ChicagoCulinarian

Green City Market pick: River Valley Ranch’s roasted banana pepper hot sauce make a nice topper for eggs, salads, veggies, soups and more.

The last outdoor Green City Market runs this Saturday before moving indoors at the Nature Museum up the road.

Honeycrisp: the ubiquitous symbol of fall in the Midwest.

The Dyreks of Leaning Shed Farm are known for their abundance of peppers and tomatoes mid-summer, but for fall, we now have candy onions, yellow tomatillos and garlic in longer-lasting, powder form.

Market season in September may mean the winding down of tomatoes, but it’s the winding up of grapes, honey crisp, gourds and more.

Sweet strawberries in the Midwest signal the coming of summer.

Green City Market gears up for its season opener, May 7.

This week’s farmer’s market pick – yellow cherry tomatoes from Kinnikinnik Farms, plus a quick recipette for a Caprese salad.