The Farmer's Market International Parade
El Amor por la Cocina is co-hosting this event en Español!
Next time you visit the market, do not forget your camera, take photos and then blog about it. Share with us some of your food shopping tales and tips. Show us where you like to shop and why. This little event would just be a great resource as a foodie-guide if we happen someday to be in your area.
It could be any kind of market: fish market, meat market, fruits and veggies market, supermarkets, even handcrafts market if they create cooking tools and plates, for example.
So far we have received entries from Venezuela, Mexico, Trinidad, UK and Panama. What are you waiting for to send us yours? We are listing here the fantastic submissions we have received, so please, get inspired, grab your camera and go market-exploring!
From Guadalajara, Mexico:
From Caracas, Venezuela:
- El Puesto de Delmiro: Ajies dulces y ajos (Delmiro's stand: peppers and garlic). Posted by Zulmy Garcia from El Blog de Zulmy.
- Colonia Tovar: El Puesto de Susi, productos muy frescos casi desde Alemania (Susi's stand, fresh produce almost from Germany). Posted by Zulmy Garcia from El Blog de Zulmy.
- Frutas acompañadas de una gran sonrisa, la de Miriam! (A fruit stand, an the charming smile of Miriam). Posted by Zulmy Garcia from El Blog de Zulmy.
- Verduras, El Puesto de Pedro: yuca, ocumo, zanahoria, batata, ñame, apio, and other roots from this tropical fertil land. Posted by Zulmy Garcia from El Blog de Zulmy.
From London, U.K.:
From Panama:
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How to participate:
Just go to the fruit market, farmer's market, mercado, street market, or what ever you love to call those places with a colorful bounty of edible goodness to feed our bodies and the soul too. Do not forget to take lots of photos during your next visit, or dig out the ones stored in your computer that you took during 2005 too. Blog about it. We are dying to learn about the farmer's markets in your area, in your country. What can you get there, (Can you get an occasional free scorpion?) how much do the goodies cost? Just make us hungry :)
Then, send us the following information, and we will love to include your post in the International Gallery of Farmer's Markets.
- The link to your post, including one or more photos of farmer's markets.
- Your post should include a link back to this post or to the CookingDiva (http://www.panamagourmet.blogs.com) and specifying that it is your contribution to the Farmer's Markets Worldwide Parade
- The photos should have been taken between January 1st 2005, and June 1st 2006.
- You are free to submit as many entries as you want, following the same guidelines of course.
- By June 10, 2006 we should have International Gallery of Farmer's Markets beautifully set up for the world to see!
Elena, from El Amor por la Cocina, will be co-hosting this event in Spanish.
If you have any suggestions or questions let us know.
Abrazos,
Melissa
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by Chef Melissa - CookingDiva · April 27, 2006 · 09:40 AM
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He tomado nota en "El amor por la cocina"; una idea fantástica, voy a participar y se lo voy a decir a más gente, un beso
Comment by: Cannella • Apr 27, 2006 10:16:26 AM
Gracias Cannella! :)
Comment by: melissa_cookingdiva • Apr 27, 2006 10:23:18 AM
Just waiting for ours to open in Mid May - can't wait!!!!!!!!
-KElly
Comment by: kelly • Apr 27, 2006 1:41:11 PM
GREAt Kelly!!! please keep us posted :)
Hugs,
M
Comment by: melissa_cookingdiva • Apr 27, 2006 3:25:57 PM
Esos platanos se ven tan sabrosos!
Comment by: logtar • Apr 28, 2006 9:29:04 AM
gracias por visitarnos logtar :) hope you can blog about the markets in your area. HUGS!
M
Comment by: melissa_cookingdiva • Apr 28, 2006 9:40:18 AM
que buena idea, saco mi camera y te muestro los mercaditos de corrientes dentro de la semana
Comment by: Katy at Pomelo Pleasures • Apr 28, 2006 9:43:53 AM
Fantastic, thank you Katy!
Comment by: melissa_cookingdiva • Apr 28, 2006 9:49:37 AM
This is so wonderful! Thank you for hosting this Melissa & everyone who contributes. I love it!
Comment by: Fran • Apr 29, 2006 8:22:22 AM
hoi .............kus :P
Comment by: spion • Apr 29, 2006 12:48:39 PM
Fantastica idea, me encantan los mercados!!!!!!
Esta es mi contribucion: http://cocinalia.blogspot.com/2006/05/galeria-internacional-de-mercados.html
Comment by: saomai • May 3, 2006 1:46:08 AM
my favourite market:
http://tofusofa.antville.org/stories/1383996/
sorry for my awful english...
Comment by: mutant • May 3, 2006 7:08:20 AM
Wouaouh! I can't wait to see all the gallery! What a beautiful idea, one more!
Comment by: Elvira • May 5, 2006 11:30:30 AM
Thank you Elvira, hope you have some time to show us how the markets in your are look like!
Hugs,
M
Comment by: melissa_cookingdiva • May 5, 2006 7:21:59 PM
Hi there,
phantastic idea...can't wait to see more.
Here my contribution from China
http://www.yunnan-dali.net/b2005/index.php?blog=7
Comment by: Karine • May 6, 2006 5:46:03 AM
Thank you Karine for your contribution. It is great :)
Have a great weekend!
M
Comment by: melissa_cookingdiva • May 6, 2006 8:10:15 AM
I take you along a market in Switzerland: http://kochtopf.twoday.net/stories/2078630/
Next time a Spanish one. ;-)
Comment by: zorra • May 28, 2006 4:15:23 AM
The most famous place to buy food in Stuttgart (Germany) is the "Markthalle" (market hall). I blogged it in German and Englisch here:
http://www.theofel.de/plog-archives/2006/05/markthalle-stuttgart---the-farmers-market-international-parade.html
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