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Market Scene: Wicker Park & Bucktown Farmers' Market, Chicago

Photographs by Nick Kindelsperger In Chicago, things are just getting ready to flip from summer bounty to outright excess. The best-looking tomatoes are still the small Sun Golds, and while apples have started to make an appearance, they aren't the delicious crisp and sweet variety—but we are getting awfully close. What clued me in to the impending abundance were the massive piles of Midwestern sweet corn at the Wicker Park & Bucktown Farmers' Market. Ears were dumped in big bins and picked over by the zealous shoppers, ready to sink their teeth into what real corn should taste like. My first stand was Iron Creek Farms from Saint Joseph, Michigan. They had an impressive collection of little potatoes, cauliflower,...

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5 Comments | Posted by Nick Kindelsperger, August 18, 2009 at 2:15 PM
Tagged: Chicago, farmers' markets, Illinois, Market Scene, Wicker Park, Wicker Park and Bucktown Farmers' Market