The European Market Food Almanac

Iconic dishes cooked on blazing planchas, bubbling copper cauldrons, and historic bakery counters across the markets of Europe.

Authentic Italian Cicchetti canapes with whipped baccalà and prosciutto at Venetian market bàcari
Venice, Italy · Rialto Market

Venetian Cicchetti

Small bite-sized skewers and crostini topped with whipped creamed salt cod (baccalà mantecato), marinated anchovies, and fried polenta bites.

Fresh Galette de Saucisse buckwheat crepe wrapped around grilled artisan pork sausage in Brittany France
Brittany, France · Marché des Lices

Galette Saucisse

A hot, grilled pure pork sausage rolled snugly inside a freshly buttered, cold 100% buckwheat Breton crêpe. The undisputed Saturday staple in Rennes.

Crisp flaky warm Portuguese pastel de nata custard tart sprinkled with cinnamon
Lisbon, Portugal · Mercado da Ribeira

Pastéis de Nata

Blistered, caramelized egg custard cradled in an ultra-crispy spiral laminated pastry cup, served straight out of the ovens dusted with cinnamon.

Slow stewed lampredotto tripe meat sliced for sandwich in Florence Italy
Florence, Italy · San Lorenzo

Panino al Lampredotto

Tender simmered cow's fourth stomach carved hot, loaded into a crusty roll dipped in rich broth, and finished with house-made herbal salsa verde.

Fresh red wild carabinero prawns sizzling on flat iron plancha grill in Spain
San Sebastián, Spain · La Bretxa

Gambas a la Plancha

Wild Atlantic prawns flashed across smoking sea-salt planchas with garlic oil, finished in fresh squeezed lemon and crusty Basque country bread.

Traditional German bratwurst grilled over beechwood charcoal served with sweet Bavarian mustard
Munich, Germany · Viktualienmarkt

Nürnberger Rostbratwurst

Finger-sized pork sausages seasoned with mountain marjoram, grilled over beechwood embers, and served in pairs inside a crusty Semmel roll with sweet mustard.