Guest blogger Dharma E. Cortés contributes this write-up about her recent visit to the Ferry Plaza market. Dharma is as much a fanatic about markets as I am. Wherever she travels, she includes them in her itinerary. The only drawback is that she can’t always…
Guest blogger Marla Felcher Treasure Island is an artificial island in the San Francisco Bay, built with landfill for the 1939 World’s Fair. Since then, it has been used as an airport for Pan Am Airlines for its flying boats, a departure point in WWII…
When I tell people I’ve been working on a book about the markets of Paris, it’s a bit of a Rorschach test. Business types assume I’m talking about financial markets. (Years ago I was an editor for business books, so it’s not that much of…
Avenue Marc Sangnier and avenue Georges-Lafenestre , 14th arr. Saturday-Sunday 7:30 am-1 pm closest Métro: Porte De Vanves (see pp. 195-198 in Markets of Paris, 2nd ed) View Larger Map This is not the best-known flea market in Paris, but it ranks as one of the best flea markets…
London’s Borough Market in the Southwark neighborhood is packed with fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, breads, honeys, food stalls, and customers who appreciate them. Roughly 130 traders do an admirable job of catering to the hungers of locals and visitors. Unlike markets in Paris where people are doing their basic food shopping,…
Avenue du Président Wilson from place d’Iéna to rue Debrousse, 16th arr. Wednesday and Saturday morning, from about 8 am to 1:30 pm closest Métro: Iéna (see pp. 214-219 in Markets of Paris, 2nd ed) View Larger Map Nothing announces “springtime” better than freshly…