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  • Wednesday, August 29 or Wednesday, September 26, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Farm to KITCHEN Cooking Class: Classic Greek Flavors with Chef Jody Adams

    The Trustees of Reservations and The KITCHEN at the Boston Public Market are honored to welcome James Beard Award Winner and Top Chef Masters contestant Chef Jody Adams for a very special hands-on cooking experience. In Chef Adams’ class, attendees will learn the traditional Greek cuisine that has people lining up for her newest restaurants, Saloniki, in Boston and Cambridge. She will also draw on techniques and flavors of her other popular restaurants, Trade, Porto, and formerly, Rialto. Join us to cook side-by-side with one of Boston’s most prestigious chef heroes who is committed to highlighting New England’s local farmers, fishermen and artisans on her menus.

    In this lively, hands-on cooking class you’ll learn how to utilize the produce and products of the farmers and artisans of the Boston Public Market. Guided by Chef Adams you’ll create an exciting three-course meal based on seasonal, local food, and increase your comfort in the kitchen through new knife skills, techniques, and flavor profiles.

    Meze: Dakos Salad, Halloumi, Horta, Herb Salad from Stillman’s Farm
    Chestnut Farms Chicken Souvlaki and Siena Farm Zucchini Fritters with Tzatziki
    Portokalopita (Orange Yogurt Cake) made with Appleton Farms yogurt

    This menu can be made vegetarian, but not gluten free, or vegan. Please email kitcheninfo@thetrustees.org to let us know if you need a vegetarian option or to alert us to any allergies.

    In addition to learning a new cooking style, you’ll enjoy tastes of three local New England wines that pair perfectly with recipes we’ll be making, courtesy of The Massachusetts Wine Shop.

    Come ready to roll up your sleeves and get cooking! Choose Wednesday, August 29 or Wednesday, September 26, from 6 – 8. Please be prepared to be on your feet, standing at a table, and cooking for the duration of class. We recommend comfortable, non-slip, and closed-toe shoes. Tickets: $72 for Trustees member and $90 for Non-Trustees Members. Members must bring their current member card and number. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/farm-to-kitchen-cooking-class-classic-greek-flavors-with-chef-jody-adams-tickets-45803093285

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  • Sunday, September 21, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm – Cooking Class with Jody Adams: Early Autumn Harvest

    Join Rialto for one of its 2014 Cooking Classes led by Chef Jody Adams. The day begins at with coffee & scones at 11am in the bar & lounge at Rialto in Harvard Square. Guests move into the main dining room, as they sit back, relax and enjoy cooking instruction and demonstration led by Chef Jody Adams. Guests receive a packet of recipes to follow along and take notes. The demonstration is followed by a multi-course lunch with expertly paired wines.

    Some of the best produce from local farms makes it’s way into our CSA’s during September, when late summer harvests are at their peak. For this Sunday, September 21 cooking class we are joined by one of our favorite farmers, working with the best of the  harvest and bringing these flavors to life with simple preparation and technique.

    Photo below by Jody Adams’ husband Ken Rivard from their wonderful blog The Garum Factory, which we highly recommend.

    The cost is $125 per person and you may register online at http://www.eventbrite.com/e/cooking-class-with-jody-adams-early-autumn-harvest-tickets-11063237441.

  • Sunday, June 23, 11:00 am – Farmers Market & Grilling Class with Jody Adams

    Join Rialto for one of its 2013 Cooking Classes led by Chef Jody Adams. The day begins with coffee & scones at 11am in the bar & lounge at Rialto in the Charles Hotel in Cambridge. Summer is the perfect time for seasonal pickings at the farmers market. Join Chef Adams and the Rialto staff on June 23rd for the annual Farmers Market & Grilling class. You’ll tour the local markets and peruse Rialto’s favorite purveyors for fresh ingredients before returning to the Rialto Terrace where they’ll bring out the grill and cook up some delicious dishes perfect for your next patio party. For inquiries and to reserve space call 617-661-5050.

