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Barcelona, chocolate, food, markets, marshmallows, Photography, Seattle, shopping, The Netherlands
Chocolate at Albert Cuyp market, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
I bought some delicious dark chocolate with dried cranberries and some chocolate coins (for some reason, I can never pass up a chocolate coin!) from this chocolate extravaganza at the Albert Cuyp market in Amsterdam. When traveling, I’m always drawn to food displays in outdoor markets and bakery windows. Part of the charm of these displays is not only anticipating the flavors of what you decide to try, but also their fleetingness. Unlike a piece of art or a piece of pottery, you can’t take this food home with you as a reminder of a place. The memory is created there, on the spot, as you try the fruit or the olives or the bread and take a picture that you will later look at and say: “Rember when we went to that market and had that great chocolate?”
Olives at market in Port d’Andratx, Mallorca, Spain. After learning about olives during an olive oil mill tour in France, we went on an olive-eating binge in Spain.
Ready-to-eat fruit, Barcelona, Spain
Marshmallows at Fortnum and Mason, London, England. The ginger marshmallows were delicious!
Very fresh mini donuts at Pike Place Market, Seattle
See more great photos of things on display at Where’s My Backpack.
Suzanne et Pierre said:
Hi: We do the same when we travel though we don’t often indulge in buying lots of stuff as we are mostly attracted to the sweets counters so it wouldn’t be good for us. But when we do buy some is sooooo delicious!!! I love markets and food window shopping!
Margaret said:
The sweets counters are definitely hard to resist. I ate a few more marshmallows than I had planned.
Kiwi said:
Ginger flavoured marshmallows?? I didn’t even think about that different flavours existed. I definitely have to make a trip to London… just for those marshmallows!
gentlestitches said:
What a delicious post. i hadn’t heard of ginger marshmallows but I know for sure I would love to meet one.
denisediscovers said:
I’d find these foods hard to resist too! If I’m in London again, I’m going to Fortnum and Masons to buy some ginger marshmallows.
Jo Fredric said:
Yum! Those pictures are making my mouth water (doesn’t help I just got home from work and am starving!). I LOVE chocolate so your first picture was my idea of heaven!
suth2 said:
I love the look of the marshmallows at Fortnum and Masons. I will need to try them next time I am in the UK.
andasfortoday said:
So true, I always think back to a place where I have tasted something wonderful! Lovely pics!
Madoqua said:
Lucky for me I get to look (on your blog) and not sample!! I have such a sweet tooth and my hips don’t appreciate it! What a tantalizing display – a lovely post!
originaltitle said:
I love it all! Pike Place Market is one of my favorite places in the world, it’s hard not to eat everything there. So many samples and awesome food. My mom just brought me back some chocolate from Barcelona, and it’s awesome, but it’s not the same as being there and getting it myself. Great post and pictures!
sixtyonabike said:
The pic of the chocolate looks amazing!
the eternal traveller said:
One of the greatest joys when travelling is trying all the new foods. I always figure I’m doing so much walking that it cancels out extra intake! That’s my theory and I’m sticking to it. Carol.
megtraveling said:
That’s a tempting display of chocolate! Actually all the pictures look delicious… :)
free penny press said:
Oh my, everything looks so yummy especially the Marshmallows :-)
Browsing the Atlas said:
I think it must be part of our make-up as bloggers. I can’t resist photographing food displays, either. I always feel silly doing it, but they’re some of my favorite pictures. Even if I never sample the food in the shot. But of course, it’s always better when I do. :)
Pecora Nera said:
Chocolate, who can resist a post about chocolate?
letizia said:
What beautiful photos. I love going to markets when I travel too. I often videotape them with my iphone as I love hearing all the wonderful market sounds when I’m back at home.
Tamara Eckstadt said:
These photos look absolutely delicious! We have NOTHING like that around Upstate New York! All those different types of marshmallows are killer good looking! I need to get out more.
winsomebella said:
Your pictures make me drool :-)
carinzil said:
yummie …
restlessjo said:
Yep, I’m queuing up for the ginger marshmallows too. My husband just wants chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate (dark, please).
Carrie @ Season It Already! said:
Those ready-to-eat fruit cuts are genius! Do you know what a great snack that would be for kids? Love it!
sarasjansen said:
Great choice for a blog article, and the pictures work well. I especially like the cups of fruit.
Ingrid said:
Chocolate….my true weakness and European chocolate is the best…yum!
Mary @ The World Is A Book said:
Yummy on all of them! Another great travel theme with awesome pictures:) I love the marshmallow and chocolates pictures. Europe has some of the best food displays and I love taking pictures of them too. I’m a chocolate lover so I take a lot of pictures of those too.
Lane said:
Maine lobster. Hawaiian pineapple. Shanghai dim sum. Oh this list could be endless.
Gobetween said:
All look so yummy!
orofiorentino said:
Wonderful…Chocolate, who can resist a post about chocolate? Orofiorentino from Italy
LeSILICIUM said:
YUM! Love sampling new foods while traveling.
Bron said:
A window full of beautiful French pastries does it for me. :)
The Daring Gourmet said:
Sampling the various foods is always an important highlight for me in world travel – besides the fact that I love to eat, I also enjoy taking home those eating experiences and recreating them in my kitchen. I would have had a hard time passing ANY of these booths by without stopping to taste! I remember a trip I took to the Middle East where I came across a market booth with the largest display of baklava I had ever seen – stacks and rows of every imaginable baklava creation! Even the memory makes me salivate!
Nice write-up, Margaret!