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Make Summer Plans With The Local Beet’s Farm Dinner Calendar

An Outstanding in the Field dinner at Kinnickinnick Frams in Caledonia, Ill.
An Outstanding in the Field dinner at Kinnickinnick Frams in Caledonia, Ill. Photo: Bob Coscarelli, courtesy Outstanding in the Field

In the winter pop-ups happen in apartments and other odd spaces. In the summer, though, they happen at farms— your favorite chefs travel out to where their provisions come from and cook up a feast right under the sky and stars. (There usually seems to be beer involved, too.) The Local Beet’s calendar of local food-related events, which includes everything from lectures and workshops to farmer’s markets, has just been updated to reflect the coming season of farm diners, beginning May 26 with the first of Prairie Fruit Farms’ dinners near Champaign. There are others listed at the Chicago Botanic Gardens, at LaPryor Farms in Ottawa put on by City Provisions (this one’s listed as an all-day vacation), and the very high-end ones put on in August by Outstanding in the Field around the country with top Chicago chefs such as Jared Wentworth (Longman & Eagle), Brian Huston (The Publican) and Jason Vincent (Nightwood). And we know more will be added as the summer approaches. So check it out and start thinking about your farm-to-farm-table getaway now— it’s a great way to get your mind off this awful March weather. (Wait…)

Make Summer Plans With The Local Beet’s Farm Dinner Calendar