We spent a glorious May morning shopping at the thrice-annual Brimfield Antiques Fair.

You might wonder "Why does a Foodie Pilgrim care about antiques?" Well, antiques is a very broad term, especially at the Brimfield Fairs. This fair and antiques shops in general are great places to find good-quality, good condition kitchen gadgets, serving dishes, and other pieces from the past that can give your kitchen or dining room a real sense of place. I have many nice mixing bowls, serving platters, and other gear in my kitchen that I acquired on expeditions such as this.  

On this particular  expedition, I was seeking attractive, smaller antique barware. In my grandfather's day, cocktails were usually served in much smaller glasses. As a result, you could get a greater variety during an evening of cocktails, instead of getting hammered by drinking from a pail.

There was food to be had, but it was Fair food, which is fair under the best of circumstances. Even the Methodist and Congregationalist pie-ladies seem to have called a detente and serve only reheated Mrs Smith's pies now. We had to travel onward to find more foodie adventures.