you can join in the fun tomorrow. If you like sweet potatoes (or urban gardening) you won't want to miss this. more ›

Farm Dinner season is coming to an end, and if you haven't had the chance to go to one yet, now is the time. Slagel Family Farm is hosting its last dinner of the season. We brought you a gallery of photos from Slagel a few weeks ago, and if those photos made you want to head back to the land, join Chef Nicole Pederson (of C-House) and chefs from One SixtyBlue this Saturday, October 8. more ›

In the last few months, farm dinners have been popping up everywhere. And, let's be honest, they are often quite expensive. Readers often ask us what exactly goes on at a farm dinner. Do you just, like, go to a farm and eat? We asked Slagel Family Farm, host of last month's Publican farm dinner, to share some moments from a typical farm dinner. Hopefully, these will start to answer your questions. more ›

We had such a good time (read: ate so much and drank so much) that we only vaguely remember the last third of our Sunday Dinner Club experience. Which is probably the best endorsement we can possibly give it. A few weeks ago, SDC threw a vegetarian installment of their popular underground supper club, and we finally decided to join them. The owners, Josh Kulp and Christine Cikowski, announced last week that they were going to open a really-for-real restaurant, but when we were in the kitchen there were only excited rumors. The rumors added energy to the already-frenetic kitchen space, making for a particularly fun and interesting night. more ›

Nice Cream owner Kris Swanberg said that she would fight the regulations, which essentially requires small-batch makers like Nice Cream to adopt preparation and production processes that "macro" ice cream producers use. more ›

"Every week, I find something I didn't realize was in season or I didn't realize was possible to grow here," explained Bruce Sherman, of North Pond Restaurant, as he picked over the produce on a recent Wednesday at Green City Market. Diners have gotten used to seeing producers and market names all over menus, and during the summer, Chicago restaurants are inundated with farm-to-table dishes. Sherman, and many other Chicago chefs, go a step further, and visit the market every week, talking to farmers (many of whom are now old friends) and picking up their orders themselves. We followed Chef Sherman through the market to learn how a chef shops for produce. more ›

Every time we go to a farmer's market, we're amazed by how much has changed from the week before. One of the best things about talking to farmers and buying local produce is that you get back in touch with the seasonality of food - when things are available and at their peak. Right now, the colors of the market are bursting into full bloom, as the market moves out of its green period and into the bright oranges, purples and reds of mid-summer. It's not quite peak harvest time yet, but if you haven't been to the market lately, go on Saturday. more ›

The Independent Spirits Expo, a gathering of American micro-distillers, importers and small, independent spirits brands, comes to town for the first time on Wednesday, September 28. For the past several years, organizer Dave Schmier has hosted installments of the Indy Spirits Expo in New York and San Francisco, drawing an average of 40 exhibitors. The debut event in Chicago, which will take place at the Bottom Lounge's Volcano Room, in the West Loop, has already attracted lots of craft producers, including local and regional distillers like Koval, Evanston's fledgling F.E.W. Spirits, Rehorst and North Shore Distillery. more ›

It's a fantasy dream for gardeners and localvores - if only our backyard looked like this. more ›

Last Minute Plan - Tonight at the Bristol, the Green City Market Junior Board is hosting a "Meet the Market" event. There is no admission price, pastries and sweets are free (courtesy of Amanda Rockman, the Bristol's pastry wizard) and cocktails will be $11. Created by mixologist Debbi Peek, with spirits donated by death door, the cocktails include a Blueberry Ginger Mule and a Raspberry and Rosemary Sour. For those who wish to learn while they drink, Paul Thelan from Hillside Orchards will be there to talk about farming, fruit and markets. The event runs from 6-9, and will be on the second floor. 2152 N. Damen Avenue. more ›

It promises to be the tastiest way you could spend your 4th of July. more ›

Chef Scott Walton tends a serious rooftop garden that provides some great ingredients to the kitchen. more ›

If you're not a fan of Trump, don't worry - you don't have to go inside the glittering tower of wealth, power and over-priced cocktails to get to the market. more ›

Anyone who went to Green City Market (as we did) on Saturday saw a strange thing. About a block to the south, there was a grid of unoccupied paths laid out, like a ghost farmers market was taking place at the same time. Now we know why - Green City Market announced today that it was moving (slightly) starting this Wednesday. more ›

Last week, City Provisions (our favorite charcuterie maker and all-around great local food emporium) announced that they would start serving brunch. CP already makes its own bacon, corned beef, pates and sandwiches, and starting this Sunday, June 26th, City Provisions will be serving an expanded menu from 10-2. The menu, which looks drool-worthy, will include latkes, whiskey-glazed ham, fresh biscuits and donuts, duck fat home fries and house-cured salmon. more ›

Beer enthusiasts, you won't want to miss this. On Saturday, June 25, from 2 to 7 p.m., the Chicago Urban Art Society in Pilsen plays host to Brew Ha Ha, a gathering of local home beer makers including three featured brewers, Powell Brewing, Brutally Honest Brews and Low Dive. For 10 bucks, you get to sample unique suds from each upstart outfit plus some special grub courtesy of Chef Won & Company. more ›

Local soul revival superstars JC Brooks And The Uptown Sound have signed to local label Bloodshot Records, and will release their second full-length record through them this fall, according to a post on the label's blog. more ›

Quad Cities-style pizza upped its presence in Chicago on Tuesday with the grand opening of Roots Handmade Pizza, the latest venture from Fifty/50 owners Greg Mohr and Scott Weiner. Always eager to expand our culinary horizons, we rushed over to get a look at the new digs and then get down to the business of disappearing some 'za. more ›

The USDA regularly tests produce for pesticides and other chemicals - and they were surprised to find cilantro (the first fresh herb tested) was absolutely loaded with pesticides. The Tribune's Monica Eng reported that 94% of the samples taken by the USDA tested positive for at least one pesticide, and 44% showed pesticides not approved for use in Cilantro - the number in apples was 2%. more ›