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A French Market

There are two big markets a week in Nantes, and they are both very busy. French do love food after all.

Fruits and vegetables are not always cheaper than at the supermarket but people have their “petites habitudes” (shopping traditions) and they enjoy stopping by the same stalls week after week. They joke with sellers, taste fruits, complain about prices and happily bag a few pounds of this and that. So-and-so has the best meat, so-and-so has the freshest bread, etc.

Markets also reflect the diversity of France. While it is not as multicultural than in Canada, you can now find a lot of foods and products from Northern Africa, Asian food as well as exotic spices.

North African Spices
Fruits
Wine Testing
Homemade Jams
Apples
Goat Cheese with Spices
Cantaloup
Feta Quiches
Bread
Far aux Pruneaux Cakes
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Zhu

French woman in English Canada.

Exploring the world with my camera since 1999, translating sentences for a living, writing stories that may or may not get attention.

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