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Hot mulled wine is one of the essential ingredients of a European
market. This can be accompanied by almond cake, gingerbread and trdlo
(grilled rings of sweet bread dipped in ground almonds and sugar). Local
chestnuts are often roasted as is a pig placed on a spit along with local saus-
ages. Many local producers will also make up food hampers full of local
foods and gifts.
The best Christmas markets in Germany
Dresden Striezelmarkt
This is Germany's oldest Christmas market. It started in 1434 and is where
the traditional Stollen cake comes from. A 3500 kg cake is made and cut into
pieces and slices are sold.
Lübeck Christmas market
This town is known as the marzipan capital in Germany. The Lübeck market
started in 1648 and takes place at the medieval Heiligen-Gelst Hospital.
Rothenburg Christmas market - Reiterlesmarkt
This market is considered one of the most romantic Christmas markets in
Germany.
I'm a big believer in community gardens both because of their beauty and for
their access to providing fresh fruits and vegetables to so many communities
across the nation and the world.
Michelle Obama
Community gardens are starting to be promoted alongside farmers' mar-
kets as a food tourism activity. A community garden is where local residents
set up a garden to provide food for themselves and their neighbours. Many
would argue the largest community garden in the world is in Havana, Cuba
where the food economy over many years has relied on organic community
gardening. The system seems to work as the average Cuban lives as long
as the average American and Cuba does not have a health care system that
would compare with their near neighbour, the USA.
The value of community gardens in Cuba was highlighted in the 2006
documentary, The Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil. After
the fall of the Soviet Union in 1990 Cubans developed community gardens
when oil imports halved.
John was raised in Birmingham in a terrace house where the only way
to garden was to apply for an allotment. These allotments were where locals
could grow their own food on land that was owned by the council. Over time
the allotment became less desirable; home owners started their own gardens,
