With flowers blooming everywhere, now is a good time to bone up on your knowledge of what to eat from the earth. Anna Barnes suggests violets as a sweet treat for Spring.
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Curbing swine flu fever
Something about the current level of hype surrounding swine flu isn’t adding up. Could it be the actual numbers??? 149 number of deaths globally from Swine Flu (all in Mexico) 40 number of confirmed U.S. …
CUPHD acknowledge poor timing in enforcement
Officials for the C-U Public Health Department freely admitted to negligence last night. Anna Barnes weighs in on what it means for them and us and the Market.
Ramps: cooking up Chicago’s namesake
The early growing season is fully upon us, and where we live happens to be one of the best for digging up some of nature’s finest: ramps.
C-U Public Health bans home baked goods at the Market
Local vendors have been baked till burnt and discarded this year thanks to Jim Roberts, environmental health director at the C-U Public Health Department. Anna Barnes reports on the controversy.
Taking advantage of local Swiss chard
Often the first to come and the last to go, local Swiss chard comes in handy almost year round. Oh, and it’s delicious, too.
Doing lunch locally at bacaro
For Thad Morrow, executive chef and owner of bacaro, buying and cooking locally isn’t just important, it’s a way of doing good business. Now, lunch is on the table, too.
Don’t be afraid to ditch recipes
Why pay attention to cookbooks when you can simply look around you to see what’s growing? Anna Barnes explains why recipes are for the birds.
Eat your yard: using dandelion greens in the home
Dandelions come with spring like dead leaves come with fall. The difference? You can cook up the greens, and shockingly enough, they are really really good for you too.
Rehabilitating hardened honey
In this first edition of Toaster Oven Fire — a new column dedicated to troubleshooting common kitchen conundrums — we learn about what it means to save the life of hardened honey.