Everyone was so happy at the marché this weekend! One of those visits when you think “This is why I love coming to this marché.” You see, we don’t go to the easiest market to get to. There is one just a block up the boulevard and another just past the grocery store that both stretch on for ages. And they are fine but we once went to the marché just on the other side of the périphérique, the boundary between Paris and suburb which, after all, is very close to your apartment, and it hooked us. There we found our vegetable guy who is the farmer himself. There is my herb lady who always has the best herbs and micro and baby greens and the other farmer who has the heirloom varieties and the different colors of carrots, radishes, and tomatoes. The Italian stand with the pancetta with bits of peppercorn throughout and the baker and family with the best bread we have found in the whole city. Now we go every weekend we can and always come home saying how strange it is to go 10 minutes and be in what feels like a smaller village, not Paris. Here’s what we got this week:
– Cresson de Terre (Perhaps American or Land Cress in English? Anyone know?)
– Unpasteurized Buffalo Mozzerella
– Beets
– Celery
– Little Yellow Onions
– Cucumber
– Zucchini
– Eggplant
– Campari Tomatoes
– Sage
– Red and Green Sweet Peppers
– ‘Master’ Bread
– Thyme
– Felino Sausage
– Mint
And here are some of the dishes all that will go into:
Eggplant & Tomato Tartines with Mozzarella – Lieu sur Lit de Cresson – Roasted Root Vegetable Salad with Manchago & Herbed Croutons
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The weekend was as beautiful as the weather people predicted and we tried to take advantage of Paris Design Week and Les Journées du Patrimoine as much as we could. I loved these colorful ladies we found on a back wall near Arts et Métiers.
How was your weekend? And what is on your menu this week?
xo,
A.
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