Gourmet festivals New Aquitaine

It is the rendezvous of the greedy people who give their hearts to their hearts for a weekend in Angoulême. In fact, the Gastronomades bring together all the actors from the field of the field to the plate, from the producer to the cook, offering festive animations such as cookery courses or culinary contests. !!

Every year for over 30 years, it's been a tradition: all strawberry lovers gather in Beaulieu for this exceptional strawberry festival. Here, the red fruit is king: the gariguette, grown along the valley, gives spring its exceptional taste of sunshine, while its little sister, the juicy and very sweet mara des bois, is reminiscent of the forest. Strawberry market, farmers' and crafts market, wooden merry-go-round, children's play area, gabare outing, not forgetting the famous giant strawberry tart - it's all part of a delicious day out!

Cherry Festival is an event that smells good summer before the hour! Two days of festivities to celebrate the delicious red fruit in varied and varied forms. One hundred exhibitors, you have no excuse to eat clafoutis! The opportunity also to attend the young firefighters'maneuvers and to finish the evening with a step in music.

Each year in April, the municipality of Saint-Caprais celebrates pork, designated in the santongeaise language by «goraille». Traditional clothes, old cuisine, patois poitevin saintongeais: everything is gathered to celebrate the land with a word of conviviality. This essential and emblematic feast of the Gabaye culture is the opportunity to reunite people and onlookers around a local traditional meal. Discovery around «pig cooking» workshops. Show, animations on the theme of the farm, bandas, concerts.

The White Queen gives you an appointment to Etauliers on the occasion of the sixteenth edition of Blayais asparagus festival. The taste is in honour with some gastronomic and wine exhibitors, co-op visits, demonstration of recipes and workshops with many chefs and always awareness of sustainable development with his village, and the labelling of responsible demonstration by the General Council.

The fat markets, a popular and gastronomic tradition well anchored in the Landes. From April to October, local producers offer their flagship products directly on the markets: foie gras, whole geese and ducks, gizzards, confits, duck breasts... Among the best known fat markets, head for Dax (Saturday morning, from November to March), Villeneuve-de-Marsan (Wednesday morning, from October to April), Peyrehorade (Wednesday morning, from November to mid-March), Mont-de-Marsan (Tuesday and Saturday morning) or Saint-Sever (Saturday morning). Not to be missed!

Organized by the Heritage Association, the festival of hemp is the work of passionate people, thanks to a great mobilization of volunteers. Here we welcome the public to explain in all directions today's hemp: stands of artisans offering hemp products, local crafts (beautiful clothing lines), but also companies specialized in construction and insulation based on this natural product.

Once again, Corsica invites itself to Bordeaux for a week. On the program of festivities dedicated to the Isle of Beauty, meetings with about twenty producers, tastings of all kinds, evenings, laughter, sharing, creative discoveries, as well as concerts. For more information on the program, visit the event organizer's Facebook page: www.facebook.com/acantina.