Kuopio Market Hall in Finland.

MarketfoodlKuoppioFinland

Fresh fish to buy when the boats come in at the harbor in Copenhagen.

copenhagendocksfishingcolorful

Just a little salivation at this bakery in Biarritz, France.

BaguettesBirarritzFrancebread

A well known fish stall in many locations in Stockholm.

signFishStockholm

Buy your birch utensils at the outdoor Christmas Market in Kuopio, Finland.

marketKuopioutensilsbirch

Turku, Finland outdoor market. Selling Lutefisk for Christmas dinners. Well, ok, but not on my table!

fishmarketTurkuChristmas

At the Christmas outdoor market in Gamla Stan in Stockholm. Maybe I can cadge a bite.

ChristmasMarketGamlaStanStockholmsausages

Coming upstairs from the train tracks in the Stockholm station, you are immediately faced with Christmas choices.

ChristmasPastriesStockholmtrainstation

Everyone has a role to play at the outdoor market in Albi, France.

albimarketbrooms

And the same can be said for the outdoor Christmas market in Kuopio, Finland. Not the same vendor.

kuopiomarketbrooms

The market under the Metro tracks at Le Mot Piquet in Paris.

vegatablesLe MottePicquetParis

Sigh! my most favorite food group. In Biarritz, France.

FoisGrasBiarrritzgoose

In the bakery stall at the Turku indoor market. Guess it is obviously coming on Christmas. All manner of rye breads and Karelian perogies.

RyeBreadChristmas TurkuFinland

Hakaniemi market in Helsinki.

HaikenanMarketHelsinki

The Finns love their potatoes about more than anyone else.

HelsinkiMarketPotatoes

A real delicacy. Bayonne ham, seasoned with piment espelette. Bayonne, France.

hamBayonnefoodcolorful

Silakka. Herring to the rest of us.

HerringHelsinkifish

Bread as it was baked in old large ovens at Lanhydrock Castle in Cornwall, England.

LanhydrakBakeryCornwallEnglandbread

Now that is fresh tuna off the boat in Tenerife. Cut to order.

FishMarketTeneriffespain

Neal Yard cheese shop in Borough Market, London.

NealYardCheese Borough MarketLondon

Food market in Santa Cruz, Tenerife.

MarketSantaCruz Teneriffe

You can almost smell the mushrooms sauteeing in the market at Le Mot Piquet, Paris.

ParisLe MottePicquetMarketCepes in Paris

OK, Aren't piggies supposed to be bigger? Le Mot Piquet, Paris.

ParisLe MottePicquetMarketHangingPiggie

Strolling through the Pike Place Market in Seattle.

NeonsignsPikePlaceMarket in Seattle

The Pure Food Fish market in the Pike Place Market.

PureFoodFishMkt Seattle

Rye bread heaven in Helsinki.

RyeBreadGroundZero in Helsinki

Somehow you just know these fish are fresh in Paris.

ShoppingforFishStockholm

Dessert in Turku bakery.

StockholmbakerySkansen

Mouth watering strawberries at the Granville Island Market in Vancouver.

StrawberryFieldsForeverGranvilleIsland

The most famous view of the Pike Place Market in Seattle at 6 AM.

PikePlaceMarket Seattle

Oh, so juicy looking cherries at the Granville Island Market in Vancouver.

SweetCherriesGranvilleIsland

Of course this is a Paris game stall in the market.

YourchoiceofgameorpigatLeMottePiquetParis

10 AM on Christmas Eve at the outdoor market in Turku, Finland.

TurkuoutdoormarketonChristmasEveFinland

Not all the assembled are allowed in the Budapest Market. Some must wait outside and be stared at.

DogmetoutsidetheBudapestMarket

The Budapest Christmas Market. Naturally, we headed for some Gluhwein.

GluhweinBudapestChristmasMarket

All manner of pepper in the main Budapest market.

BudapestMarket

SeattleMarketFish

SeattleMarketNeonSign

SeattleMarketNeonSignLowell's

BudapestChristmas Market brooms

Athenian Seafood Seattle Restaurant in Market

SeattleAthenianSeafoodRestaurant

Hot Dog restaurant Seattle Market

SeattleMarketHotdogrestaurant