About this episode

This episode explores Bordeaux as an underrated food destination, highlighting its unique cuisine and rich history.

Bordeaux: The Food Capital of Southwest France You Need to Know is the latest episode of Fabulously Delicious — and it makes the case that this UNESCO World Heritage city is one of the most extraordinary and most underrated food destinations in all of France. Most people arrive in Bordeaux for the wine. This episode is about everything else — the lamprey, the canelé, the Aquitaine caviar, the markets, the chefs and the two thousand years of trade and cultural collision that made this port city on the Garonne one of the great eating cities of Europe. The first half covers the full history of Bordeaux — from the Celtic tribe who first settled on the crescent of the Garonne around 300 BC, through three centuries of English rule following Eleanor of Aquitaine's marriage to Henry Plantagenet in 1152, to the eighteenth century golden age that built the Grand-Théâtre, the Place de la Bourse and one of the most beautiful waterfronts in Europe. We cover what makes Bordeaux cuisine unlike anything else in France — a cuisine built at the crossroads of Atlantic, Mediterranean and Iberian influences, shaped by what arrived at the docks and what grew in the surrounding countryside. The second…

People in this episode

Host: Andrew Prior

Topics covered

• Bordeaux cuisine
• food history
• cultural influences
• food products
• UNESCO World Heritage
• gastronomy

Keywords

• Bordeaux
• French food
• cuisine
• canelé
• lamprey
• Aquitaine caviar
• food history
• gastronomy
• UNESCO
• cultural influences

Mentioned in this episode

Products: canelé, lamprey, Aquitaine caviar

Books & works: Grand-Théâtre, Place de la Bourse

Places: Bordeaux, Southwest France, Aquitaine

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