Monday, October 20, 2008

SATURDAY MORNING - FARMER'S MARKET

During the fall season, when mountains of pumpkins colorfully invade the stalls everywhere, I enjoy going to the Farmer's Market in town...

In Geneva, there's nearly one fruit and vegetable markets in every quarter or village (see info), but my favorite one is situated in Rive, on the Boulevard Helvétique (see map). Every time I go there, I get into a trance and walk like a robot down the aisles, as if drugged by all the marvelous smells and beautiful visions!

In that place, you'll find an outdoor market which takes place on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 6am to 1pm and a covered one called "Les Halles De Rive" which is opened six days a week. There, you can buy everything you are looking for: fish, meat, cheese, delicatessen products, bread, vegetables, fruits, etc... It's a paradise, the Mecca of gourmet food!

In 2006, I had already blogged about both markets, so if you are interested in learning more about them, please check out those links:
The Farmer's Market - Part I (see post)
The Farmer's Market - Part II (see post)

Marché de Rive & Halle de Rive
Boulevard Helvétique
1207 Genève
Switzerland

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60 Comments:

Anonymous Sylvie said...

De bien jolies photos hautes en couleurs ! :o)

11:22 AM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Marcela said...

Wow! There's a cayote (courge de Siam, Cucurbita ficifolia) in the last photo...
Did you buy it to make cheveux d'ange? :D
I'm making a map about the culinary uses of this particular kind of squash. If that's ok, I'll add a link to your photo.
Cheers,
Marcela

12:38 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

MARCELA: Thanks! No, I didn't, but I bought three other Pumpkins/squashes... Of course, feel free to add a link to my photo ;-P!

12:42 PM, October 20, 2008  
Anonymous lory said...

joli!!
J'adore ces couleurs...
bisous

12:48 PM, October 20, 2008  
Anonymous lory said...

...j'adore cette chanson,..qui c'est déjà?..
bisous

12:49 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

LORY: Merci! Laquelle? Il y en a tellement sur mon "player" ;-P...

12:56 PM, October 20, 2008  
Anonymous Les recettes de Céci said...

très jolies photos!!

bonne journée

1:06 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Clémence said...

les photos sont magnifiques !

1:34 PM, October 20, 2008  
Anonymous Tiuscha said...

Je ne connais rien de meilleur que les marchés de saison, si ce n'est les marchés de producteurs... sans doute plus facile à trouver chez moi...

1:40 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger sandrine said...

bravo Rosa ! comme d'habitude tu as su saisir des couleurs magnifiques.
bises

1:41 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Hélène (Cannes) said...

UN bien joli petit post pour une assidue des marchés comme moi !
Bisous
Hélène

2:09 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger ~marion~ said...

Tu ne peux pas savoir ce que les aubergines me font envie... je les croquerai toutes crues :-)

Très jolies photos!

2:16 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Jen Yu said...

What are those striped reddish vegetables?! They are gorgeous!!

2:51 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger sab le plaisir de gourmandise said...

ah les marchés..j'adore les marchés et leurs ambiances...les couleurs, les odeurs..

2:56 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

JEN YU: They are eggplants (Graffiti Aubergines):D...

2:57 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Rosie said...

Just look at all the wonderful fresh produce wow!! I enjoy buying my produce as much as possible at markets too!!

Lovely Photo's Rosa!

Rosie x

3:26 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Meeta said...

I just love looking at other people's Farmer's Markets! Lovely!

3:26 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Meg said...

What a beautiful farmer's market!

4:02 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Elra said...

I am falling in love...
I feel like am ready to move right now! The eggplants, they look so gorgeous!
So beautiful Rosa, love those spices and dried herbs (part I) and the cheeses, Italian section (part II) Seems like you can get just about anything and everything in your area. I can go on and on and on.... about how beautiful it is! Now you know one more thing about me, I love open market very very much! When I go overseas, I always visit the market. As always, I want to buy everything off course!

5:27 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Cicero Sings said...

Oh to have such a farmer's market close at hand! Our own, tiny market closed for the winter October 10th ... and a demmed cold day their last day was too!

Vancouver has a huge market (Granville Island Market) ... there you can get most things year round! We usually go once when we go to Vancouver ... just to look at all the marvelous food and wish we had closer access.

6:03 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Maria said...

I love going to the market! Ours just ended though. I am going to struggle this winter. I won't know where to buy my produce!

6:17 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Ivy said...

I love going to the farmers' markets. I loved all those spices in your past post.

7:44 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Brigitte said...

je n'ai pas encore eu le temps de flaner sur les marchés de Nice mais j'ai vu de bien jolis produits ça et là
Je commence à faire surface mais le container n'est pas encore arrivé ;-(
bises

9:48 PM, October 20, 2008  
Anonymous marion said...

oh comme c'est chouette chez toi :)

10:29 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Helene said...

Mais c'est tellement beau. Que j'aime les marchés locaux. Nous n'avons pas ce luxe ici. C'est dommage.

10:52 PM, October 20, 2008  
Blogger Dee said...

I never used to go to the market here because it's wet and stinky, and did I say wet? Now I hold my breath and tiptoe. Wish our markets looked like yours.

2:28 AM, October 21, 2008  
Blogger Daziano said...

Salut! J'adore les photos!!!

3:28 AM, October 21, 2008  
Blogger cookworm said...

