The Chicago Homegrown Cookbook: Local Food, Local Restaurants, Local Recipes (Homegrown Cookbooks)

The Chicago Homegrown Cookbook: Local Food, Local Restaurants, Local Recipes celebrates the best homegrown food in and around the windy city, profiling 30 chefs who work together with local farms to bring the freshest, locally grown, sustainable foods to their menus. The book is organized by season and presents 100 delicious recipes. Featured chefs include Rick Bayless, Rick Gresh (Primehouse), Rob Levitt (MADO), and Mindy Segal (Hot Chocolate). Exquisite color photography illustrates the recipes and profiles.

To those farmers who have provided myself and others with the opportunity to serve great-tasting, super-fresh local foods: cheers.—Erwin Drechsler, from the Foreword Good food is locally grown food. The Chicago Homegrown Cookbook: Local Food, Local Restaurants, Local Recipes celebrates the best homegrown food in and around the windy city, profiling 29 chefs who are working with local farmers to bring the freshest locally grown, sustainable foods to their menus. Inside you’ll find more than 70 delicious recipes from top chefs like Rick Bayless of Frontera, Rick Gresh of David Burke’s Primehouse, Rob Levitt and Allie Levitt of The Butcher and Larder, and Mindy Segal of Hot Chocolate. The stories and photos of these farmers and chefs are sure to foster an appreciation for the hard work that goes into creating local, seasonal food. Sampling the recipes made with incredibly fresh ingredients will make you a local food devotee for life. Aria, Chef Chad StarlingBleeding Heart Bakery, Chef Michelle GarciaThe Bristol, Chef Chris PandelBrowntrout, Chef Sean SandersThe Butcher and Larder, Chefs Rob Levitt and Allie LevittCafé at Wild Things, Chef Ron KrivosikChalkboard, Chef Gilbert LangloisChilam Balam, Chef Chuy ValenciaDavid Burke’s Primehouse and the James Hotel, Chef Rick GreshThe Dining Room at Kendall College, Chef Benjamin BrowningFloriole Café & Bakery, Chef Sandra HollFrontera Grill, Topolobampo, and XOCO, Chef Rick BaylessGourmet Gorilla, Owner Danielle HrzicHoosier Mama Pie Co., Chef Paula HaneyHot Chocolate, Chef Mindy SegalNacional 27, Mixologist Adam SegerNaha, Chef Carrie NahabedianNightwood and Lula Cafe, Chefs Jason Hammel and Amalea TshildsNorth Pond, Chef Bruce ShermanPrairie Grass Cafe/Prairie Fire, Chefs Sarah Stegner and GeorgeProvince, Chef Randy ZweibanPublican, Blackbird, avec, Big Star, Chef Paul KahanSignature Room at the 95th, Chef Patrick SheerinSola, Chef Carol WallackSunday Dinner, Chefs Josh Kulp and Christine CikowskiTerzo Piano, Chef Meg Colleran SahsUncommon Ground, Chef Brian MillmanVie, Chef Paul Virant