397175 Tue May 01 06:51:29 -0700 2007 11 12 Boston Area 0 2530347 Hi, I know they're in season and I'm eager to get my hands on some. Where is a good place to buy them in the Boston area? Tue May 01 06:51:29 -0700 2007 22556 bostonveg 1 2530359 Whole Foods always stocks them when available. Tue May 01 06:56:07 -0700 2007 2530347 47860 kbw18 2 2530546 The ones at WFM were mostly just stem and no leaves. Tue May 01 08:05:06 -0700 2007 2530359 25921 uman 3 2530843 Leaves? i've never seen them with leaves. they are just the uncoiled shoots of a type of fern. the leaves don't come until after it un-curls and grows a bit. unless you count the feathery things as leaves. Tue May 01 09:22:07 -0700 2007 2530546 12603 ScubaSteve 4 2531584 Next time you get some, just un-curl one. You'll see small beginings of leaves, but there is definitely(and should be) foliage on there. Tue May 01 12:15:36 -0700 2007 2530843 25921 uman 5 2531596 i've seen whut Ur talking bout but there so tiny i'd never consider them leaves. to me they've always been about the stalk/stem, like asparagus. Tue May 01 12:18:24 -0700 2007 2531584 12603 ScubaSteve 1 2530361 the market baskets in my area (merrimack valley) are carrying them now. Tue May 01 06:56:16 -0700 2007 2530347 12603 ScubaSteve 1 2530512 Go to Wilsons Farms in Lexington. Fiddlehead seasonis not long and the shelf life when picked is short. I think they have the freshest. Tue May 01 07:51:32 -0700 2007 2530347 65836 D.Bernstein 1 2530543 Hah, when I lived in Boston a couple years ago, I did get some and I think I bought them on Beacon Hill somewhere ... but I don't remember exactly where. It may have been the gourmet wine and food shop on Newbury street at F or G. They taste like a foresty woodsy fancy asparagus, and my husband had an allergic reaction to them, so needless to say I am not dying to try them again. Tue May 01 08:03:45 -0700 2007 2530347 95264 mymagoogle 1 2530545 Whiole Food in Newton Centre had them last week but not this weekend. Russo's in Watertown and Harvest Coop in Central Square might be other places to look. I remember seeing fiddleheads in the big market at Porter Square in the early 90s but haven't seen them in any Shaw's over the last two years (since I"ve been back in Boston). Tue May 01 08:04:56 -0700 2007 2530347 18264 steinpilz 2 2530721 Didn't see them at Russo's this weekend, but did see them at Whole Foods in Alewife. Tue May 01 08:52:13 -0700 2007 2530545 15217 gini 1 2530957 Plum Produce in the South End featured some perfect-looking specimens in their windows last night -- probably $25/lb there. Tue May 01 09:48:38 -0700 2007 2530347 10143 MC Slim JB