How lucky you are to have such a beautiful market! The colors are so brilliant. Wish I could visit. :)

4:50 AM, October 21, 2008  
Blogger Shionge said...

I love the sight and the colours of the vegetables & fruits.....:D

6:37 AM, October 21, 2008  
OpenID lamiacucina said...

what an abundance, here in Basel we only have one poor market :-(

7:12 AM, October 21, 2008  
Blogger Celine said...

j'avais jamais mangé de citrouille avant de venir aux USA. quelle honte, hein dis?

10:35 AM, October 21, 2008  
Blogger Big Boys Oven said...

thins that offered here in warm climate is totally different compare to yours! lovely!

10:42 AM, October 21, 2008  
Anonymous Hélène said...

Tes photos sont superbes. Elles me donnent envie d'aller au marché.

12:27 PM, October 21, 2008  
Anonymous menus propos said...

Un beau reportage de saison!

2:35 PM, October 21, 2008  
Blogger Darius T. Williams said...

Oh my - such grat pics!

2:54 PM, October 21, 2008  
Anonymous Dana McCauley said...

What a lovely market! You live in such a wonderful part of the world, Rosa.

3:08 PM, October 21, 2008  
Blogger La cuisine des 3 soeurs said...

Ma soeur m'envie mon marché lyonnais, je vois que le tiens est haut en couleurs lui aussi. les aubergines me feraient presque envie, elles sont trop belles.

3:33 PM, October 21, 2008  
Blogger Bellini Valli said...

It's a beautiful thing to see all these fresh veggies on my screen in the morning....

3:51 PM, October 21, 2008  
Blogger Sacha said...

Magnifique marché !tes photos sont tellement belles que l'on a très envies de toucher tous ces fruits et légumes qui sont présents à l'étale merci de nous les offrir
Bonne semaine
A+SACHA

5:57 PM, October 21, 2008  
Blogger glamah16 said...

What beautiful photos.

6:45 PM, October 21, 2008  
Anonymous Edith26 said...

Quelles belles aubergines !

6:47 PM, October 21, 2008  
Anonymous cathy said...

Oh les magnifiques photos..qui donnent envie...bises

6:57 PM, October 21, 2008  
Anonymous Hillary said...

I love peeking inside farmer's markets around the world so thank you for posting these photos! I'm from the U.S. but haven't yet been to an international farmer's market. Have written about Seattle Pike Place and Chicago's Green City though if you're interested!

7:20 PM, October 21, 2008  
Blogger My Turkish Kitchen said...

Hi Rosa,
I like going farmer's market too.
However, yours is much much better than mine:)

9:01 PM, October 21, 2008  
Anonymous MaryAthenes said...

Ah quel beau marche !
Tu sais comme je les aime !
Bises

11:01 PM, October 21, 2008  
Anonymous Tania said...

Voilà un marché où il doit faire bon de faire ses achats !

12:12 AM, October 22, 2008  
Blogger Miss Diane said...

Cela vaut vraiment la peine de se lever tôt pour parcourir les allées de ces marchés. Encore une fois, tes photos donnent le goût d'y aller.

1:23 AM, October 22, 2008  
Blogger Susan from Food Blogga said...

You really took some beautiful pics here, Rosa. I love to visit fm's whenever I'm traveling. And, boy, would I love to see this one in person.

3:54 AM, October 22, 2008  
Blogger Lexibule said...

Moi qui aime tant aller au Marché:)J'adore tes photos hihi!!

~Lexibule~

4:49 AM, October 22, 2008  
Blogger Marysol said...

Love the array of vegetables and their amazing color at your farmer's market. I can understand why you'd walk around in a trance through every aisle.

Rosa, we don't have many farmer's markets in my corner of the world, but the markets I do frequent carry most everything I need; I could easily spend an entire afternoon just looking. Oh, I also buy a thing, or two.

5:35 AM, October 22, 2008  
Blogger Vera said...

Beautiful photos, Rosa! So fresh and colorful!

8:42 AM, October 22, 2008  
Blogger Doria said...

Tu as su mettre en valeur tous ces légumes avec ton appareil, ils sont superbes !
Bisous, Doria

10:44 AM, October 22, 2008  
Blogger Gracianne said...

je me souviens de tes billets precedents sur les marches - franchement vous avez bien de la chance. Et tes photos sont de plus en plus belles.

12:38 PM, October 22, 2008  
Blogger Bombay-Bruxelles said...

Rosa

Your pics are wonderful! How luchy to have such a beautiful farmers market near you...

2:14 PM, October 22, 2008  
Blogger Sandy Smith said...

Oh what gorgeous pictures! Perfect to brighten this gray October day - thank you!

7:06 PM, October 22, 2008  
Anonymous miri said...

How much I adore walking around all the stands on farmers' market! What a wonderful way to spend Saturday morning!

10:30 PM, October 22, 2008  
Blogger Nilufer said...

Très très belles photos de ce marché helvétique que je ne connais pas. Ca donne envie d'aller se balader par genève :)

11:10 PM, October 22, 2008  
Blogger Rosa said...

I love the colors of everything this time of year! So pretty.

9:27 PM, October 23, 2008  
Blogger Kevin said...

I always enjoy going to the farmers market on Saturday morning. I tend to walk home with a bit too much each time. :)

2:08 AM, October 24, 2008  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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7:38 PM, November 12, 2008  

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