Taste 50 address book

Big Bowl, three Twin Cities locations, including 12649 Wayzata Blvd., Minnetonka, 952-797-9888, bigbowl.com

Blu Dot furniture is available at bludot.com

Brau Brothers Brewing Co. beers are available in stores and restaurants; for a list, go to braubrothersbrewing.com

Brit's Pub & Eating Establishment, 1110 Nicollet Mall, Mpls., 612-332-3908, britspub.com

Bushel Boy lettuce (bushelboy.com) is available at most supermarkets

Butter Boy and Girl is available in stores; for a list, go to talismandesigns.com

Chambers Hotel, 901 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls., 612-767-6900, chambersminneapolis.com

Colossal Cafe, 1839 E. 42nd St., Mpls., 612-729-2377

Cooks of Crocus Hill, 877 Grand Av., St Paul, 651-228-1333 and 3925 W. 50th St., Edina, 952-285-1903, cooksofcrocushill.com

Craftsman, 4300 E. Lake St., Mpls., 612-722-0175, www.craftsmanrestaurant.com

Dakota Jazz Bar & Restaurant, 1010 Nicollet Mall, Mpls., 612-332-1010, dakotacooks.com

Dunn Bros. Coffee, 75 Twin Cities locations, including 12934 Minnetonka Blvd., Minnetonka, 952-935-5471, dunnbros.com

Finnish Bistro, 2264 Como Av., St. Paul, 651-645-9181, finnishbistro.com

Fischer Farms bacon is available at the Golden Fig, 790 Grand Av., St. Paul, 651-602-0144, goldenfig.com

Flat Earth Brewing Co. beers are available in stores and restaurants; for a list, go to flatearthbrewing.com

Frostbite apples will not be available commercially until about 2014

Galactic Pizza, 2917 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls., 612-824-9100, galacticpizza.com

Hampton Park Co-op, 928 Raymond Av., St. Paul, 651-646-6686, hampdenparkcoop.com

Harmony Organics eggs are available at the Wedge Co-op, 2105 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls., 612-871-3993, wedge.coop

Hay River pumpkin seed oil is available at hayriver.net

Heartland, 1806 St. Clair Av., St. Paul, 651-699-3536, heartlandrestaurant.com

Heidi's Minneapolis, 819 W. 50th St., Mpls., 612-354-3512, heidismpls.com

Herkimer Pub & Brewery, 2922 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls., 612-821-0101, theherkimer.com

jP American Bistro, 2937 Lyndale Av. S., Mpls., 612-824-9300, jpamericanbistro.com

Joe's Garage, 1610 Harmon Pl., Mpls., 612-904-1163, joes-garage.com

Lakewood Cemetery, 3600 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls., 612-822-2171, lakewoodcemetery.com

Lucia's Restaurant, 1432 W. 31st St., Mpls., 612-825-1572, www.lucias.com

Meritage, 410 St. Peter St., St. Paul, 651-222-5670, meritage-stpaul.com

Metro Transit, 612-373-3333, metrotransit.org

Midtown Farmers Market, Lake St. and 22nd Av. S., Mpls., 612-724-7457, midtownfarmersmarket.org

Minikahda Club, 3205 Excelsior Blvd., Mpls., 612-926-0621, minikahdaclub.com

"The Minnesota Homegrown Cookbook" is published by Voyageur Press ($29.95), voyageurpress.com

Mississippi Market, 1810 Randolph Av., St. Paul, 651-690-0507, msmarket.coop

Northern Waters Smokehaus, 394 Lake Av. S., Duluth, 218-724-7307, northernwaterssmoke haus.com

opentable.com can also be accessed via startribune.com/dining

Pop! Neighborhood Restaurant, 2859 NE. Johnson St., Mpls., 612-788-0455, poprestaurant.com

Porter & Frye, 1115 2nd Av. S., Mpls., 612-353-3500, porterandfrye.com

r.Norman's, 700 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls., 612-238-7770, rnormans.com

Red Stag Supperclub, 509 1st Av. NE., Mpls., 612-767-7766, redstagsupperclub.com

River Room, 411 Cedar St., St. Paul, 651-292-5174, macys.com

Jesus Rivera is owner of A. Rivera & Assoc. Inc., 3900 NE. Jackson St., Columbia Heights, 612-788-3500

Rogue Chocolatier chocolates are available at Surdyk's, 303 E. Hennepin Av., Mpls., 612-379-3232, surdyks.com; Kitchen Window, 3001 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls., 612-824-4417, kitchenwindow.com; Kopplin's Coffee, 490 Hamline Av. S., St. Paul, 651-698-0457, kopplinscoffee.com; and at roguechocolatier.com

Rustica, 816 W. 46th St., Mpls., 612-822-1119, rusticabakery.com

Saffron, 123 N. 3rd St., Mpls., 612-746-5533, saffronmpls.com

Sea Salt Eatery, 4825 Minnehaha Av. S., Mpls., 612-721-8990, seasalteatery.com

Seward Co-op Grocery & Deli, 2111 E. Franklin Av., Mpls., 612-338-2465, seward.coop

Sno Pac frozen vegetables are available at Cub Foods, Kowalski's Market and most Twin Cities natural foods co-ops

Stella's Fish Cafe, 1400 W. Lake St., Mpls., 612-824-8862, stellasfishcafe.com

Surly Brewing Co. beers are available in stores and restaurants; for a list, go to surlybrewing.com

Tao Natural Foods, 2200 Hennepin Av. S., Mpls., 612-377-4630, taonaturalfoods.com

Thousand Hills Cattle Co. hot dogs are available at Kowalski's Markets, Fresh & Natural Foods, all Twin Cities natural food co-ops and at simondelivers.com

University of Minnesota Food Science & Nutrition Dairy Salesroom, 166 Andrew Boss Laboratory of Meat Science, 1354 Eckles Av., St. Paul, 612-624-7776

Very Prairie products can be found at the Mill City Farmers Market, 2nd St. and Chicago Av. S., Mpls., 612-341-7580, millcityfarmersmarket.org