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 Smoked Fish on the North Shore 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 Craisin 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.