This Summer Season at the Markets
…couldn’t be better. During yesterday’s visit to a farm stand, I bought freshly picked Silver Queen corn, ruby red tomatoes and heirlooms speckled green and yellow, plump scallions, and juicy…
…couldn’t be better. During yesterday’s visit to a farm stand, I bought freshly picked Silver Queen corn, ruby red tomatoes and heirlooms speckled green and yellow, plump scallions, and juicy…
…They offer samples, and it’s fine to accept even if you don’t buy anything. What you won’t find among the street sellers, unlike most other food markets in Paris, are butchers,…
There are a handful of winter market options in New England, but nothing (yet) that compares to what’s available in Parisian markets all year round. Even during the shortest and…
What is black and white and coveted all over? Yes, truffles. Recently I had an opportunity to visit a truffle market in the south of France. I had heard about…
Much as the “Curse of the Bambino” hung over Boston for decades following the infamous decision of the Red Sox to sell slugger Babe Ruth to the Yankees, so too…
…broadening our network of vendors. What’s 1 wish you have for how we should think differently about food? For those with ample resources, my wish is this: Buy only what…
…are two main ways to buy organic, or bio (pronounced bee-oh), at the neighborhood markets in Paris. AB signs indicate organic produce Nearly every outdoor and covered market in Paris…
…cycle of markets, I’m delighted to present the latest installment (video below). Buy these items at their freshest and most flavorful, which is to say NOW. And buy them, whenever…
…on shelves, is going to suffer. Not only freshness and flavor are at stake, but nutritional value plummets too. There are often compelling reasons to buy produce at these places….