Bob BenensonMay 313 min readIf 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 BenensonMay 245 min readI'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 BenensonMay 226 min readHello, Picasso, My Old FriendBarb 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 BenensonMay 101 min readMarket, 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 BenensonMay 35 min readBob's Charmed (and Locally Farmed) LifeYeah, 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...