Farmers' Markets Have Become London's New Salons

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The farmers' market queue is the modern salon. A century ago, the salonistes perched on damask and debated the latest literary offerings while their servants plunged into the mêlée of market day. But now the topics du jour are what to eat and where to buy it and the arena has shifted to match.

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Farmers' Markets Have Become London's New Salons

There's a faint smell of straw in the air, now the whiff of goat -- or is that sheep? - then a slap of wet fish hits the back of your nostrils before giving way to somniferous lavender and garlic pungent enough to ward away ev...

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