Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Seasonal Appetites -- Ten Good Reasons to Eat Seasonal and Local -- The Local Kitchen -- Buying a Piece of the Farm: Community Supported Agriculture -- AUTUMN -- Five Fall Dishes in Five Minutes or Less -- Roast Mushroom, Red Pepper, and Sage Pizza -- Smoked Trout, Apple, and Fennel Salad in Cider Vinaigrette -- Lake Superior Smoked Fish -- Fresh Chestnut Soup -- American Chestnuts -- Wild Rice and Wild Mushroom Soup -- Chanterelles -- Curried Vegetable Soup -- Asian Chicken Noodle Soup -- Simple Chicken Stock -- Ginger Squash and Apple Soup -- University of Minnesota Apples -- Prosciutto-Wrapped Tilapia with Sage -- Farm-Raised Fish -- Beer-Braised Pork Chops with Pears -- Seasonal Beers -- Venison Medallions with Juniper and Gin -- Hanger Steak with Fresh Horseradish Sauce -- Sure Fire Roast Duck -- Au Bon Canard, Caledonia, Minnesota -- Duck Confit -- Pheasant with Hard Cider, Apples, and Chestnuts -- Rabbit with Pancetta and Fennel -- Quick Roast Herb Chicken -- Thanksgiving Bird-Fast! -- Turkey Talk -- Turkey or Chicken Pot Pie with Cheddar Chive Cobbler Crust -- Harvest Stuffed Squash -- Picking Pumpkins -- Heartland Polenta with Mushroom Ragout -- Heartland Polenta -- Barley Pilaf with Chickpeas and Autumn Vegetables -- New Grain Exchange -- Spicy Savoy Coleslaw -- Silky Chard -- No Fail Kale -- Horseradish and Honey-Glazed Root Vegetables -- Caramelized Brussels Sprouts -- Roast Broccoli or Cauliflower with Garlic and Hot Pepper -- Thanksgiving Mashed Potatoes -- Wild Rice Cranberry Pilaf -- Wild Rice -- Basic Sage Stuffing -- Savory Cranberry Compote -- Oven-Dried Pears -- Scandinavian Brown Beans with a Kick -- Cranberry Sorbet -- Ruby Fields: The Cranberry Harvest -- Honey Pumpkin Ginger Pie -- Honey, Oh Honey -- Autumn Squash or Pumpkin Bars with Cranberry Glaze.

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip and Dried Cranberry Cookies -- Mom's Fall Fruit Crisp -- Applesauce and Apple Butter, Savory and Sweet -- Upsetting the Apple Cart -- Rich Applesauce Cake -- Cranberry Cordial -- Autumn's Bounty: Harvest Meals -- WINTER -- Five Winter Dishes in Five Minutes or Less -- Roast Root Salad with Honey Mustard Vinaigrette -- Potato, Prosciutto, and Rosemary Pizza -- Prosciutto Americano -- Carrot Cashew Bisque -- Sweetest Carrots -- Squash Soup with Thai Spices -- Caramelized Onion Soup -- Hungarian Steak and Mushroom Soup -- Classic Beef Stock -- Winter Vegetable Tagine -- Squash Lasagna with Walnuts and Kale -- Spicy Bean and Hominy Stew -- Heartland Dried Beans and Native Harvest Hominy -- Cornmeal-Dusted Panfish -- Carnitas -- Hello, Goat! -- Sausage with Apples and Onions -- Chicken Braised with Mexican Spices -- The New Breed -- Bison Steaks with Blue Cheese Butter -- Wild Idea Buffalo -- Heartland Blues -- Oxtails with Stout and Onions -- Braising-A Key Technique for Winter -- Lamb Shanks with Garlic and Rosemary -- Porketta with Oregano and Fennel -- Marinated Beef Pot Roast -- We Don't Farm with Headlights -- Carrot and Parsley Salad -- Parsnip and Chestnut Puree -- Sweet Potato, Radish, and Walnut Salad -- Sweet Spuds in the Heartland -- Braised Red or Green Cabbage -- Oven-Blasted Brussels Sprouts -- Roasted Salsify -- Braised Root Vegetables in Mustard Sauce -- Sweet Potatoes with a World of Toppings -- Simple Potato Gratin -- When Are Potatoes in Season? -- Linzer Cookies -- Hazelnuts and Hickories -- Hazelnut and Dried Cherry Biscotti -- Cranberry Tartlets in a Sweet Cornmeal Crust -- Ginger Stout Cake -- Sorghum -- Favorite Carrot Cupcakes -- Old-Fashioned Bread and Butter Pudding -- Spiked Chocolate Truffles -- White Winter Winery Mead -- The Cheese Board -- Winter's Pleasures: Warm and Cozy Suppers -- SPRING.

