june FOOD PROGRAMME. CUINA MAGAZINE
Catalonia's springtime temptations
The good weather has finally arrived and it is time to get out and about. Across the country there is a veritable feast of food festivals with something to tempt every palate.
Until June 26. King prawns reign
Prawns are high up on the list of the best from the Ebre delta, and each year these crustaceans are the protagonists of the food festival celebrated in Alcanar. Come visit, walk, and afterwards feast on the local delights all month long in Alcanar and Les Cases d'Alcanar
www.alcanarturisme.com
All month. Delicious Suquet!
Blanes is a fishing town with a rich culinary diversity and one of its main dishes is the local fish stew known as Suquet, for which everyone has their own recipe. At Sa Palomera in June, they will let you in on some of those secrets. 22 restaurants with special menus all month.
www.visitblanes.net.
June 19 Remeiart herb fair
Wild herbs have amazing culinary applications. You can explore them all in a new edition of Remeiart fair, celebrated at the Castell de Penyafort, which offers tastings of dishes and drinks made with herbs. Workshops and concerts. Santa Margarida i els Monjos (Alt Penedès). www.remeiart.com.
From June 5. A cherry spring
If you want to explore all the possible ways of cooking with cherries, then these culinary workshops are just what you need. Local restaurants and pastry shops all join in the celebration, with tastings based on cherries. Caldes de Montbui (Vallès Oriental).
www.caldesdemontbui.cat.
All month. Feasting on eggs
No matter what comes first, the chicken or the egg, it does not really matter in Sant Guim de Freixenet (Segarra). Every year since 1996, this village has been celebrating the Fira de l'ou, with a market, workshops and tastings, where eggs are the unquestionable star of the party.
www.santguim.cat.
June 11. Prawns take a bow
If you want to enjoy one of the most iconic products of Palamós first-hand, from June 11 you should not miss the prawn festival, now in its third edition. Many of the local restaurants join in with offering the menu de la gamba. Palamós. (Baix Empordà).
www.palamos.cat.