ओ marche

what an ace time of year to be pregnant! visits to the local market (yah! they've not all buggered off on holiday!!) we can procure seasonally fresh and local fruit and veges. oh yes. strawberries, mmmmmmmm, raspberries, mmmmm nectarines, melons, lettuce-type items, fresh herbs, artichokes, 20 different types of tomatoes, eggplant, courgettes. wednesdays and saturdays two greedy little piglets buy up large. it's hard not to eat it all as soon as we get in the door.
tragically, monsieur le fromager is still noted by his absence. and signor and signora lovely italian goodies seem to have taken to the beach (or maybe they were part of that recent big mafia bust in italy- now that would be cool and i would forgive them).
but mostly i manage to keep my tastebuds satisfied buying locally.
except for jelly-beans (not available in france!), chips (small french fries not nearly as satisfying, but pascal cooks mean potato cubes that do the trick) chocolate and icecream. but mostly i need those every day so the wednesday/saturday thing would never suffice. (note to self, do not let children read this blog).
and as luck would have it, the previously mentioned greedy little pigs will be having a second go at the same season on arriving in nz. more strawberries!!!!!
xxx
b