Food Market Gypsy Discovering desserts, culture, and cuisine around the world 2021-09-26T13:30:23Z https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/feed/atom/ WordPress https://i0.wp.com/old.foodmarketgypsy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/cropped-IMG_3790.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg Copyright © Food Market Gypsy 2019 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Clam Shack Crawl on Cape Cod]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=12760 2021-09-26T13:30:23Z 2021-09-24T20:27:30Z Some reviewers call clam shacks “dives”, and I’m against it. The fare is market-based and fresh; the menus classic and unpretentious; the clams hyper-local, the lobster rolls chunky and only lightly dressed. The emotional fulfillment of an unchanged menu decade after decade in a land of sun and surf is more treasure than an ordinary Continue Reading

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]]> 0 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[On a Roll in Quarantine]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=12481 2020-06-09T22:18:48Z 2020-05-27T00:39:40Z The classic southern yeast roll reminds me of cotton candy. It is billowy. It becomes thread-like when you pull it in half and then melts into bread-flavored syrup in the first bite. It is a harmony of milk, buttery wheat, yeast, and salt. It is a symbol of southern culinary grace. If I see a Continue Reading

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]]> 1 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Students of Sourdough]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=11415 2020-06-10T23:33:22Z 2020-04-10T04:04:53Z Bread teaches us patience. We have to wait for yeast to activate; then slowly mix and knead the bread dough to develop gluten strands, which create an internal structure capable of rising. Next, the dough must ferment or “proof”; and then we have to wait for it to bake in the oven while a shiny, Continue Reading

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]]> 10 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Spotting Food Trends in San Francisco]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=9995 2020-02-15T18:42:14Z 2020-02-04T19:18:30Z Journalists tell us they need three sources to confirm a story, and trendologists (it’s a real job!) use similar observations to spot a food trend. The business of food (over $140 billion for specialty food alone last year) includes technology, artistry, nutrition, and taste. “We’re social creatures. We like to share what we’re cooking, which Continue Reading

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]]> 2 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[HARVEST: Farmers’ Markets at their Finest]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=7931 2019-10-18T20:33:41Z 2019-10-15T03:29:27Z Tables burst with autumn harvest specialties: pumpkins, apples, kale, and cider. I think of these items as delicious props in the theater of farmers’ markets. I finished up the baking Saturday mornings around 6:00am on my market days, trying not to clank pans too loudly as my children (sweet pre-teen part-time workers) groaned at the Continue Reading

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]]> 2 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Slow Food Brownies in Denver]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=7889 2019-09-17T17:29:44Z 2019-07-30T22:36:36Z The Slow Food Nations Food Festival wrapped up last weekend after three days of workshops, talks, and parties focused on Where Tradition Meets Innovation. This year, we were merchants in one of the 70 wooden booths made for the event. We sold cookbooks and served brownies, cookies, and lemon curd. A visitor wandered by, one of Continue Reading

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]]> 39.7392349 -104.9902496 2 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Miso & Cherry Blossoms in Japan]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=7288 2020-04-17T03:00:41Z 2019-06-20T18:25:54Z The season behind us is worth a look back. Much more than a prelude to summer, spring in Japan is THE high season because of its cherry blossoms. A national celebration peaks in Kyoto, the capital of rich, ancient traditions and the once-home to centuries of emperors. Fresh fish and sea creatures with the delicate Continue Reading

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]]> 35.0115623 135.7681427 3 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Strawberry Tarts & The Patisseries of Paris]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=7194 2019-07-04T04:57:46Z 2019-04-30T05:30:27Z How could it have happened? The spire of Notre Dame burned. Our greatest achievements are fragile. These photos – most taken in Notre Dame’s neighborhood a week before the fire – remind me that we must treasure beautiful things because they are impermanent. I will try to appreciate the beauty of the classics, like Strawberry Continue Reading

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]]> 48.8566132 2.3522220 7 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[A BAKER’S PASSPORT Is Ready to Travel]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=7013 2019-05-01T21:25:26Z 2019-02-01T03:07:43Z It’s finally time to hit the road. A Baker’s Passport, with over 200 recipes for sweet and savory global classics, is based on this very blog and now available to buy here: A BAKER’S PASSPORT: Recipes for Breads, Savory Pies, Vegetarian Dishes, Tarts, Cakes, and Cookie Classics. When I began Food Market Gypsy, my dream was to have a cookbook emerge from the pages Continue Reading

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]]> 33.9425087 -118.4089737 4 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Travel & Adventure & Boston Baked Beans]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=7000 2019-05-01T21:25:26Z 2018-12-08T00:42:07Z How great to be back in Boston for the Boston Travel & Adventure Show. I met so many people ready to hit the road, and THANK YOU to my new friends from the show who are now exploring culinary travel here. I spoke with many of you about my years in Boston as a college Continue Reading

