Third Annual Strawberry Dessert Festival
Mass Farmers Markets is pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Strawberry Dessert Festival – happening Friday, June 11, 2010 – Sunday, July 4, 2010.
Restaurants, cafes, and bakeries in Boston and elsewhere across the Bay State will donate a percentage of proceeds from desserts highlighting the flavor of ripe local berries to benefit the Federation of Mass Farmers Markets (MFM), the non-profit dedicated to supporting and promoting farmers markets.
Between June 11th and July 4th, diners will be able to enjoy specially prepared strawberry desserts at participating eateries and know that they are helping a worthy cause at the same time.
Now in its third year, The Mass Farmers Markets Strawberry Dessert Festival was created in 2008 to highlight local strawberry season while raising much-needed funds for Mass Farmers Markets’ mission as the only state-wide non-profit organization working to sustain and strengthen our farmers market system.
Last year’s event met with overwhelming success and helped raise the funds needed to keep farmers markets thriving in Massachusetts!
This year, the event has grown. So far for 2010, participants include over thirty top Boston and other Massachusetts restaurants and eateries. Chefs and bakers at each establishment will use fresh locally grown berries to create strawberry dessert masterpieces not be missed!
As of
today, participating eateries include: Summer Shack (Boston and Cambridge locations), Bistro 5 (Medford), Bistro Les Gras (Northhampton), The Fireplace (Brookline), Flora (Arlington), Henrietta’s Table (Cambridge), Highland Kitchen (Somerville), Lineage (Brookline), Oleana (Cambridge), Sofra Bakery and Café (Cambridge), Tatte Fine Cookies and Cakes (Brookline), Tomasso Trattoria (Southborough), and several Whole Foods stores.
The list of participants is growing daily, and Mass Farmers Markets welcomes inquiries from potential participants across Massachusetts. As eateries sign up they will be added to the event website, www.strawberrydessertfestival.org.
So plan to get out of your kitchen and into the taste of summer between June 11th and July 4th. Head out to enjoy strawberry season at a participating Strawberry Dessert Festival restaurant. You'll be helping support local farmers when you do!
“Our Strawberry Dessert Festival is a great opportunity to support local farmers and farmers markets while enjoying the incredible taste of New England strawberries,” said Hannah Thomas Freedberg, Development and Outreach Director for Mass Farmers Markets (MFM). “I personally have a great time getting out to sample the wide variety of strawberry desserts our partner restaurants feature, and it feels good to know that I am doing good for hardworking local farmers at the same time!” More information about the festival can be found at http://www.strawberrydessertfestival.org
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