Fish Friday

 An eye-catching array of fresh seafood.

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Throughout France, watch for at least one main course of fish or seafood on the menu at traditional French bistros, brasseries and restaurants every Friday, not just on Fridays during Lent, Le Carême. - BPJ

Market muguets

May 1st is La Fête du Travail, Labor Day, when muguets or lilies of the valley are given to loved ones.

Above: a forest of muguets for sale at an open-air market

Below: blooms for the lunch table; bright gariguette strawberries, back in season 

Ferme to table

Expect asparagus on menus until the end of June.

Weekend motivation

 

A florist at a covered market on the Left Bank.

French onion soup

A simple workers' after-market soup that utilizes throwaways (stale bread, cheese, onions) and meat stock, soupe à l'oignon traveled outside the French border to become a gourmet sensation.

Market daze

Flowers, sausages, fresh produce, goose eggs, champagne... End of summer sees market streets back in full swing.