Episode #140 - Sarah Stegner of Prairie Grass Café
This week’s guest is a passionate workhorse: when Sarah Stegner isn’t serving imaginative, seasonally inspired dishes as the founder and creative force behind Prairie Grass Cafe, she’s showcasing the potential for chefs to advocate for change in food sourcing or rallying her chef friends to cook for a good cause. As a founding member of the innovative and purpose-driven Green City Market, she has helped shape Chicago’s sustainable food movement, championing local farmers and fostering a direct connection between growers and chefs. She comes on the pod to tell us about the connections between classical guitar and dish composition, provide tips for success at the farmer’s market, and go deep on the systemic problems facing food — and what we can do to fix them.
