Posted by Meredith on Tuesday, May 5, 2015
Were you among the hundreds of people to converge downtown Saturday morning for the first Downtown Iowa City Farmers Market of the season? I lost track of the number of people I said hello to, including the Library's AV Specialist who attended the market with her four-week-old daughter, as I browsed the stalls with a smile on my face.
It's farmers market season once more.
Growing up in on the other side of the state (shout out to anyone from Webster County!), I had no experience with farmers markets until I moved to Iowa City in mid-1990s. My college roommates and I would visit the market after classes every Wednesday, during which each one of us would purchase something to contribute to our weekly roommate dinner. This is how I learned to cook using ingredients that weren't prepackaged.
The Library wants to help you make your farmers market experience even better, which is why we created recipe cards promoting two things: ICPL's cooking resources and the Digital History Project.
Did you know the number of cookbooks in our collection numbers somewhere in the thousands? With that many choices -- not to mention our collection of food-related magazines and children's cookbooks -- you are bound to find a recipe to help you utilize the foods you purchase at the farmers market.
For those of you who love local history, we have access to some treasured family recipes thanks to the Digital History Project. Take time to explore what's available and look through your own collection of photos. You may have something to add!
You can find the recipe cards on the Iowa City Farmers Market table. In addition, Library staff will be blogging about their farmers market experiences all summer long. Feel free to share your stories with us!
We'll see you at the market!
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Meredith was formerly the Library's Public Relations Specialist.
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