Food, Markets

Chicago Markets This Week: Desperately Seeking Strawberries

  One of the best things about farmers markets at the peak of the season is the rainbow of colors in that beautiful, fresh, local produce. We aren’t quite there […]

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Chicago Farmers Market Season Hits Full Stride

The Chicago farmers market season opened on May 1—a delightful and welcome return to normalcy. And with this weekend’s opening days, almost every high-profile market—and many of the cozier neighborhood […]

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MCA Farmers Market: Art for Art’s Sake, Honey for God’s Sake

After a delay caused by the COVID-19 restrictions, the Tuesday SOAR Farmers Market on the plaza outside the Museum of Contemporary Art opened for the summer last week. And with […]

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Eating Seasonally in Chicago: Now Playing, Squash

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Early October is a time of transitions. The leaves on the trees were as deep green as mid-summer as I set out on my Saturday walk to Green City Market […]

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Daley Plaza: The Art of Supporting Local Farmers – Kicks off May 9

Every major city has great art, and every major city has farmers markets. Chicago just happens to have both in one place. The Daley Plaza Farmers Market — the anchor […]

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Winter at the Market: Root Root Root for the Farm Team

By Bob Benenson You just have to step outside for a reminder that this is not peak growing season in Chicagoland. Yet a number of our region’s stalwart growers participate […]

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Wicker Park Farmers Market Brings the Taste of Summer Indoors

Indoor markets are helping us remember those good old days of summer. I long for fresh-baked pastries, fruits of the season, herbs and veggies. Fortunately for us city dwellers, the […]

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