Just Announced: Locavore Green City Market Menu for September 22

Join Chicago French Market September 22 for an all local family style dinner to celebrate the Locavore Challenge and share recipes and stories with other supporters. The event takes place 5:30pm-7:30pm, Wednesday, September 22, 2010 at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum in Lincoln Park. Tickets are just $25 and can be purchased at the Market, or online here.

DINNER MENU

Herb Crusted Lamb with Natural Juices

Whole Roasted Herb Chicken with

Caramelized Apple and Onion Compote

Three Sisters Herb Pasta with Spinach

Pickled Genesis Cucumbers and Radishes

over Green Acres Asian Mesclun Greens with Mint

Yogurt Dressing

Grilled Corn with Basil Butter

Delicata Squash Tart

Cauliflower and Hard Cooked Egg Salad

Market Bread and Whipped Butter with Chives

DESSERT MENU

Poached Plum Galette with Limelight Honey Whipped Cream

Decaf Coffee, Hot Tea, Mint Iced Tea

Everyone will also have the opportunity to participate in an interactive community discussion based on their Locavore experience!  Help The group frame this discussion by filling out our Locavore Discussion Survey - just 6 simple questions!

Growing Organic Vegetables in Your Own Backyard with Jeanne Pinsof Nolan, Green City Market's Project Manager of The Edible Gardens, and founder of The Organic Gardener, Ltd.

Are you interested in the satisfaction of growing your own food? Come learn the basic principals of organic gardening with Jeanne Pinsof Nolan.  If you are a novice, this discussion will provide a start at giving yourself and your kids the very real and rewarding experience of growing your own food. For the more experienced gardener, get advice on organic gardening techniques and soil improvement. She'll talk about what to grow, when to plant, proper garden maintenance and more.

Green City Market's 12th Outdoor Season Opened Today

Reprinted from Got Buzz

Opening Grand Celebration May 15

 

Chicago's Green City Market (GCM) opened for its 12th outdoor season today (May 12) and is set for a lively grand opening celebration this Saturday (May 15). In addition to the wealth of farmers and producers, there will be a number of special activities during the opening celebration.

n 7:30 a.m. – Guided tour

n 8:00 a.m. – “Container Gardening” workshop taught by Edible

Gardens manager and organic gardener Jeanne Pinsof-Nolan

n 8:30 a.m. – Guided tour of Edible Gardens in Farm-in-the-Zoo led by

Jeanne Pinsof-Nolan

n 9:30 a.m. – Savor the Seasons Lettuce Fest

§         Featuring chefs from Mon Ami Gabi, Big Bowl, Foodlife, Frankie’s and Café Ba Ba Reeba

n 10:30 a.m. – Chef demos with James Beard award winning chefs Carrie

Nahabedian of NAHA and Sarah Stegner of Prairie Grass Café and

Prairie Fire.

§         NAHA chefs Carrie Nahabedian and Craig Harzewski will collaborate with Sarah Stegner and George Bumbaris (Prairie Grass Café and Prairie Fire) on demos featuring local goat cheese, rhubarb, duck eggs, bacon and bread from Bennison’s Bakery. Pastry chef Harzewski will demo making Goat Cheese Ice Cream topped with Rhubarb Compote made by Prairie Grass. The collaborative demos also will feature a grilled cheese, bacon and duck egg sandwich and a salad of spring greens, asparagus and herbs – all ingredients are available at GCM.

New this year:

Green City Market boasts an impressive list of 55 vendors for its 2010 outdoor season with two new vendors: Dietzler Farm and Becker Lane Organic Farm.

A family-run beef operation, Dietzler Farm is located in Elkhorn, WI. They raise a mixture of Angus and Hereford cows that are custom slaughtered and dry-aged for 28-days.  They are awaiting confirmation of their Food Alliance certification.

Becker Lane Organic Farms is Green City Market's first Iowa farm, located in Dyersville, just north of Dubuque. Jude Becker's farm has been in his family since 1850. He raises Heritage Breeds Cheshire White and Berkshire pigs. The animals graze on 100 percent Certified Organic pastures and are supplemented with acorns, corn, and hay in the winter.