October 19, 2010
*Mercadão = Big market
The Mercado Municipal took four years to build and, once completed in 1932, was used by rebels in the “civil constitutionalist revolution” to hold and store weapons. It finally had its grand opening in 1933 as a market. It was built by the river (which is paved nowadays)
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July 19, 2010
A shouk is a big outdoor market that sells not only produce but meat, cheese, bread, spices, housewares, clothes, shoes and pretty much anything you can think of. The shouk in Tel Aviv is amazing and much cheaper than a grocery store.
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March 19, 2010
Just got these pics by She-Rene, who I ran into outside at the SF Underground Market a couple weeks ago. I confess I never made it inside where the market was being held. I showed up to this discreet warehouse, on a side street in the SOMA district,
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March 9, 2010
This butter is fresh off the farm and totally off the hook. I bought it from Lancaster, PA (Mennonite?) farmers of Millport Dairy, at the Union Square Greenmarket. It’s big– about 5 inches in diameter– and only $5.
February 2, 2010
I took my mom to Bali in December. I loved it. Being a visitor is good, since I didn’t have to deal with too much local crap. Bali, although thought to be one of the best resort islands, is yet a developing country. My
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September 18, 2009
Got these adorable little eggplants the other day at the farmer’s market. They are about as long as the iPhone (per Yamahomo’s consistent size proportionalizer), and look like cute chubby nubs.
The color is, as its namesake describes, golden with dark brown streaks running up
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September 8, 2009
Hakodate is a pretty lonely town. When you walk through the morning market or ichiba (Hakodate’s version of Tsukiji), shopsellers show their desperation as they shove sample pieces of melon and corn in your face. It’s hard to say “no” to their persistence, but just saying no was the only option, if we wanted
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January 13, 2009
…when Tsukiji is bubbling over with them.
To check out what’s in season, or to simply when I feel like salivating profusely, I walk around Tsukiji on my lunch break. Today I found crabs: short-legged ones, long-legged ones, hairy-legged ones, white ones, red ones, ones in a tank, and buggy-eyed ones.
Unfortunately, I can not buy a crab on my lunch break
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August 16, 2008
Totally classic Sunday market at the border of France and Switzerland. There is a butcher, a fishmonger, a couple cheesemakers and bakers. Everyone walking around with baskets and baguettes.
Really delicious fruits, especially the best cantalope type melons that you can peel with a knife, their skins are so thin!
The boucherie
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