It's fall and Minnesota gardens and farmer's markets are full of all sorts of tasty homegrown goods.  Check out these fabulous Minnesota cookbooks, accompanied by all sorts of Minnesota gastronomical lore, for ideas on how to take full advantage of the harvest!

Don't miss your chance to hear three of these local authors, live at your library.  Catherine Friend, author of The Compassionate Carnivore, will read at the Ridgedale Library on Monday, Sept. 28, at 7pm.  The author of Never Trust a Thin Cook!, Eric Dregni, will share his gastronomical and cultural adventures in Italy at the Southdale Library on Thursday, Nov. 19 at 7pm.  And come December, watch for an appearance at the Ridgedale Library by Dara Moscowitz Grumdahl, Minnesota Monthly food critic and author of the forthcoming Drink This!