{"id":20455,"date":"2013-10-24T18:20:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T23:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=20455"},"modified":"2013-10-24T18:25:01","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T23:25:01","slug":"the-french-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=20455","title":{"rendered":"The French Market"},"content":{"rendered":"

Usually you will find a recipe here on Fridays.\u00a0 However, I have something really special to share with you today that involves food.\u00a0 One of the things I love to do when traveling is go to the local market.\u00a0 The smells, colors, sounds, people, and food combine to create the perfect sensory overload.\u00a0 The very best of the markets is always in Paris, and the very best of the Paris markets sets up near where I stay in the Marais.<\/h3>\n

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You can imagine how excited I was to have a copy of Clotilde Dusoulier’s The French Market Cookbook<\/a>\u00a0waiting for me when I returned from Paris this month.\u00a0 It is stuffed full of recipes that use fresh ingredients that are available in the markets of Paris and in the groceries in the USA.\u00a0 Divided into seasons, it provides just the kinds of recipes I like to cook – light on the meat and heavy on the veggies.\u00a0 Plus, the photos are great!! \u00a0Now, come along and see what I spied on a Sunday morning at the French market.<\/h3>\n

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I felt so sorry for these poor lobsters.\u00a0 R.I.P., lobsters.<\/h3>\n

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There were plenty of fresh clams for one of my faves, New England clam chowder.<\/h3>\n

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There were flowers that were potted.\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Yum!!!<\/h3>\n

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There were plenty of peppers. The shoppers were very diverse, and so there were so many interesting food choices for their ethnic dishes.<\/h3>\n

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More flowers, and these look like fall.<\/h3>\n

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I love artichokes.<\/h3>\n

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Olives.\u00a0 Oh, la, la!!!<\/h3>\n

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Can you believe how gorgeous these veggies are?<\/h3>\n

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I sure wanted to bring some of these baskets home.<\/h3>\n

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Something that always fits into my luggage, though, is wooden spoons.<\/h3>\n

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I buy a bunch of wooden spoons from this man every year.\u00a0 We always have some conversation – very slowly because my French is not so great – and agree to rendezvous again next year.\u00a0 His spoons are the best wooden spoons ever and only two euros each.<\/h3>\n

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There are always some musicians scattered around trying to make a buck<\/del> euro.<\/h3>\n

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And there are people who think they are making music but AREN’T.\u00a0 I have seen this couple at several sites around Paris, and the screeches coming from those instruments sound as if a two-year-old is playing them.\u00a0 Ouch!!<\/h3>\n

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There are also some artists sketching the scenery.\u00a0 I love the color of her shoes.<\/h3>\n

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And I can count on seeing a gazillion dogs.<\/h3>\n

I always get inspired going to the market in Paris, and now that I have my new book, I have a double-dose of inspiration.\u00a0 I’m going to go to some cooking.\u00a0 Have a great week-end.<\/h3>\n

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Take care.<\/h3>\n

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The French Market<\/span> was provided by publishers Clarkson Potter, but the opinions are my own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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