2 March, 2021: Get yours on March 3! Sweet plantains, crunchy rice, creamy slaw, and the best black bean spread. The Venezuelan Plantain is back Wednesday March 3rd at lunch! In 2015, our friend Andrea grew a crop of local black beans in Hadley, MA. These beans taste better, cook faster, and benefit the soil by adding back nutrients that other crops take away. So we… Read More
1 March, 2021: The first 500 folks to order 2-or-4-person meal boxes for delivery or pickup this week will get 2 tasting bottles of local maple syrup from New Leaf Tree Syrups and the Forest Farmers. Why maple, why now? A magical thing is happening soon in New England, when nighttime temperatures drop to freezing, but days are warm enough for the sap to run. It’s maple sugaring time!… Read More
26 February, 2021: We’re losing a really wonderful part of the Clover family today, but the good news is you might be gaining a new sharp friend in your kitchen. If you’ve eaten at CloverLMA you probably know Scott and chances are, he knows you (and your family’s names) too. Scott came to us from Wisconsin, via stints in fine… Read More
16 March, 2009: No avoiding this. The other day Chris accidentally set a hot soup pot atop the counter. Melto presto and the counter is branded. I figure I’ll have to work on the finish of the counters a couple times a year. In the meantime we’ll consider it a battle scar. Read More
25 February, 2021: There once was a meal box from Boston With St. Paddy’s Irish food tossed inIf you don’t touch my bangers,I won’t touch your mash.And we’ll share in that emerald green frostin’ We are so pleased to announce our St. Paddy’s Day Menu! We have four components for celebrating the holiday: a Dinner Box, a “Full Irish” Breakfast Box, a Beer Celebration Trio, and even the chance to test… Read More
23 February, 2021: Consider this your warning: you have about 7 days left to enjoy chef Pushpir Bhetia’s homage to Northern Indian food. Mint cilantro chutney, squeaky fried paneer cheese, pickly chickpea chaat, tangy tamarind sauce, and Sidehill Farm yogurt. Once it’s gone, it’s gone til next winter. order a Pushpir sandwich But there’s more than one way to get… Read More
19 February, 2021: The first 250 folks who order a 2- or 4-person meal box for next week will get the gift of some amazing gear from our friends at Ministry of Supply – including the world’s first and only Clover Food Lab branded sock!! Get a box! Aman (CEO) is hoping to do for apparel what we are hoping… Read More
18 February, 2021: Sign up now Farmshare (CSA) signups are live for Summer 2021! Sign up early to get a free gift from Clover. This is the most exciting announcement of the year because we get to connect you directly with the farmers we love. It’s CSA signup time! If you’ve done a farmshare before you’ve probably already stopped reading and are clicking the signup button. If… Read More
29 July, 2017: I closed the trucks today. Actually, I started this post yesterday, Friday. It’s now Saturday. So I closed the trucks yesterday. I wasn’t ready to post it until today. I’ll write on this more in the future. But for now I wanted to let you all know the basics. CloverDWY (parking at Dewey Square) will remain open… Read More
16 February, 2021: Did you hear we made churros for our Super Bowl Meal Box? Chris purchased a churro maker and perfected a chocolate cinnamon sauce. The team squeezed and fried and packed a lot of dough.Then all the boxes got delivered. The smell of cinnamon sugar faded from the HUB. The churro maker lay dormant. Soon the letters/texts/phone calls came in, begging us,… Read More
15 February, 2021: Get a box! You know that feeling when you really like somebody and then find out they like you a lot too? That’s how it felt when Marathon Sports reached out to us about a collaboration. I had plantar fasciitis a few years back. I won’t go on about it, but suffice to say it was terrible. After suffering for a while, I… Read More
3 February, 2021: The Clover Valentine’s Day Box is here!!! Caviar and truffles and steak, Clover style? Chris dusted off his chef’s whites and spun up a decadent menu that’s a bit fancier than we usually go for – because this year we all need a little extra luxury. Share it with someone you love, gift it to someone across town, or divvy it… Read More
2 February, 2021: To celebrate the snow we’re giving everybody $10 off the Snowed in Box. Use coupon SNOWDAY10 on your app. It’s good until Sunday. We’re sold out for this Thursday, but we’re taking orders for every Thursday through the rest of February. I hear that if we sell out every week it basically guarantees a snowy Feb ; )That’s my… Read More
29 June, 2010: Those of you who’ve been following us for a while know about the back door on the MIT truck. It is exactly the right height for banging your head when you’re stepping off the truck. Nearly everyone has fallen victim to it at one point or another. Last week, LJ banged his head really hard and Chris… Read More
27 January, 2021: You’ve been asking! Finally we can announce: sunchokes are here, starting today (1/27) 🌻 At breakfast: The Sunchoke Truffle: fluffy house-baked pita, creamy truffled butter, caramelized onions, a 6.5 minute egg, and thin, crispy sunchoke slices. At lunch and dinner: The Sunchoke Mushroom: scallion-black-pepper mayo, fresh arugula, roasted crimini mushrooms, fried brined onions, and roasted sunchokes. What… Read More