Eggplant and cantaloupe hit the Pittsburgh area markets this week. Here's quick summer dessert: Top a couple of scoops of ice cream with chunks of cantaloupe or cut the cantaloupe in half, scoop out the seeds, then place a scoop of vanilla ice cream in the cavity. That's all there is to it. This refreshing treat is a Boston Cooler, or is it? An online search came up with one reference to a Pittsburgh Boston cooler. OK readers, what is your version of a Boston Cooler?

Scroll down to the bottom to see another fruit dessert recipe.

Here are all the markets:

Ambridge Farmers Market, Park Road and Route 65, 4 to 7 p.m. Thurs.

Avella Farmers Market, Avella firehall, Route 50, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sun.

Beaver Farmers Market, courthouse lot, Fourth and Market streets, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat.

Beaver Falls Farmers Market, behind Brodhead Apartments, Eighth Avenue and 12th Street, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mon.

Bethel Park Farmers Market, Bethel Park Community Center playground, 5151 Park Ave., 3 to 7 p.m., Tues.

Bloomfield Farmers Market, Immaculate Conception school, Cedarville Street and Friendship Avenue, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thurs.

Butler Farmers Market, Chestnut and Diamonds streets, 8 a.m. to noon Sat.

Carrick Farmers Market, Carrick Shopping Center, 2100 Brownsville Road, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wed.

City-County Building, 400 Grant St., Downtown, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fri.

Coraopolis Farmers Market, Presbyterian Church of Coraopolis, Broadway and Fifth Avenue, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mon.

Cranberry Farmers Market, behind the municipal building on Rochester Road, 3:30 to 6 p.m. Fri; Cranberry Park on Masuda Drive, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat.

Dormont Farmers Market, corner of Espy and Potomac avenues, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mon.

East Liberty Farmers Market, Penn Circle West, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Mon.

Farmers@Firehouse, 2216 Penn Ave., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat.

Farmers Cooperative Market of East Liberty, 344 N. Sheridan Ave., next to Home Depot, 5 a.m. to noon Sat. Open year round.

Farmers Market at Pine Community Park, Pearce Mill Road, 3 to 6 p.m. Thurs.

Forest Hills Farmers Market, Forest Hills Presbyterian Church lot, Ardmore Boulevard, 4 to 7 p.m. Fri.

Frazer Township Farmers Market, Pittsburgh Mills, lot 2 between JCPenney and Sears Grand, 3 to 7 p.m. Thurs.

Greensburg Farmers Market, North Main Street at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, 3 to 6 p.m. Tues.

Greentree Farmers Market, Green Tree Park, Green Tree Road near Parkway Center Mall, 4 to 7 p.m. Thurs.

La Casa Narcisi Winery, 4578 Gibsonia Road, West Deer, 1 to 5 p.m. Sat.

Ligonier Country Market, Springer Road and West Main Street, 7 a.m. to noon, Sat.

Market Square Farmers Market, Forbes Avenue and Market Place, Downtown, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thurs.

Monongahela Farmers Market, Chess Park, 3 to 6 p.m. Fri.

Monroeville Lions Farmers Market, Gateway High School, 9 a.m. to noon, Sat.

Mt. Lebanon Lions Farmers Market, Mt. Lebanon United Lutheran Church lot, Washington Road, 4 to 7 p.m. Wed.

Mt. Lebanon Partnership Farmers Market, 600-750 Washington Road, 8 a.m. to noon, Sat.

Mt. Washington Farmers Market, 403 Grandview Ave., St. Mary of the Mount lot, 3:30-7:30 p.m. Tues.

North Side Farmers Market, corner of East Ohio Street and Cedar Avenue, across from Allegheny General Hospital, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Fri.

Oakland Farmers Market, Sennott Street between Meyran Avenue and Atwood Street, 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. Fri.

Old Towne Grove City Farmers Market, South Broad Street, 3 to 7 p.m. Thurs.

Original Farmers Night Market, Route 50, South Fayette/Cecil area, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mon., Wed., Fri.

