{"id":2556,"date":"2013-06-13T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-13T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2556"},"modified":"2013-06-13T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-13T09:22:00","slug":"at-the-market-belmont-brookline-summer-farmers-market-opens-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2556","title":{"rendered":"At The Market: Brookline & Belmont Markets Open Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brookline Summer Farmers' Market<\/strong><\/p>\n

Long before every neighborhood was setting up a farmers' market for locals, the Town of Brookline was supporting fresh and local food every Thursday afternoon in summer at the Brookline Summer Farmers' Market<\/a>. It will run each Thursday from now until October 31st. Hours are from 1 pm to dusk.<\/p>\n

Last year, a winter market was set up in the Arcade building, making this town the year-round envy of many of its neighbors.<\/p>\n

We've told you about the joys of this market before both here<\/a> and on Serious Eats.<\/a> Plan a Thursday afternoon in Coolidge Corner, and you'll discover many food related joys!<\/p>\n

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Belmont Farmers' Market<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, today from 2 p.m. – 6:30 p.m., you can enjoy meeting a great group of vendors<\/a> on opening day of the Belmont Farmers' Market.<\/a> We're going to put a trip to Belmont on our market shopping list because we really enjoyed this market the last time we were there.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Market Tip of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chef Seta Dakessian from Seta\u2019s Mediterranean Foods<\/a> (shown above) with Jason Tucker from Red's Best<\/a> seafood at the Copley Sq. Market<\/a>, suggests bringing a cooler to your farmers\u2019 market, especially if you're buying fresh fish!<\/p>\n

Farm & Market Tidbits…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Genevieve Stillman from Stillman Farm<\/a> reports, "We are harvesting lettuce, chard, beets, arugula, mesclun, turnips, onions, strawberries, snap peas, and more. Of course, we'll have plants at the markets for the coming month too! I've been enjoying freshly snipped herbs in all my salads, as well as edible flowers."<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Ben Sommer, Copley Square Farmers' Market Manager, said, "I've always liked a good dilly bean. Now I can get them at the market from our new vendor Maine Homestead! There are so few commercial picklers in New England that sell at farmers markets. I think we're really lucky to have them here with us on Tuesdays." <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Peter Ward, Central Square Farmers' Market Manager said, "Great to see Chef Steve Johnson of Rendezvous<\/a> – a regular at the market – back shopping this season."<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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In Season, Right Now!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mushrooms, green garlic, salad mix, lettuce, arugula, radishes, beets, scallions, kolrabi, rhubarb, bok Choi, chard, snap peas, chive flowers (love those- break them up in your salads,) herbs, hot house tomatoes, and honey. Plus, you'll find annuals, herbs, and vegetable plants.<\/p>\n

Get Some Before It's Gone!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Green garlic, garlic scrapes, pea tendrils.<\/p>\n

Coming Soon!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Strawberries are about to star at all our markets.<\/p>\n

Follow all our Local Food\/Farmers' Markets<\/a> and At The Market<\/a> reports:<\/strong><\/p>\n

We heard talk about some early hothouse tomatoes. Curtis Stillman said Stillman's Farm would soon have kale and their first peas. <\/p>\n

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