It sort of helps to like dairy products when you start to get hungry in the Netherlands.

There is a cheese market almost every day of the week, somewhere in the north of Holland.

Coming up, we're getting a taste of the culinary treats you can expect to find in Holland, Spain and France.

The best thing about the menu to-djeure is that you can guarantee that it's going to be seasonal and it's going to be fresh.

Chef and podcaster Andrew Pryor shares what he's discovered about the French way of eating.

Guides from Spain remind us how much their ham can improve any dish.

You can add chopped Iberian ham on top of it.

I mean, I have a lot of friends that are vegetarians.

They say we're vegetarian except for ham.

And for dessert, there's holiday cakes and cookies waiting for us in Norway.

You know, back in the days, if you were a good housewife,

you would bake seven kinds for Christmas.

We're traveling on our stomachs with European food traditions in the hour ahead

on Travel with Rick Steves.

Come along.

If you're not feeling hungry right now, you probably will by the end of the hour today on Travel

with Rick Steves. In a bit, the author of a food guide to Paris joins us from his home in the

countryside of Western France.

That's where Andrew Pryor's been putting the French style of eating

into practice every day and leading food tours.

Andrew takes us beyond the menu du jour into the ways French people

typically enjoy their meals throughout the day

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