The Gaul's Banquet

French festive cuisine listed as Unesco World Heritage? A love story between the French and their food dating back to the time of the Gauls! The famous banquet ending each adventure of Asterix and Obelix, is indeed an institution of Gallic life.

A Gallic banquet is codified and ritualized: placement of the guests according to their rank, choice of dishes, drinks and accessories, everything is carefully selected for the occasion. The banquet ends religious ceremonies, belligerent or political assemblies, and also allowed the Gauls to pay their last respects to the dead.

Apart from these festive meals, what was our ancestors’ daily food? What tickled their taste buds? This is what carpology and experimental archeology will reveal…

Selected at Pariscience 2014
See the showing : Thursday 02nd October 2014 from 13h45 to 15h15