Market mornings: how to read a European food market
When to go, how to behave and what to eat on the spot: a visitor’s guide to city food markets, with portraits of six market halls from Málaga to Stockholm.
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Food & Local Life
Markets, meal times, coffee rituals and the everyday rhythm of the places we visit.
Eating at the right hour and in the right way is the quickest route into a place. We explain market mornings, the Spanish day from breakfast to a late dinner and the coffee cultures of Vienna, Stockholm, Lisbon and Málaga, so you order with confidence and sit down like a regular.
Eating at local hours: the rhythm of a Spanish day
Why Spanish kitchens seem closed just when you are hungry, and how to fall into the local rhythm, from coffee and toast to a late dinner and a long sobremesa.
Fika, Kaffeehaus and café con leche: coffee cultures for city travellers
From Swedish fika to the Viennese coffee house, Lisbon’s bica and Málaga’s scale of milk: how a cup of coffee opens a door to local life in five cities.
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Local Lexicon
Fika, espetos, Heuriger, löyly: the local words from our articles, explained in one sentence each.
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