Wherever I travel, I like to visit the farmer’s markets. In San Francisco, my favorite is the Alemany market, where I shop every Saturday and buy the freshest vegetables and fruits. I have been making kiwi juice for more than a decade with the kiwis that are available now in California. I was in Split, Croatia last year, and I loved the market there. I went to some nice markets in the villages of Cameroon recently too.

Today I was at the farmer’s market in Vilnius. Kalvarijų turgus is not far from the city center. I must say that they have some great pickles, horseradish and adjika (which is a Georgian spicy dip that is very similar to Mexican pico de gallo). If you love bacon and sausages this is heaven. If you love dino kale, bok choy, and long beans, like me, you are out of luck. It was a chilly foggy day, and I bought some beets and preserved sorrel (konservuotos rūgštynės) and made a simple soup. There were pears, apples and pumpkins, which people use to make pumpkin soup. This is not where the prosperous Vilnius suburbanites shop. They go to the new big supermarkets. This is the market of the people, and seems to have some characteristics of the soviet times. Here are some photos.