Five Spring Dishes in Five Minutes or Less -- Watercress Salad with a French Twist -- Pizza with Arugula and Feta -- Minted Pea Soup -- Heartland Peas -- Spring Spinach and Nettle Soup -- Grasp the Nettle -- Light and Lemony Asparagus Soup -- Easiest Vegetable Stock Ever -- Hot and Sour Vegetable Soup with Tofu -- Spring Vegetable Curry -- Ramps -- Turkey Cutlets with Spring Vegetables and Tangy Pan Sauces -- Pork Tenderloin with Lemon and Herbs -- Pigs at Play -- Pan-Roasted Lamb Chops with Fresh Mint-Cilantro Chutney -- Crispy Fried Fish -- Smelt Run on the North Shore -- Walleye Meunière -- Walleye, Sole of the North -- Oven-Fried Chicken -- Potato and Sorrel Gratin -- Uplands Cheese Pleasant Ridge Reserve (and Extra Aged Reserve) -- Showy Spinach Soufflé -- Vegetable Frittata with Goat Cheese -- Duck Eggs -- Spring Greens and Strawberry Salad with Rhubarb Vinaigrette -- Wild Watercress -- New Potato, Fiddlehead Ferns, and Arugula Salad -- Fiddlehead Ferns -- Seed Savers Exchange -- Pan-Roasted Radishes -- Grilled Asparagus with Chive Vinaigrette -- Morels and Sunchokes with Toasted Hazelnuts -- Morel Madness -- Sunchoke Chips -- Sunchokes -- Simple Spring Sauté -- Cracked Wheat Tabouli with Herbs -- Chocolate Mousse with Maple Cream -- Maple Syrup: The Sweet Taste of Spring! -- Maple Sugar Shortbread -- Pound Cake with Rhubarb-Strawberry Sauce -- Once a Year Rhubarb Pie -- Strawberry Sorbet -- Rhubarb Lemonade -- Herbal Elixirs -- Spring Things: Fresh Fare -- SUMMER -- Five Summer Dishes in Five Minutes or Less -- Spiced Beet Caviar -- Panzanella Picnic Salad -- Tomato, Tomato, and Tomato Tart -- Good Tomatoes, Worth the Wait -- Watermelon Gazpacho -- Sour Cherry Riesling Soup -- Summer Wines -- Fresh Tomato Soup with Basil Ice Cream -- Farmstand Corn Chowder -- CORN! -- Fresh Tomato Sauce for Pasta -- Fourth of July Brats.

Grilled Tofu with Spirited Marinade -- Heartland Tofu -- Classic Tarragon Chicken Salad -- Whole Grilled Whitefish or Trout with Warm Tomato Vinaigrette -- Wisconsin Sturgeon -- Carp-ing. Can't Beat Them? Eat Them! -- Planked Whitefish -- Great Lakes Fishing -- Tomato, Eggplant, Zucchini, and Potato Bake -- Beer Can Chicken -- Dave's BrewFarm -- Barbecue Ribs with Honey Jalapeño BBQ Sauce -- Pork Ribs -- Pesto, Presto Trio -- Cool Cucumber Yogurt and Mint Salad -- Fennel Kohlrabi Slaw -- Melon, Feta, and Arugula Salad -- Growing Power -- Zucchini, Summer Squash, and Lemon Salad -- Great Zukes! -- Grilled Sweet Corn with Thyme Butter -- Grilled Cauliflower Steaks -- Curried Eggplant -- Considering Eggplant -- Green Bean, Corn, and Fennel Sauté -- Stuffed Zucchini Blossoms -- Gardens of Eagan -- Slow-Roasted Tomatoes -- Garlic-a Rose by Any Other Name -- Fried Green Tomatoes -- Victory Garden -- Yogurt and Crème Fraiche -- Minted Yogurt Cream for Summer Fruit -- Kiwifruit? -- Meringue Tart -- Upside Down Summer Berry Crisp -- Wild Berry Love -- Fresh Blueberry Ice Cream -- North Shore Blueberries -- Organic Milk -- Melon Ice -- Death's Door Spirits -- Zucchini Spice Cakes -- Concord Grape Tart -- Raspberry Cordial -- Summer's Splendors: Sunshine and Moonlight -- THE NORTHERN HEARTLAND HEARTH -- Many Muffins-One Recipe -- Muesli -- Buttermilk Scones, Sweet or Savory -- Mary Eckmeier Makes Real Scones -- Real Cornbread -- Rich Brown Soda Bread -- Daily Bread-Cress Spring Bakery -- A Daily Loaf -- Fresh Flour -- Whole Wheat Bread -- Baking Real Bread with Brett -- Forgotten Bread -- Pizza Dough -- Simply Granola -- Rolled Grains 101 -- Comfort Lodge Buttermilk Pancakes -- Flaky Butter Crust -- Pie Crust Primer -- Rich Tart Crust -- Sweet Cornmeal Crust -- STOCKING THE CUPBOARD: VINAIGRETTES, DRESSINGS, AND SAUCES -- Honey Mustard Vinaigrette -- Vinegary.

The Real Buttermilk Ranch Dressing -- Apostle Island Dressing -- Brown Butter Vinaigrette -- Juniper-Gin Marinade -- Rosemary-Mint Marinade -- Honey Jalapeño BBQ Sauce -- Maple Mustard Basting Sauce -- Raspberry Vinegar (Fruit Vinegar) -- Herb Vinegar -- Furious Mustard -- Roasted Tomato Vodka Sauce -- Sweet Bell Pepper Sauce -- Compound Butters -- Best Butter -- HEARTLAND PRESERVES AND CONDIMENTS -- Pickle This -- Yes We Can -- Extending the Seasons -- Pickled Cherry Peppers -- Pickled Carrots -- Dilly Beans -- Spiced Pickled Beets -- Pickled Eggs with Horseradish and Beets -- Roasted Tomato-Chipotle Salsa -- Fresh Corn Relish -- Real Ketchup -- Watermelon Rind Pickles -- Rhubarb Chutney -- Green Tomato Marmalade -- Cranberry Ginger Salsa -- Apple Jelly, Savory and Sweet -- Grandmother's Strawberry Jam -- Backyard Grape Jelly -- Acknowledgments -- Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.