Alexandra Dimodica

LOCAL BITES

Vote today!
America’s Favorite Farmer’s Markets contest is underway, and it’s not too late to put in your two cents. As of July 31st, our own Attleboro Farms was ranked 6th in the U.S. for its size! Congrats and keep up the good work (and voting).

Need a vacation?
Yelp Boston has the perfect local adventure for you. Visit Boston to partake in the Passport to the South End event. Enjoy a week-long promotion with special deals at local businesses and kick off the week with a charitable launch party at the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts on September 13th.

When life hands you…peaches?
In honor of the local peach season, food blogger Rosie DeQuattro tells you what she did when life handed her too many peaches.

Out of this world fruit
Boston Zest exposes Saturn Peaches and their unusual shape. Try a taste, sans interplanetary travel.

A Fête for Fisherman
Catch this Italian celebration in the North End. The 100th Annual Fisherman’s Feast runs from August 12th through 15th. Go today or tomorrow, or catch the tail end this weekend.

Lobster Lovin’!
Visit Maine on August 14th for the Winter Harbor Lobster Festival. With 12 hours of activities, eating lobster won’t be the only memorable moment.

A luau, with a New England twist
On August 14th Hawaiian festivities meet Newport summer in Rhode Island. Hawaiian cuisine, Polynesian dancers and Newport Storm beer will all be in attendance.

Blueberry season is upon us
And so is the 35th Annual Machias Wild Blueberry Festival in Maine. Visit Washington county from August 20th to 22nd for a pie-eating contest, blueberry musical and cooking contest (and more!)

Tomatoes & Corn for all!
On August 21st, Concord MA’s Verrill Farm welcomes visitors to enjoy a day at the farm and taste their fresh tomato and corn crops at the Tomato and Corn Festival. Celebrate these summer delights with tastings, music and hayrides.

A 36-hour guide to Boston
Art, music, international cuisine, the Greenway and more in this day-and-a-half guide to the local scene, offered up by Katie Zezima of the NYTimes. Catch Katie LIVE during today’s broadcast of Radio Boston and immediately following the show in a LIVE WEB CHAT. Just click here and tell her what you think!

INTERNATIONAL FLAVOR

Ever felt “as full as an egg?”
For all of you who have always wondered what the French expression “plein comme un ouef” means and, for that matter, what many French food idioms really mean, Chocolate and Zucchini’s Clotilde Dusoulier shares an inside perspective on these sayings. After you’ve learned a thing or two, treat yourself to her refreshing gomadofu sesame tofu recipe. Bon appetit!