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Wendy Aeschlimann

Wendy Aeschlimann

Wendy Aeschlimann splits her time between Chicago, where she works as an attorney, and Fennville, Michigan, a small, rural town with a population of about 1,500 (and also an officially designated American Viticultural Area). In Fennville, she spends a lot of her time exploring the orchards, farm stands, cheesemakers, and berry farms along the back roads of the area, as well as investigating Western and Northwest Michigan's burgeoning wine and spirits industry. In Chicago, she is dedicated to cooking, storing, and canning local foods, and she is on her seventh year subscribing to a CSA. She can be found on Twitter @aschie30.

Posts by Wendy Aeschlimann:

Really, NY Times? Advocating For Winter Tomatoes?

GIVEAWAY! Tickets to Slow Wine Tasting at Spiaggia!

Voting Opens For One Seed Chicago 2012

WANTED: Candid Feedback on Your CSAs (Again)

The Local Beet’s Gift Guide for 2011

Chicago Honey Co-Op Must Move & Asks For Your Support

Local Michigan White Wine For Thanksgiving

The Local Beet’s Fall & Winter CSA Guide — Updated for 2011-2012

SUN-DRIED JULIET TOMATOES: The Easy Preserving Alternative

Bare Knuckle Farm Is Outstanding In The Field

Growing Power Receives James Beard Award

When Life Gives You Celery, Make Celery Salt

One Chance Left for 2011 Outstanding In The Field

Be Like Mario Batali & Drink Michigan Wine

Drink Your Cucumbers!

Support The Peterson Garden Project With Groupon

Yet Another New Downtown Market Opens: Plaza 300, Tuesdays

ALSO STARTING TODAY: New Market In The Polish Triangle

STARTING TODAY: New Downtown Thursday Market @ Trump Tower

Last Minute: Dinner with Local Hickory Creek Wines, 6/21 @ Marion Street Cheese Market

What do you think of this season’s strawberries?

RECYCLED – What To Do With 8-1/2 Quarts of Strawberries (Part I): Jam

BEET GUIDE TO EATING LOCAL ON VACATION (WEST MICHIGAN EDITION)

Michigan Red Wine Tasting @ Webster’s Wine Bar, Sunday 5/15, 7 pm

Humboldt Park Community Gardening Event, May 14

Time To Start Busting The Myth That Farmer’s Markets Are More Expensive Than Supermarkets: The Atlantic

UPDATE on Logan Square Farmer’s Market: Information Meeting Tonight, 6 pm

GET READY FOR MORELS: A ROUNDUP OF LOCAL MOREL FESTIVALS, STARTING THIS WEEKEND

[UPDATE: ALD. COLON WITHDRAWS REQUEST FOR HEARING] TODAY: Hearing on Ald. Colon’s Objection to Logan Square Market Permit, NOON

Updated Local Calendar: 19th Annual Green & Growing Fair, Wicker Park Market @ Big Star begins, Green City Market Moves Outdoors

“Morels in May” Annual Mushroom Hunt, May 10 @ Black Star Farms

PREVIEWING THE 2010 VINTAGE: LEELANAU PENINSULA WINE

Choosing The CSA That’s Right For You

Advocates For Urban Agriculture: Spring Meeting, 3/24 @ 5:30 & Potluck, 3/30 5:30-8:00

Family Farmed Expo Groupon: $10 for 2 tickets

Wanted: Candid Feedback On CSAs

2011 CSA Guide

Now Available: Bike Delivery For Your CSA Box

More Straight Meat Talk: Francis Lam Breaks Down Chicken

Paul Fehribach Of Big Jones Talks Straight About Sourcing Local Meat

Will New FDA Guidelines Affect Our Cheese?

The Local Beet’s 2010 Restaurant Of The Year: City Provisions Delicatessen

Michigan Is #3 on Wine Enthusiast’s List of “Undiscovered Wine Regions”

The Local Beet’s Holiday Gift Guide for Eating & Drinking Local – UPDATED

What To Locapour On Thanksgiving

Get Your Great Lakes Drink Fix At Watershed

Another Opportunity To “Tweet & Taste” Local Wine: Sparkling Wine With Black Star Farms On 11/16, 6:30 pm CST

Top 5 Local Wines Available In Chicagoland

All-Michigan Wine Dinner @ Signature Room, Oct. 27

The Local Beet’s Fall & Winter CSA Guide

Going To The Heart Of Local Wine Country, Part I: Old Mission Peninsula

Saying Goodbye To Summer Loves

Drink Locavore Challenge: Cabernet Franc

Alpana Singh Makes Two Illinois Wine Selections For Big Bowl

Traverse City Wine & Art Festival Showcases The Best In Local Wine

Go To Traverse City’s Wine & Art Festival, Try Local Wine (this Sat. 8/21)

[RECYCLED] A Pictorial: Onesixtyblue’s Farm Dinner With Dietzler Farms

Locally-Made Bathtub Gin Makes A Comeback For A Good Cause At SPEAKEASY THROWBACK

CSA Gaffe: City tries To Shut Down Simply Wisconsin CSA Dropsite

Two Farm Dinners: One with Tony Mantuano @ Nichols Farm, the other with OneSixtyBlue @ Dietzler Farms

Drink Local Spirits For A Good Cause At Speakeasy Throwback, Aug. 5, 6-9 pm

Midwest Winemakers Get Respect From Chicago Tribune

Last Minute: Local Cocktail Co-op at In Fine Spirits — TONIGHT/FREE

The Last Of The Strawberries

What To Do With 8-½ Quarts of Strawberries (Part II): Muffins

What Do I Do With 8-1/2 Quarts Of Strawberries?

LOCAL WINE ENTHUSIASTICALLY TASTED AT HOUSE RED EVENT

LAST MINUTE: Local Wine Tasting @ House Red 6/3 for NIU Alums

Corporate Whine: “Knowing Your Winegrower” Is One Way To Ensure Integrity In Your Drink

Midwestern Ice Wine Goes To The White House

WINESPOTTING: GOOD HARBOR AT BOKA

2009 Release Time: Did The Cold Growing Season Ruin the 2009 Vintage?

More New York Times Interest In Michigan Wine; “The Next Great White Wine Frontier”

The Case For Local Wine

Drinking Lemberger, But Not With Limburger

More Reasons To Locapour: NY Times’ Asimov Intrigued By Michigan’s Rieslings

Is Michigan The New Napa? Not quite, But Food & Wine Magazine Still Weighs In Favorably

Tweet And Taste (Wine) Redux: Shady Lane Cellars, April 13, 7:00 CST

Wine Identified As Growth Sector For Michigan Economy; April Declared “Michigan Wine Month”

Yes, We Can (Find Local Food At The French Market)

Tasting Local Wine Off The Shelf In Chicago

Tasting Local Wine Off The Shelf With Drew From West Town Tavern

Lots Of Talk About Michigan Wine At Tweet And Taste

Tweet & Taste (Wine), March 8, 7 pm with Black Star Farms

STAY TUNED: Rumor Has It That Left Foot Charley Wines Coming To Chicago

What CSA Are You?

2010 CSAs by Location

2010 CSA Guide

Help C&D Family Farms Recover From Devasting Fire Tomorrow, Jan. 30th

Happy 2nd Anniversary To Green Grocer!

The Local Beet Farm Dinner