Right now there are animals of all shapes and sizes gorging themselves on food to fatten up for the lean winter months. I started thinking about my own diet and realized that it doesn’t change much throughout the year with the exception of a few seasonal fruits. But what if there weren’t Tescos in every city. What if we had to actually work for our food? What if we had to “fatten up for Winter”. Using Joobili I created a MyList of Fall food festivals that could help me add a few kilos.
1. Bologna City of Food: Bologna, Italy - Bolognese food inventions extend far beyond meaty sauces and you’ll find all of Bologna’s tasty creations on display here.
2. Mengen Cookery Festival: Mengen, Turkey - Some of the finest Mediteranian dishes originate in Turkey. This festival on the Turquoise coast will teach you how to make it like a Turk.
3. Naples Pizza Festival: Naples, Italy - The world’s largest celebration of pizza in the birthplace of pizza. Enough said.
4. Sueca Paella Festival: Sueca, Spain - Celebrating my favorite Spanish dish. The last day of this festival features a Paella eating contest that is sure to fatten you up.
5. Sheep Festival: Arrens Marsous, France – Fluffy fat sheep are returned from summer pastures and made into sheep cheese, lamb cutlets, sheep sausage, etc.
6. Abergavenny Food Festival: Abergavenny, Wales - The highpoint of Welsh cuisine where chefs gather to show of their skills and you become the judge.
7. Cherry Beignet and Kirsch Fair: Fougerolles, France - Fried French donuts and sweet cherries. Yummy.
8 Chasteilet Festival: Sigriswil, Switzerland - For nearly 250 years this region has hosted an annual cheese sharing festival.
9. Galway International Oyster Festival: Galway, Ireland - Buckets of oysters and never-ending pints of Guiness beer. If that won’t put on the kilos I don’t know what will.
10. Kivik Apple Market: Kivik, Sweden - Enormous artistic displays of apples. But don’t worry, this is art you can eat.
11. O Grove Seafood Festival: El Grove, Spain - Europe’s elite fishmongers unite for a two-week seafood safari.
12. Weimar Onion Festival: Weimar, Germany - Don’t worry, it’s not just onions, but also everything that tastes better with onion added.
13. Det Goda Koket: Stockholm, Sweden - Lutfisk anyone? You’ve got to give this dried, salted white fish a taste. It is just one of many foods available at the birthplace of the Smorgasbord.
14. Brotherhood of Goat Meat Eaters Festival: Bellegarde-en-marche, France - This gets my award for strangest festival on the list. If you love goat meat or unusual events you shouldn’t miss it.
15. Eurochocolate: Perugia, Italy - Hope you saved room for desert! This is the final stop on our Winter Fattening tour.
