Thursday, December 01, 2005

Market Report: In Barcelona, Spain, olives and rovellon mushrooms are specialties of the season

On a trip to Catalonia, Spain in early November, I visited an array of markets -- from the bustling and touristy Mercat de la Boqueria in central Barcelona, to a smaller, neighborhood market in an off-the-beaten-track part of town, to a small sidewalk market in the Mediterranean beach resort of Sitges 25 miles south of the city. I found olives -- lots of different types of olives -- and some other regional specialties of the season, such as calcot onions and rovellon mushrooms.

Read the report on my recent tour of farmers markets in Catalonia.

Here are lots of other recent reports from farmers markets in California, New York and beyond.