Farmers Market's Annual Tomato Festival is Tomorrow

The Lexington Farmers' Market is holding its sixth annual Tomato Festival during its weekly market tomorrow, Aug. 31, and the event's theme is "all things tomato."

Visitors can sample fresh-cut tomatoes, served by market sponsors, volunteers and members of the Board of Selectmen. The tomato tasting will be from 2 to 4 p.m.

Local cookbook authors Deb Samuels (The Korean Table) and Becky Sue Epstein and Ed Jackson (American Lighthouse Cookbook) will offer suggestions and tips for cooking with local food from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. A drawing will also be held for signed copies of their cookbooks.

Also at the festival, LFM Gazpacho Soup will be served, and a surprise drink made from local produce will be doled out by the beverage team from Aloft and Element hotels in Lexington. Chef Vittorio Ettore, from Bistro 5 in Medford, will give a cooking demonstration with samples available, compliments of the market.

Farmers and vendors will also have tomato treats and products for sale at the market throughout the afternoon. The market is open Tuesdays from 2 to 6 p.m. at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Woburn Street.