Farmers Market
Discover Recipes & More!

This is just a taste of titles. There are many more to discover, especially in 641.65.

	The Chef’s Garden Terence Conran 635 CON
	From Seed to Table: A Practical Guide to Eating and Growing Green Janette Haase 635 HAA
	How to Pick a Peach: The Search for Flavor from Farm to Table Russ Parsons 641.303 PAR
	Melissa’s Great Book of Produce: Everything You Need to Know About Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Cathy Thomas 641.34 THO
	Complete Book of Home Preserving: 400 Delicious and Creative Recipes for Today 641.42 COM
	The Best Vegetable Recipes: A Best Recipe Classic 641.65 BES
	The Garden-Fresh Vegetable cookbook Andrea Chesman 641.65 CHE
	The Market Fresh Cookbook 641.65 MAR
	Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables John Peterson 641.65 PET
	In Season: Cooking with Vegetables and Fruits Sarah Raven 641.65 RVA
	Vegetable Harvest: Vegetables at the Center of the Plate Patricia Wells 641.65 WEL
	Cooking with Heirlooms: Seasonal Recipes with Heritage-Variety Vegetables and Fruits Karen Keb Acevedo 641.651 ACE
	Rosalind Creasy’s Recipes from the Garden Rosalind Creasy 641.651 CRE
	The Vegetable Dishes I Can’t Live Without Mollie Katzen 641.651 KAT
	The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table: Recipes, Portraits, and History of the World’s Most Beautiful Fruit Amy Goldman 641.65642 GOL

Other Recipe Sources

Heritage Prairie Market – Seasonal Shopping Year Round

“Favorite Fruit & Vegetable Recipes” 2009 edition from the Kane County Farm Bureau

Garden Fresh Recipes from the Chicago Botanic Garden

Sustainable Table – recipes

Seasonal Recipes from Jacksonville, IL Farmers Market

Local Markets and Resources

St. Charles Farmers Market
Baker Memorial United Methodist, Rt. 64/Downtown-Main St. & 4th Ave.,
St. Charles, IL 60174, 630-580-6680,
7am-1pm, held every Friday thru October 26th.
The Market offers fresh produce, fruit, meat and poultry products, bountiful fruit and flowers from Michigan Orchards as well as garden plants, produce and foodstuffs from Illinois growers. It also offers a tempting array of gourmet food products, fresh baked bread, garden and landscaping products, arts and crafts.

Illinois Farmer’s Markets
A list from the Illinois Department of Agriculture of markets in Illinois communities.

Illinois Farm Direct
Farm Direct helps you find farm fresh, locally grown Illinois food by connecting you with the source, Illinois farmers. Search the database to find particular types of produce and the farmer closest to you.

Slow Food USA
Site explains the slow food movement.

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