Pleasant Hills Farmers Market, Pleasant Hills Presbyterian Church, Caryl Drive lot, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thurs.

St. Catherine of Sweden Farmers Market, Wildwood Road at Vitullo Drive, Hampton, 1 to 7 p.m. Wed.

St. James Farmers Market, St. James Parish lot, 200 Walnut St., Sewickley, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat.

St. Ursula Farmers Market, Duncan Avenue at Kirk Avenue at the ballfield, Hampton, 1 to 7 p.m. Fri., 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sat.

Slippery Rock Farmers Market, downtown, in the lot across from Slippery Rock Volunteer Fire Dept., 9 a.m. to noon Sat.

Farmers Market at SouthSide Works, lot at 26th and Sidney streets, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sat.

South Side Farmers Market, South 18th and Carson streets, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tues.

Uniontown Farmers Market, Main Street, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Mon.

Washington Main Street Farmers Market, municipal lot, South Main Street, Washington, Pa., 3 to 6 p.m. Thurs.

West End Farmers Market, Noblestown Road at Obey Street, 3:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thurs.

West View Farmers Market, Perry Highway, between West View Elementary School and West View Savings Bank, 4 to 7 Tues.

Whitehall Farmers Market, 4750 Clairton Blvd., in the parking lot of First Commonwealth Bank, 3:30 -7:00 p.m. Mon.

Wilkinsburg Farmers Market, Ross Avenue parking lots, 3 to 6 p.m. Thurs. Free parking after 2 p.m.

Farm stands accept cash, Women, Infants and Children and Seniors/Farmers' Market Nutrition Program coupons; most accept food stamps. They run Wednesdays and Thursdays in neighborhoods across the city.

East Hills at Park Hill and East Hills Drive, 2:30-5:30 p.m.; Lincoln-Larimer Farm Stand, Lincoln Avenue next to the rectory, 11:30-3:30 p.m.; Millvale, Grant Street in the rear parking lot, 3:30-7:30 p.m.; Mon-Yough Community Services, Market Street and Fifth Avenue, McKeesport, 9:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Seton Brookline, Pioneer Avenue, Elizabeth Seton Center lot, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Turtle Creek Valley, Penn Avenue in front of the WVHSC building, noon-3 p.m.

Addison Terrace, Elmore Square across from Addison Community Center, 11 a.m. -3 p.m.; Clairton, Miller Ave. Family Dollar lot, 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.; Hill House, 1835 Centre Ave., 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Homewood-Brushton, 7140 Bennett St. YMCA parking lot, 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Hazelwood, Second Avenue in the Dairy Mart lot, 11:30-2:30 p.m.; Lawrenceville, 286 Main St., Stephen Foster Center, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.

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This dessert is elegant and simply luscious. Its success depends on ripe, soft and fresh fruit.

-- Arlene Burnett

PG TESTED

• 1 1/2 pounds fresh, ripe, soft fruit such as peaches and or berries
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat the broiler; set the rack as close to the heat as possible (even 2 inches is not too close).

Wash, pit, stem and peel the fruit. Cut stone fruit in halves or slices. Cut strawberries in thick slices, leave smaller berries whole.

Put the fruit (at least 2 cups) in a baking or gratin dish just large enough to hold it (about 9 1/2 inches by 5 inches).

Whip the cream with 2 tablespoons of the sugar and the vanilla until it is thick and just barely holding soft peaks.

Pour it over and around the fruit. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar.

Broil carefully, allowing the cream to brown all over and even burn in a couple of spots. Rotate the baking dish if necessary. Remove and serve.

Note: While broiling the whipping cream becomes thin and saucy. If you prefer a thicker sauce whisk until smooth 1 cup sour cream with 1/4 cup (about) milk.

Add 2 tablespoons sugar (granulated) and process. Use 1 tablespoon brown sugar for the topping.

Makes 4 servings.

-- "Mark's Bittman's Quick and Easy Recipes from the New York Times" (Broadway, 2007