French food festivals
Food festivals are always a pleasure to attend. Being a part of some of the food festivals, you will know about the various cuisines and their unique preparation. French food festivals like, Salon du Livre Gourmand, French Food Festival at Larose Regional Park and French Food Festival in Pondicherry are some of the best ones to look out for.
French food festivals around the world helps you find out about the different delicacies and their flavors.
- Salon International du Livre Gourmand
Known to exist since 1990’s ‘Salon du Livre Gourmand’is one of the best known French Food Festivals to be held in France. This internationally renowned food festival takes place after an interval of two years. The festival has one ‘country of honor’invited as the special guest. The theme of this French food festival is also determined by this particular ‘country of honor’. Apart from treats for the taste buds, you will also see some of the best books on various French recipes and delicacies of other country’s.
- French Food Festival Larose
Larose’s French food festival is one of its kinds. The place offers more than just food to its visitors. The festival is a three day event that takes place in the Larose Regional Park. The highlights of this French food festival are its food, cooking, musical concerts, dancing, and folk attractions.
Some of the main attractions of the French food festival in Larose include,
Festival Art Show
Booths Decoration Contest
Live Music by famous musicians
Jr Tennis Tournaments
Cheerleading and School Band Performances
Crowning of Miss Festival Crown
Trick or treating game
Costume Contest for Kid’s
French food festival at Larose has a number of food booths, displaying more than 20 varieties of local dishes. Some of the delicacies found in these food booths at the food festival are, Seafood Pistolettes, Crawfish Etouffe, White Oyster Soup, Hogshed Cheese, Pork Routee, Fried Crab Claws, Cobblers, ShrimpPo-Boys, Beignets, Jambalaya and Tartes a la Bouille.
- Gastronomades: French Food Festival:
Delicacies with cheese, wine, cakes, chocolates, ham, barbecued pork, and cocktails are a part of this huge French food festival. Gastronomades is known for its various stalls selling French delicacies and other activities like, cooking competitions, felicitations like ‘Most Gastronomic Initiative’and workshops. There are stalls with live animals grazing the tiny land area. Parents are delighted to show the animals to their kids, who are equally enthusiastic to visit the festival for food and fun.
- French Food Festival in Pondicherry:
Pondicherry has had a rich historical past with it being a capital of the French India. Food buffs from all over the world visit India, to taste the best French recipes, displayed during the food festival. Apart from the French cuisines, the food festival also showcases Italian recipes, Indian recipes, Hungarian recipes, Mexican dishes and Spanish recipes. Some of the special dishes to look out for in Pondicheery’s French food festival are:
Mexican Pasta
Ratha Sura Meen
Shell Fish French Casserole
Khalia Chocolate Mousse
Lichi Stew
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- Other food festivals in France:
France is a home ground for other food festivals too. These festivals attract not just the residents but food buffs and enthusiasts from all over the world. Some of the best food festivals of France are:
- La Pourcailhade:
Address: Festival of the Pig or La Pourcailhade
Trie Sur Baí¯se
Hautes Pyrí©ní©es, France
Festival of the Pig or La Pourcailhade is aptly named so, as all sorts of mouthwatering delicacies like sausages, pork tapas and shows have the major ingredient as the pig. There are pig art exhibitions and pig-calling competitions as major highlight of the food festival
- Fete des Fromages:
Address: Cheese Festival or Fíªte des Fromages
Rocamadour, France
Tourisme Rocamadour
L'Hospitalet
Rocamadour 46500 France
The cheese festival of France is one of the most renowned French food festivals in the country. The main highlight of this festival is zoo, dinners, dancing and an open market apart from the cheese made recipes.
- Festival du Boudin:
Address: The Black Pudding Festival or Festival du Boudin
Mortagne au Perche
Normandy, France
The Black Pudding Festival or Festival du Boudin takes place in the month of March. This food festival is oraganised by Brotherhood of the Knights of Blood Sausage. The black pudding displayed in this food festival is more of a sausage with ingredients of meat, yam, goat, sheep, cow, pig, and grain.
Attending some of these French food festivals, you will come to know about the various delicacies, different ingredients used and the particular flavors.
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