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Market Report: Summer Farmers’ Markets Opening Dates 2014
Pull out your calendars and mark the dates when you can go and see our Boston area farmers' market friends at their summer spots.
Here are the opening dates for some of our favorite markets. The links are to maps of the locations.
- South End/SOWA: May 4th (Sundays)
- Copley Square: May 13th (Tuesdays and Fridays)
- Cambridge Center (Kendall MBTA): May 14th (Wednesdays)
- Jamaica Plain (677 Centre Street): May 17th (Saturdays), (Saturdays & Tuesdays after June 17th)
- Prudential Center: Not operating this year due to planned contruction
- Union Square, Somerville: May 17th (Saturdays)
- Cambridge/Charles Square: May 18th (Sundays), June 6th (Fridays) *not confirmed
- Boston City Hall Plaza: (moved to Boston Public Market due to construction)
- Boston Public Market on the Greenway: May 19th (Mondays and Wednesdays)
- Central Square, Cambridge: May 19th (Mondays)
- South Station/Dewey Square: May 20th (Tuesdays and Thursdays)
- Davis Square, Somerville: May 21st (Wednesdays)
- Cambridgeport: May 31st (Saturdays) *not confirmed
- Kendall Square (500 Kendall Street): June 4th (Thursdays)
- Roslindale: June 7th (Saturdays) (relocated from Adams Park due to construction)
- Egleston Jamaica Plain: June 7th (Saturdays)
- Allston Village, 500 Cambridge St.: June 7th (Saturdays)
- Harvard University Farmers' Market: Cambridge: June 10th (Tuesdays)
- Allston/Harvard Farmers' Market: (N. Harvard St & Western Ave) June 13th (Fridays)
- Brookline/Coolidge Corner: June 19th (Thursdays) (Winter Market is still operating until 6/15)
If you have confirmed dates for your favorite farmers' market, please tell us in a comment or send us an email and we'll add it as an update to this post.

We'll be telling you more about some of these markets in the weeks ahead!

Update: 05/14/14: Here is the great selection of food we bought at the opening day of the Copley Farmers' Market.

Bread, cookies, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, asparagus, baby arugula, scallions, and goat cheese.

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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2013 Penny & Ed Cherubino
May 12, 2014
7 Reasons to “Freeze” Your Cookies!
While I’ve always been a huge cookie fan and have devoured them in just about every form imaginable (soft, crunchy, pre-cooked, hot from the oven … ) I’m here to say, “Freeze Your Cookies!” I know, it sounds extreme but hear me out.

First, you need a quality cookie – I prefer the giant Homemade Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from Cook’s Farm and Bakery – the thicker the better with a generous amount of raisins. If you’re going to try this, don’t hold back!

If you’re at all sceptical (I can still remember my first time), here are:

7 Reasons to Freeze Your Cookies!
- Won’t bend as easily when slipped into a pocket or bag.
- Keeps the cookie fresher, longer.
- Great on a warm, summer day or after a hard workout!
- Slows cookie consumption rate (CCR) allowing greater enjoyment of each morsel.
- A lower CCR may mean fewer cookies eaten at one time, stretching your cookie supply not your waistline.
- Serving in broken, bite-sized chunks adds to convenience, especially when watching TV.
- Anything sweet and frozen just seems to taste better.
As is often the case with any specialized cookie eating technique, there can be some, uh … drawbacks –
- Produces more crumbs than conventional method.
- FOR BEST RESULTS: Warm frozen cookie in mouth before chomping (this may take 15-seconds or more).
- ADVISORY: Check with a dental professional before consuming frozen cookies.
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Don’t Hurt Me! I’ll Make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!

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November 8, 2012
7 Reasons to “Freeze” Your Cookies!
While I’ve always been a huge cookie fan and have devoured them in just about every form imaginable (soft, crunchy, pre-cooked, hot from the oven … ) I’m here to say, “Freeze Your Cookies!” I know, it sounds extreme but hear me out.

First, you need a quality cookie – I prefer the giant Homemade Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from Cook’s Farm and Bakery – the thicker the better with a generous amount of raisins. If you’re going to try this, don’t hold back!

