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White. Blocks of homemade soap, bulging bags overflowing with glossy beans, plump cauliflowers, pine nuts that smell of resin and the sea. Red. Tall jars filled with pepper paste, suc- culent turnips, pomegranates with tightly packed seeds. Orange. Dense- fleshed pumpkins, orange preserves as bright as kaleidoscopes. Yellow. Lavender honey, golden olive oil, the freshness of lemons. But most of all green: a vegetal symphony of the Mediterranean spring, harvested with care and dedication. Sharp sorrel (kuzukulagi) alongside rough thistle leaves (sevketi bostan), dandelions, fava beans and humble wild chard (deli pazi).a birthplace of tradeEverywhere you look, colors. The Foça Earth Market begins to open up its petals in the cool of the morning, as the flagstone-paved square gradu- ally fills up. With careful movements, produce is arranged in the stalls. The last touches are put to the displays as someone sips a tea. Customers begin to arrive, for now unhurried. A few steps away, beyond the low stone houses with their pastel-colored doors, lies the glittering Aegean, tame within the wide cove that protects the port.112211© IVo danChEV