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Market to Menu

Time: Tuesdays at 3:52 PM through September 8
Host: Laura Kennedy

Munch your way the growing season with GLT's Market to Menu, a weekly guide to choosing and preparing the best fresh produce offered at the Uptown Normal Trailside Market.

Each Tuesday, just as the Market opens, GLT's Laura Kennedy visits with Market vendors to learn how choose and prepare the best offerings of the day.

From spring's early greens and berries to high summer's tomatoes and sweet corn to the squashes and apples of autumn---Market to Menu is your guide to the bountiful harvest of central Illinois.

GLT is proud to partner with the Town of Normal, WBMD/WYZZ and the Illinois Department of Agriculture to bring you Market to Menu.

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Recent Programs

Gala Apples (mp3)
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Farmer Theresa Schofner talks up the benefits of gala apples.

Mint (mp3)
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Simon Burke form Goodison Gardens shares his secrets for a great mint tea.

Blackberries (mp3)
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Farmer Rita O'Rourke shares the juicy details behind the blackberry.

Zucchini (mp3)
Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Check out how zucchini can make a great bread.

Broccoli (mp3)
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Karen Harvey of Harvey Homestead talks up the green, mean, cancer fighting machine that is broccoli.

Japanese Turnips (mp3)
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Farmer Lyndon Hartz reveals the juicy sweetness of the Japanese turnip.

Kohlrabi (mp3)
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010
Run Time: 2:00
You may never have heard of it, but it's quite delicious. It's kohlrabi.

Snow Peas (mp3)
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Karen Harvey From Harvey Homestead talks up the delicious and nutritious snow pea.

New Potatoes (mp3)
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Rita from O'Rourke Family Gardens shares a few secrets about new potatoes.

Beets (mp3)
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Hear about beets from top to bottom from Ken of Epiphany Farms.

Basil (mp3)
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Simon from Goodison Gardens in Bloomington talks basil with Laura Kennedy.

Pak Choy...or is it Bok Choy? (mp3)
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Ken from Epiphany Farms talks about the popular Asian veggie, Pak Choy.

Asparagus (mp3)
Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2010
Run Time: 2:00
Laura Kennedy chats with Keith Kuerth of Apple Ridge Farms about asparagus, an early spring veggie.

Basil (mp3)
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Laura Kennedy speaks with Angie Ackerman of Ackerman Certified Organic Farms about the popular herb, basil.

Cilantro (mp3)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Angie Ackerman of Ackerman Certified Organic Farms has the inside scoop on cilantro.

Potatoes (mp3)
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Farmer Darlene Crump talks 'taters.

Honey (mp3)
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Honey -- it makes Winnie the Pooh happy and your allergies, too. Kate Bradd from Scroggin Hill Honey talks up this sweet treat.

Peaches (mp3)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Farmer Alan Shofner shares that fuzzy and juicy fruit, the peach.

Beets (mp3)
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Darlene Crump from the Crump Family Farms discusses beets.

Rosemary (mp3)
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Farmer Don Schertz gives Laura Kennedy the lowdown on Rosemary.

Green Beans (mp3)
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Farmer Keith Keurth talks up the benefits of green beans.

Cutting Celery (mp3)
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009
Run Time: 2:00
This isn't your father's celery -- and Don Shertz from Green Acres Herb Farm explains why.

Black Raspberries (mp3)
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Keith Kuerth from Apple Ridge Farms highlights the pleasures of black raspberries.

Strawberries (mp3)
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Farmer Michell Jacob talks about how to best enjoy strawberries.

Swiss Chard (mp3)
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Farmer Carrie O'Rourke talks with Laura Kennedy about a versatile green called swiss chard.

Rhubarb (mp3)
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Laura Kennedy talks with farmer Mitchell Jacobs about how to choose rhubarb and how to use it.

Spinach (mp3)
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009
Run Time: 2:00
Laura Kennedy talks with Carrie O'Rourke of O'Rourke Family Farms about how to choose spinach and how to use it.