If you’re at all sceptical (I can still remember my first time), here are:

7 Reasons to Freeze Your Cookies!
- Won’t bend as easily when slipped into a pocket or bag.
- Keeps the cookie fresher, longer.
- Great on a warm, summer day or after a hard workout!
- Slows cookie consumption rate (CCR) allowing greater enjoyment of each morsel.
- A lower CCR may mean fewer cookies eaten at one time, stretching your cookie supply not your waistline.
- Serving in broken, bite-sized chunks adds to convenience, especially when watching TV.
- Anything sweet and frozen just seems to taste better.
As is often the case with any specialized cookie eating technique, there can be some, uh … drawbacks –
- Produces more crumbs than conventional method.
- FOR BEST RESULTS: Warm frozen cookie in mouth before chomping (this may take 15-seconds or more).
- ADVISORY: Check with a dental professional before consuming frozen cookies.
Related Post:

Don’t Hurt Me! I’ll Make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!

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Words: Ed Cherubino
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November 8, 2012
7 Reasons to “Freeze” Your Cookies!
While I’ve always been a huge cookie fan and have devoured them in just about every form imaginable (soft, crunchy, pre-cooked, hot from the oven … ) I’m here to say, “Freeze Your Cookies!” I know, it sounds extreme but hear me out.

First, you need a quality cookie – I prefer the giant Homemade Oatmeal Raisin Cookies from Cook’s Farm and Bakery – the thicker the better with a generous amount of raisins. If you’re going to try this, don’t hold back!

If you’re at all sceptical (I can still remember my first time), here are:

7 Reasons to Freeze Your Cookies!
- Won’t bend as easily when slipped into a pocket or bag.
- Keeps the cookie fresher, longer.
- Great on a warm, summer day or after a hard workout!
- Slows cookie consumption rate (CCR) allowing greater enjoyment of each morsel.
- A lower CCR may mean fewer cookies eaten at one time, stretching your cookie supply not your waistline.
- Serving in broken, bite-sized chunks adds to convenience, especially when watching TV.
- Anything sweet and frozen just seems to taste better.
As is often the case with any specialized cookie eating technique, there can be some, uh … drawbacks –
- Produces more crumbs than conventional method.
- FOR BEST RESULTS: Warm frozen cookie in mouth before chomping (this may take 15-seconds or more).
- ADVISORY: Check with a dental professional before consuming frozen cookies.
Related Post:

Don’t Hurt Me! I’ll Make Oatmeal Raisin Cookies!

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Words: Ed Cherubino
Photography: © 2012 Ed Cherubino

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November 8, 2012
Strawberry Shortcake Dessert Bar for Your July 4th Party
Entertaining this weekend? How about a "build-it-yourself strawberry shortcake table" for dessert? We've done this for years, and our guests love it!

It's easy on the host and fun for the guests. Here's the step-by-step on how we do it.
- Reserve the most perfect berries for dipping in chocolate and eating out-of-hand. Put a shaker of sugar near the plain berries for those who would like to sprinkle a bit on their choices
- Slice and sugar the rest and allow them to form a natural sauce overnight in the refrigerator.
- Collect a variety of bases– dessert cups, short cake, biscuits, ladyfingers, cookies, and angel food cake are a few I've used for this.
- Since it's July 4th, add a big dish of blueberries for red, white, and blue creations.
- Add a fondue pot of dipping chocolate, and you'll have guests swooning.
- Arrange a selection of toppings. I've set out whipped cream, yogurt, ice cream, creme fraiche, and fudge sauce.
- For something tall on the table, add wine buckets filled with bottles of sparkling wine that guests can pour over a few berries in a champagne glass.
- Set up a tray of "special enhancements" (rums, liqueurs, and dessert wines) to drizzle on the cakes or sip with the shortcake. Most popular around here was limoncello.
- Add big napkins to protect clothes; spoons, dishes, or wine glasses to hold your guest's creations; and let everyone have fun with the fruit.
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Words: Penny & Ed Cherubino
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