Prepare your palate: new French food and wine museum to open in Dijon November is for wineĪt the stroke of midnight on the third Thursday in November bottles of cherry-red Beaujolais Nouveau are cracked open – and what a party it is in Beaujolais and nearby Lyon. Annecy celebrates with traditional music, flower-festooned cows and street stalls plying local Savoy cheese.Ī formal blessing of the town’s chili peppers and ennoblement of a chevalier du piment (a knight of the pimiento) are highlights of this chili-pepper fair in Espelette, Pays Basque. The return of cattle from alpine summer pastures has been reason to party since the Middle Ages. Pick, eat and fill up on sweet chestnuts native to forests around Collobrières in the Massif des Maures in Provence. From the communal tables in a vineyard to the world's most incredible display of citrus, get ready for the gourmand tour of a lifetime.įirst-time France: where to go and what to do France's Food Festival Calendar: where to go for the best local food and whenĬattle Adorned with Flowers at La Belle Dimanche Festival © Atlantide Phototravel / Getty October is for chestnuts, cows and chili peppers Here's a highlight from Lonely Planet’s new book, Eat France, which celebrates the vibrant culinary scene of one of the world's greatest foodie destinations from Paris to Corsica. Almost every French specialty has its own dedicated fête (festival). The smorgasbord of romantic accolades bestowed upon la belle France is dizzying, and most relate to food.Īttending a food festival is a golden ticket to tasting seasonal produce, meeting local producers and artisans and really getting under the skin of France’s grass-roots food culture. Markets bursting with local produce, buzzing cafe terraces, sun-baked olive groves tended by third-generation farmers ancient truffle estates, vineyards and oyster farms mirroring the beauty of each season.
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