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Forgotten fruits, Chicago chefs

A little love for some not-so-little greenhouses

“Some greenhouses grow vegetables. Some grow flowers. What grows at the two gleaming 2,500-square-foot greenhouses rising from a gray industrial district at South Canal Street and 14th Place is a bit more complex.” Really great story on the Greenhouses of Hope at PGM in this weekend’s Sunday Tribune Magazine. Though it does remind me how … Continued

Forgotten fruits, Chicago chefs

When I went to the Forgotten Fruits workshop up in Madison earlier this  year, one thing seemed sort of off. All the trees looked like this one. March = not exactly peak apple season. Next week, tho, RAFT brings its apple program to Chicago just as the Pippins are starting to fall from the trees. … Continued