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If Beating the Rain Were an Olympic Sport...
I got out early Saturday morning because I was racing the rain on my first 2024 trip to the Green City satellite market in Chicago’s..
Bob Benenson
Jun 1, 20243 min read

I've Got a Big Head (of Lettuce)
The idea that fresh, local, sustainably produced food at the farmers market is soooo expensive was always an exaggeration. Now, after...
Bob Benenson
May 25, 20245 min read

Hello, Picasso, My Old Friend
Barb and I had an errand to run in the Loop, so we timed it so we could drop in on the season opener of the venerable Daley Plaza Market...
Bob Benenson
May 23, 20246 min read

Market, May I?
With the Chicago Chefs Cookbook launch at Mariano’s Lakeview on my calendar for 11 a.m. (details below), I had to make an early morning...
Bob Benenson
May 11, 20241 min read

Bob's Charmed (and Locally Farmed) Life
Yeah, this is the life. It’s May, the outdoor farmers market season is off to the races (and it happens to be Kentucky Derby day), and...
Bob Benenson
May 4, 20245 min read


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