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    Parma Prosciutto… grilled asparagus, toma, arugula, truffle oil

    Spring Salad… grilled onion, strawberry, pistachio pesto

    Grilled scallops… English peas, fennel-ramp puree, pickled rhubarb, pork belly, brown butter sauce

    $125, inclusive of tax and gratuity. A portion of proceeds from cooking classes go toward the Rialto Restaurant Scholarship offered yearly at the Cambridge Rindge & Latin School. Please inquire about making an additional donation toward the Rialto Scholarship Fund.  For complete information visit www.rialto-restaurant.com.

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  • Monday, February 11, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Island Creek Oysters Foundation Benefit

    Join chef Jody Adams at Rialto in Harvard Square on Monday, February 11 from 6 – 8 for an evening of Oysters, Antipasti & Drinks to benefit the Island Creek Oysters Foundation.  Jody will share the story of the Foundation and why she believes in aquaculture.  Rialto is located at One Bennett Street.  Tickets are $40 ($25 student price) and you may purchase tickets on line at www.icofoundation.eventbrite.com.  The raw bar is provided by Island Creek, and oysters three ways and cocktails by Rialto.  For more information on the Foundation and what it does, visit www.islandcreekfoundation.org.  Island Creek created the foundation to fund projects that promote aquaculture as a responsible means of solving the issue of global food production.

  • Sunday, January 30, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm – Super Hunger Brunch

    Chef Jody Adams invites you to attend a benefit brunch on Sunday, January 30 from 11 – 1 at Rialto Restaurant, One Bennett Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge,  in support of the Greater Boston Food Bank’s efforts to end hunger in Eastern Massachusetts.  All proceeds will be donated to the Greater Boston Food Bank.  $35 per person. Reservations required.  Log on to www.rialto-restaurant.com, or call 617-661-5050.

  • Tuesday, October 13, 6:00 pm – A Tasteful Pursuit

    While not strictly garden related, we would like to inform our web site readership of an event taking place Tuesday, October 13, beginning at 6 pm at Hamersley’s Bistro, 553 Tremont Street in the South End.  A Tasteful Pursuit – Boston is part of Chefs On Tour For Childhood Hunger.  In the world’s wealthiest nation, no kid should grow up hungry.  Join host Chef Gordon Hamersley for a unique dinner event featuring the Boston area’s most talented chefs.  The dinner will raise funds to support Share Our Strength’s efforts to end childhood hunger in the United States.  9.6 million eligible kids don’t get free or reduced price school breakfast.  Joining Chef Hamersley will be Jody Adams of Rialto, Andy Husbands of Tremont 647 and Sister Sorel, Barry Maiden of Hungry Mother, and Richard Vellante of Legal Sea Foods, Inc.   Reception is hosted by Stella Artois, Heogaarden, and Leffe.  $250 per person.  To purchase tickets, log on to www.strength.org, and click on “A Tasteful Pursuit.”

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  • Wednesday, September 30, 2:00 – 3:30 pm – Food, Inc.

    Harvard Pilgrim Health Care has teamed up with the Museum of Science to present a free screening of the critically acclaimed film FOOD, INC., by noted documentarian Robert Kenner.  Narrated by experts Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation) and Michael Pollan (The Omnivore’s Dilemma, In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto), and featuring interviews with forward-thinking entrepreneurs such as Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farm and Joel Salatin of Pollyface, Inc,, FOOD, INC. reveals surprising, shocking truths about what we eat, how it is produced, who we become as a nation, and where we go from here.  The screening will be at the Museum of Science’s Cahners Theater, and the doors will open at 1:15 pm.  A panel discussion will follow with Gary Hirshberg, Chairman, President, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm, Jody Adams, James Beard award-winning Chef/Owner of Rialto, and Jessie Banhazl, Owner and Co-Founder of Green City Growers. This discussion will be moderated by Louisa Kasdon, writer and food editor of Stuff Magazine.  Registration is available through the Museum of Science , or you may email David Sittenfeld at forumrsvp@mos.org, or call 617-589-4258.

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