Today I went to the farmer market in Lörrach, across the border in Germany.
The market takes place three times a week: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
I regularly go there with my friend on a Saturday morning, enjoy visiting the same farmers and buy fruit and vegetable, occasionally bringing home new plants or fragrant roses. You will also find a lovely selection of cheese, cured meat and sausages, bread, tarts and other homemade goods.
What a change today compared to two weeks ago when still cabbage and winter produce ruled: spring flowers abound, the first white asparagus, radishes and my favourite, locally grown strawberries have arrived.
They are still rather expensive (€4.50 for 500 g), sheer luxury but I will savour each and every one, inhaling their fragrance and tasting their sweetness.
the first local strawberries
On the way back we stopped at the Italian butcher shop, Capizzi, and I bought some finely cut prosciutto cotto (boiled and slightly smoked ham with a delicious hint of herbs) to be paired with white asparagus and sauce hollandaise.
I also took home Capizzi’s salsiccia piccante con finocchio (spicy sausage with fennel), some of it to be grilled and some of it will go into a sugo bolognese.
Today I am a very happy person!
