How do you govern a territory which has 258 kinds of cheese?” Charles De Gaulle had jokingly complained in 1962. The new French consul general in Calcutta, Didier Talpain, invoked the former president’s observation to highlight the diversity of French cuisine at an event last Thursday that celebrated the best of French gastronomy. Goût de France (Taste of France, also referred to as Good France in English), an international initiative of the French ministry for Europe and foreign affairs and chef Alain Ducasse, has been embraced by the city’s foodies and the food sector alike. A contest has also been organised on the occasion by Atout France — the France tourism development agency in India — which is running on the consulate’s social media pages. It would give participants a chance to win a stay for two for two nights in the Loire Valley.

Source: The Telegraph October 25, 2021 01:34 UTC