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Goodness. The pace has picked up so much around these parts that MW darn near forgot to submit a column for this week. As it is, it will have to be short, as there is much work to be done, things to get caught up on, shopping lists to make, etc. Yes, shopping lists — MW makes one before the Market each week — it helps to plan ahead. It cuts down on waste and keeps MW (and MW's …
| Wow! Get to the third week of August around these parts and it suddenly becomes another world entirely, one filled with teeming hordes of people (and their parents) driving all over the place looking for interesting things to do, things that capture the spirit of the area and all that stuff. If you're here with your family tagging along for a few days, MW believes the Market is a great place to bring your parents; parents love farmers' markets …
At the risk of sounding like a mostly-broken record, MW has to break it to you: the weather will be hot and the produce will be amazing this weekend at Urbana's Market at the Square. While things are a bit dry around these parts, rain has fallen on other areas, including those inhabited by several of the Market's growers. Produce and flowers... in abundance. But it's going to be hot, OK? MW recommends going to the Market early in …
The show is going on this week at the Market - not only is it National Farmers Market Week, the weather should be sunny and not oppressive, and some of the best tasting produce of the year starts arriving at the Market in August. Sure, a lot of it looks familiar since you've been seeing for a few weeks now, but this time of year it really comes into its own in terms of flavor and scent. Speaking of, …
It will be hard for MW to match its usual enthusiasm and glee and verbiosity regarding the Market this go-around. For those who have not yet heard, Market vendor and chocolate-maker extraordinaire Daniel Schreiber of Flatlander Chocolate passed away suddenly early this week. His passing leaves a huge hole in the Urbana-Champaign community, but especially its food community. He was full of ideas, often hilarious, had incredible physical and mental energy, inspired friends and acquaintances to consider trying something …
Well, well, well — it's the Lucky Thirteenth Market of the season, and the heirloom tomatoes have arrived — so it's really lucky! Not just the heirloom cherry tomatoes, either, but the cute ones with the stripes, the big and beefy red ones, the smoky-tasting purple ones (try them in fresh salsa and you'll see what MW is talking about), and the stately (yes, stately) yellow and orange ones. Tomatoes! FOR REALS!
Three months in, and the Market is bonkers. If you made it to the Market last week, you could tell just how bonkers by the number of cars in the parking lot, the number of bikes locked up to the Market's bike parking (just to the west of the Market site, if you've missed it in the past), and the number of people within. MW will take this opportunity to remind you that getting there early is a good …
Hard to believe, but the growing season is heading toward its peak. It makes sense, actually, since the Market is in its 11th (?!) week. This buildup will be marked along the way by the appearance of a few summery things MW has not yet noticed, like melons, heirloom tomatoes, heirloom peppers, and the like, but really, we're just about there. And it is glorious, Market shoppers. The weather, despite the heat and the relative dryness of the last …
Time to celebrate your food independence by coming out to Market at the Square this weekend. It is not as though there will be slim pickins, either — independence means enjoying the extreme hard work of local farmers... and extreme benevolence of a rather fine-mooded Mother Nature. What a combination! So, last week MW got the usual peaches/tomatoes/corn situation — now at the Market for the next 6 weeks, at the very least — and also found some terrific …
Remember how last weekend it was kind of warm and humid at the Market? Right. You can expect a replay of that tomorrow at the Market, but don't let a little heat hold you back. Besides, if you come early, it won't be as warm and you will be able to partake of what Markt Watch likes to call Summer's Holy Trinity: peaches, tomatoes, and... sweet corn. Yes.
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Looks like you are also all members of the killer sideburns club.
@Annie: Yeah, my bad. That was the best part! Drinking + memory exercises = fun @Rob: According to Ask the English Teacher, “My dictionary says ‘drunk’ is an archaic past tense of ‘drink.‘“ We’re all about the new grammar around here.
“more beer is drank” Awesome. Way to go “editors.“
You left out the best part—you have to REMEMBER your number after the beer chugging! Yeah, I’m a member.
Great article, man. Like you, I didn’t really know Daniel all that well, but I felt the impact of his death. I too was inspired by him and it pleases me to see that he continues to live on in the spirit of the community.
Thanks you guys…I love living in a community that can connect, share, and create through food. It’s inspiring…
<div> A beautiful recap of the evening and thank you for sharing why you find what the Fund is doing is inspiring. I haven’t been able to write too much about my feelings about the community’s loss of Dan yet either, but Dan has also inspired me…
Seth and Justine, thanks so much! Through your writing and your photos, everyone can get at least a taste of what was served up Sunday night. Dan would very much have liked that! As you say, our community is very much “fertile ground,“ and Dan had such…
That is perhaps the best article you have ever written… a love letter to Champaign-Urbana and the people who call it home.
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Illinois has simply had no luck at all in these Mizzou games. None. I think maybe we’re do for a couple of bounces to go our way. If we get one or two (or sever or eight) breaks, I think it’s a win.
Jason, Savoy could easily join the CPL tax district, which is probably closer to most Savoy residents than the Tolono library is. But my impression is that Savoy residents as a whole don’t want to pay the cost of the CPL (Tolono’s library taxes are cheaper), even…
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(speaking as a Savoy resident) By paying taxes to support a member of the LTLS, we are paying our “fair share” to use any LTLS library—Tolono, Champaign, Urbana, etc. This is how library systems work. The 6% of CPL’s circulation represented by Tolono users is NOT significant…
I read Timbo’s argument. I think the key word is “speculating.“
I would be interested to hear more about the “word on the street”—how are individual hauling companies fulfilling their promise to recycle?
Timbo makes a smart, sound argument. Reread it.
I joined on 09-09-09 after living here over a year, and having to listen to my dad tell me how his best friend is, like, #27 or something crazy like that, and how said friend never lived further than 50 feet from the Illini Inn while going…
And, I might add, no one is being prevented from using the Champaign library. They are just being asked to pay their fair share if they are going to use it as their primary library.
The equation is pretty simple here. If you want social services, then pay the taxes required to run those social services. These things only work if everyone puts in their fair share. As a heavy user of the Champaign Library, I say bravo to this new policy.
Curtis Orchard is always good for an hour or three, especially if you have rugrats.
What is the increased marginal cost of serving a resident of Savoy or Mahomet? I suspect negligible. What is the increased revenue to be realized by this new policy? I suspect very little. Aside from these financial aspects, what are the most probable results from this new…
Looks like you are also all members of the killer sideburns club.
Thanks for the article, Ben. I was not familiar with this band until now and even though I won’t be able to attend the show on Friday they are now on my radar. A *good* jam band is hard to find, and these folks appear to fill…
Nice article, love the Dead quote in the beginning. If they can get down here to Central FL I’ll definitely be heading out to the show. Some of my friends have finally stopped wincing when I say “jam band.“ I’ve now tried my best at more descriptive…
@Annie: Yeah, my bad. That was the best part! Drinking + memory exercises = fun @Rob: According to Ask the English Teacher, “My dictionary says ‘drunk’ is an archaic past tense of ‘drink.‘“ We’re all about the new grammar around here.
Katie, have the residents of Savoy and Tolono thought about having their taxes raised a little to help their public library expand? That’s a possibility for them. And then everybody wins.
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I joined on 09-09-09 after living here over a year, and having to listen to my dad tell me how his best friend is, like, #27 or something crazy like that, and how said friend never lived further than 50 feet from the Illini Inn while going…