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Market Scene: Copley Square and Prudential in Boston

Boston's farmers' market season opened at the Copley Square, one of the longest running and largest markets in the heart of the city. Prudential Farmers' Market, one of the newer Boston area markets, also opened and is one of the first to take advantage of legislation allowing Massachusetts Farm Wineries to sell at farmers' markets. Check out snapshots from both markets of the rhubarb, asparagus, green garlic, chocolate bread, and more.

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2 Comments | Posted by BostonZest, May 31, 2011 at 10:45 AM
Tagged: asparagus, Boston, farmers' markets, green garlic, Market Scene

Market Scene: Brookline Farmers Market in Brookline, Mass.

Note: Each week, one of our various Market Scene correspondents from around the country checks in with what's fresh at the farmstands in a particular region. Today, Penny Cherubino (Boston Zest) drops by from Boston. The Brookline Farmers Market has been a part of the Coolidge Corner shopping experience for thirty-one years. It's a place of full-flavor shopping with produce, cheese, eggs, ice cream, bakery, specialty foods, beef, turkey, pork, lamb, and fish vendors. It's a busy market, with long lines forming at favorite vendors like Clear Flour Bakery. This family-operated, artisan bakery specializes in creating the authentic breads of Italy, France and Germany. Clear Flour always appears in any list of the best bakeries in the Boston area....

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6 Comments | Posted by BostonZest, July 23, 2009 at 10:45 AM
Tagged: beef, beets, blueberries, Boston, Brookline, Brookline Farmers Market, Clear Flour Bakery, Coolidge Corner, eggs, Enterprise Farm, fish, green garlic, ice cream, Kimball Fruit Farm, lamb, Massachusetts, parsley, Peaches, pork, produce, scallions, scallops, Stillman's Farm, sweet corn, turkey