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  • Saturday, February 8, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – From Cacao to Chocolate with Taza

    On Saturday, February 8, from 1 – 3 at Appleton Farms in Ipswich, join Taza Chocolate and Appleton Farms as they lead you through the journey from cacao bean to delicious chocolate bar. Suhayl Ramirez, Events and Outreach Coordinator for Taza Chocolate, will start your journey at the Mayan and Aztec origins of Theobroma Cacao and bring you right to the American craft chocolate being ground by stone right in Somerville, Massachusetts. All the while, participants will learn about and taste many different facets of chocolate, from the bean to the bar. Participants will help prepare and enjoy their very own traditional taza de chocolate (sumptuous Mexican hot chocolate) to complete their chocolate experience. Chef Jennifer Knight will demo a chocolate treat to pair with the Mexican hot chocolate.

    This event is part of the Appleton Cooks! program of the Trustees of Reservations.  TOR members $40, nonmembers $45.  To register, visit http://www.thetrustees.org/things-to-do/northeast-ma/ac-cacao-chocolate-taza.html or call 978-356-5728, x 12.

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  • Thursdays, May 21 – October 29, 11-6 – Prudential Center Farmer’s Market

    Prudential Center owner Boston Properties this week opens a farmers’ market on the building’s cement plaza bordering Boylston Street.  The market, which will run on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., is directly managed by 14 vendors, including six to eight farmers. Vendors who have signed on to the project sell products like Asian greens, mozzarella cheese, chocolates, bread, baked goods, and high-end desserts.  According to The Boston Globe, it has also sparked interest from Legal Seafoods, whose Prudential Center executive chef, Kevin Watson, has committed to buying fresh foods from the market to use in his cooking.  Sel De La Terre will be doing a version of their Boulangerie with salads, sandwiches, bread, pastry and produce from Frank McClelland’s new farm, and L’Espalier has also expressed interest.  Vendors include Bolton Flats Asian Greens, Taza chocolate, When Pigs Fly bread, Stillman meat, Gilson herbs (one of our Garden Club speakers from long ago), and many more who will be added as the season progresses.