Made In France/MIF expo, Porte de Versailles

 

Last year when I went to the annual Made In France/MIF expo 🇫🇷at Porte de Versailles (on through Sunday), I never found the Gastronomie section.

This year I got directions and made a bee-line 🐝 

I managed to spend almost all my time in gastronomie, 

Seeing very little else of the other 850 exposants. 

This show just keeps getting bigger and better each year since I first went in 2014. 

The French take great national pride in their entrepreneurs, innovation and regional products. 

So much blue, white and red 🇫🇷. I would have killed for one of staff’s classic marinier T-shirts.

I settled for a kilo bag (2.2 pounds) of walnuts from the Corrèze area. They had 2 different varieties - one organic/Bio(10€) the other Nature(7,90€). 

I asked the owner which one I should get? He whispered,”they are both the same”. I got Nature. They dont taste like any other walnuts. So fresh. 

A little girl was learning her jam flavors, part of any French kid’s gastronomical education. She was also double-dipping…uh oh.

The tastings/degustations are the most generous of any Paris show in my opinion. 

This might be one of the most fun and interesting shows in Paris and its Free. Tickets are available online. I got the potiron soup and a 4-pomme box of Juliet apples.

Île-de-France area had an adorable Parisian cafe. You could sit 🙏 and take stock  all your impulse purchases etc. 

There will always be miel/honey at any French foodie show. And all of their products:cakes, soap, candies. Its endless. 

Very classy Provençal Chocolaterie de Puyricard was there. Yes, I got a box of irresistible marshmallows/guimauve.

They said they don’t bother with the annual Salon du Chocolat anymore. It’s mostly all cacao and not what is once was. 

This fromagier is leaning on big rounds of Roquefort from the Aveyron.

They had ‘flights’ (like wine) of strong, medium and mild. 

I have ‘flights’ of Holiday letters on Etsy. 

Be an early bird 🐦 and get your Paris gifts 🎁 sent out 📬 early. You could order a 6-pack and receive them unfolded. I’m trying to decide is I should go back to MIF and taste these carrot and beet catchups I missed on Friday 🤔 Bon Dimanche PBers☕️💋🇫🇷