Chiles in Stockholm

Sunday, 24 April 2016

Piment d'Espelette and the Fête du piment

Hi again!

In 2004 we went to France to visit Espelette and the fête du piment. Here are a massive amount of pictures from that trip.

Piment

Espelette

Fête du piment

Chile peppers all over the place

A good combo

Drying peppers

Chile peppers all over the place

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Even the menus :-)

Espelette

Chile peppers all over the place

Espelette

Piment d'Espelette

Chile peppers all over the place

Piment d'Espelette

Chile peppers all over the place

A happy gardener :-)

Chile peppers all over the place

Fiesta

Chile peppers

Nice outfit

Fiesta

Chile peppers all over the place

Espelette

Chile peppers

Chile peppers all over the place

Taking a break

Chile peppers all over the place

Fiesta

The ceremony

Espelette

Fiesta

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Fiesta

Chile peppers all over the place

Cool guy

Espelette

Not everything is about chile peppers of course. We stayed in Biarritz, and had a great time there. Some sunsets.

Biarritz

I find it very interesting with the European chile pepper culture. If you had asked me 15 years ago, I wouldn't have known about it. Espelette is well worth a visit, even if you are not a chilehead :-)

Regards,
Mats

West Dean Gardens (UK)

I wrote a short article about this in 2001, for Fiery Foods (http://www.fieryfoodscentral.com/2008/07/03/chilli-fiesta-in-england/), and here are the pictures.

Plants for sale

Chile pepper art

Fiesta

Dried chiles

Sauces

More sauces

Blaise & Patricia

How to make a great curry

In the green house

Chile peppers

More ornamentals

Chile peppers

Hot regards,
Mats

New Mexico

Some more old pictures :-) It's rain mixed with snow outside, so I'm still looking at old pictures.

Albuquerque
Patricia & Dave DeWitt in the old town.