Winter Season at the Markets
We tend to think of winter as an off-time for local produce and farmers’ markets. But in fact there are plentiful cold-weather crops and, increasingly, opportunities to buy them directly…
We tend to think of winter as an off-time for local produce and farmers’ markets. But in fact there are plentiful cold-weather crops and, increasingly, opportunities to buy them directly…
…baked goods (including without gluten), herbs, cheeses, meats, fish, and spices, as well as hot meals served indoors by local restaurants and outdoors by artisan street food vendors will put…
…weighed like precious gems. One can even buy little oak saplings that might produce truffles in years to come, for anyone with enough patience and suitable soil. Some sections of…
…rich hot chocolate? Not to worry. You can buy bottles of it here…and so much more. Picnic provisions, including basket, at Lafayette Gourmet Related Posts: Lafayette Gourmet Settling into Its…
…in the fall), but resist temptation to buy until your return to the train at the end of the day. Pastry is rarely improved by being jostled in a rucksack…
…market’s highlights include: One of the city’s few remaining chevaline (horse meat) butchers one of the few places to buy raw horse meat in Paris Chez Cohen sells kosher items…
…it.” On florists: “I have only one florist. When she’s shut, I don’t buy flowers. Because I don’t think they’re as beautiful elsewhere.” Flower Seller at Marché Président Wilson Shopping…
…buy cheese at La Maison du Fromage in Les Halles His easy-going nature, good humor, and patience make him equally adept at working with children as with adults. He instructs,…
…grows cresses which you can buy in fresh abundance or as prepared soups packed to go. Organic food production in Haute-Normandie seems to have taken root firmly, although some producers…
…chaud. Some of the best souvenirs to buy at Christmas markets are ornaments. Red balls recall an old local tradition of decorating Christmas trees with apples. After a particularly bad…