The fifth in a series of cooking demonstrations by the University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program was held at the Downtown Farmers' Market on August 9, 2012. Nutrition Educators Jessica Wilcox demonstrated how to make an eggplant bruschetta for the passers-by. "It's a simple recipe ... but it's endless what you can do with this" noted Wilcox who demonstrated how to prepare the dish. The Downtown Market runs from the new Fall River Justice Center to Sullivan Drive next to Government Center  About a dozen farm stands as well as several craft vendors and a food booth from CD-REC operated while live music from the Nuevo Duo band. The market  runs from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each week from mid June through October. Other markets are available on Mondays at Saint Anne's Hospital, on Wednesdays at Ruggles Park, and Saturdays at Kennedy Park. Partners employee Annemarie Sharkey is available on Mondays and Thursdays to exchange EBT SNAP benefits for tokens that can be used with a number of the farmers at each of the markets. Click here for a video of the cooking demonstration. Click here for the recipe. Click here for more demos. For more information about the Nutrition Education Program, contact Pat Bebo at 508-675-7315. 

(Top row) Julie and Christine Cleare look over some of the vegetable for sale at the market before being invited by Pat Bebo or the University of Massachusetts Extension Nutrition Education Program to watch a demonstration on how to make an an easy eggplant bruschetta dish using local vegetables from the market. (Middle row) Nutrition Educator Jessica Wilcox demonstrates how to peel and cut up an eggplant that can be sautéed for the dish before Fall River School Committee member Robert Maynard samples it. (Bottom row) Ruth Michael and Debra Albro sample the dish and look over the recipe.