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]]> 0 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[A Baker’s Passport-January 2019]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=6958 2019-05-01T21:25:27Z 2018-11-25T05:30:37Z This blog celebrates desserts and what fun it is to write about them. Somehow, the adventure of discovering sweet and savory baking classics in their homelands has become the story of my life and now, a book: A Baker’s Passport: Recipes for Breads, Savory Pies, Vegetarian Dishes, Tarts, Cakes, and Cookie Classics. A Baker’s Passport is available for Continue Reading

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]]> 2 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Strawberry Season in Vienna]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=6647 2019-05-01T21:25:27Z 2018-06-17T04:52:37Z Almost speechless about this Strawberry Mousse in a chocolate-dipped cookie cone at Landtmann’s Patisserie in Vienna at the Cafe Museum. And yes, you are seeing lightly toasted almond slices on top.  Working (sleuthing) to get this recipe. The many strawberry desserts in Vienna may not enjoy the same fame as Sachertorte (see story below) but they do Continue Reading

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]]> 0 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Atlanta-style Biscuits]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=6717 2019-05-01T21:25:28Z 2018-04-17T23:37:16Z Southern biscuit production requires adherence to two strict rules: Rule # 1  As bakers in Georgia, Louisiana, or the Carolinas will tell you, you need White Lily Flour. This is not a secret; it is a fact. White Lily Flour is a 135-year-old regional brand made from 100% soft red winter wheat (as opposed to the Continue Reading

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]]> 4 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Chardonnay Sauce in San Juan Capistrano]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=6649 2019-05-01T21:25:35Z 2018-02-06T00:34:49Z “We take the essence of the scallops, mussels, shrimp, and the sea and we infuse it into the sauce,” said Chef Pascal Olhats as he described the preparation of his velvety Chardonnay Sauce.  Brimming with fruits-de-mer fullness, the sauce is served under a thyme-crusted fillet of sea bass.  This dish is based on a regional classic Continue Reading

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]]> 4 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Holiday Desserts in Pictures]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=6586 2019-07-04T05:10:03Z 2017-12-02T03:10:48Z  In December, much of the world sees things the way I do. Artistic cakes, cookies, snow globes, chocolates, and vividly wrapped confections fill shop windows, screens, and billboards.  They are everywhere. For over 17 years, I have explored the pastry arts, sometimes as a chef and sometimes as a gypsy traveler hoping to capture in Continue Reading

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]]> 4 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Old & New Nordic in Iceland]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=5538 2020-02-11T08:46:02Z 2017-10-26T00:41:25Z Reykjavik is not a cheap-eats town. As trawlers, seiners, barges and battered military ships churned in and out of the icy, early-winter marina, bowls of fish stew from the dock shacks cost as much as a steakhouse dinner in the states. This wild island, this legendary home of Vikings who could weather any hardship, offered Continue Reading

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]]> 7 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Chocolate Chip Cookies … Chef-Style]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=6401 2017-10-25T05:00:31Z 2017-09-30T23:12:12Z Leave it to The New Yorker to produce a charming article on the history of the famous Chocolate Chip Cookies known as Toll House.The recipe is an historic, uniquely American keeper. And yet we’ve all been to that bake sale with a plate of chocolate chip cookies that didn’t quite work out – pancake-like, melted Continue Reading

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]]> 5 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Farm-to-Table Tableaux in the Berkshires]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=6087 2018-02-11T19:32:19Z 2017-08-15T22:27:41Z I’ve been photographing what is beautiful to me in The Berkshires for a long time, including plenty of farms and tables. My town in this western region of Massachusetts began as Shawenon, named for a Mohican chief who had an eye for gentle majesty. The 1780’s-ish dairy farmhouse my family bought years ago sits on Continue Reading

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]]> 8 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[Fika & Wild Swans in Stockholm]]> http://www.susienorris.com/?p=5150 2020-02-11T07:52:13Z 2017-06-25T21:31:22Z Ah, midsummer.  The harsh ways of the world won’t find you here, especially on the Nordic water.  That’s where I was last year – travelin’ solo in the Swedish archipelago – and I thought I was turning 56 on my mid-summer birthday.  My family later corrected me – I was a mere 55.  But for Continue Reading

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]]> 9 15norriseps http://www.chocolatebliss.biz <![CDATA[To London, With Love]]> https://old.foodmarketgypsy.com/?p=5931 2017-09-26T03:53:01Z 2017-06-04T22:17:06Z Borough Market in London was an early stop when I started this blog in 2015.  Today, in the aftermath of a deadly terrorist attack, my heart goes out to all the people of London and their beautiful city. Here are photos from Borough Market and its environs on happier days. From the Archives: 31 years Continue Reading

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