Travel with taste: 5 museums of the world "about food"

When planning another vacation, you can choose the directions of your trip to your taste. Elite old cheeses, chocolate from the super chef, noble Burgundian and Tula gingerbread - gastronomic museums give an opportunity to taste life.





Museum of Wine, France, Paris

The Paris Wine Museum opened its doors to visitors 30 years ago. Long before that, the building housed a medieval abbey. Monks-minorites for centuries cared for the vineyards, which adorned the suburbs of Paris and produced the best wines. Louis XIII himself liked to skip a glass of wine here after hunting in the Bois de Boulogne. Later, during the French Revolution, the monastery and its cellars were looted and forgotten, and only more than a century later the local restaurateurs remembered the place and arranged a museum in the long underground corridors. Today, in the XVI arrondissement of Paris, you can go down to those very ancient cellars and get acquainted with the full process of winemaking - from growing vine to storing wine bottles.

In addition, there is a rich collection of bottles, labels, corkscrews, barrels, all kinds of glasses and cups. The length of the cellar galleries is more than 1 km. The price of a regular ticket includes one glass of wine. Real connoisseurs are pre-registered for thematic dinners in the museum, dedicated, for example, to tasting wine of a certain variety of grapes or a particularly successful year in winemaking.





Kaasmuseum Cheese Museum, Holland, Alkmar

In the Netherlands, cheese is treated as a real work of art and national pride. The Kaasmuseum Cheese Museum is a pleasure for the whole family. Here, of course, there are tastings and noisy holidays, as well as a special program for children and master classes. In short, you can walk, eat, have fun and cook cheese yourself. In addition, the Kaasmuseum is located in the building of the chapel of the XIV century, which over time was converted into a chamber of scales. The building of the museum has preserved the magnificent decoration of the walls and facade. A small but very remarkable collection of female portraits of different centuries deserves special attention in the museum.





Chocolate Factory of Alain Ducasse, France, Paris

Alain Ducasse is a general of haute cuisine. His restaurants in Tokyo, Hong Kong, Las Vegas, New York, St. Petersburg and Paris receive Michelin stars, and he organizes wedding receptions for newlywed royals. His book of recipes for dietary nutrition is a book about the most delicious and healthy food. But besides all this, the most famous and titled chef in the world owns a chocolate manufactory. And everything here, as is customary with the Monsieur, in the highest category: pens and levers, vats and mixers polished to shine. All work at the only chocolate factory in Paris is done by chocolatiers in white starched caps. And of course, here you can try and buy as a souvenir the most delicious chocolate in Europe.





Spritmuseum Museum of Alcohol, Stockholm, Sweden

The Spritmuseum is not a museum in its traditional sense with antique bottles and alcohol production mechanisms of the last century. The Museum in Stockholm is an installation and fantasy on the theme of alcoholic beverages. The exposition, located on two floors of the museum, is divided according to the principle of the seasons. In each hall, guests are invited to try alcoholic beverages for the same seasonal reasons. So, if you are in “Spring”, you will taste orange liqueur, if in “Summer”, then elderberry or dill drink, and if you are in the “Autumn” hall, you will be offered wormwood tincture. The culmination of the exhibition is the “hangover room”, where in an ordinary-looking room visitors hear a female voice complaining about how bad it is “after yesterday”. Whether moralizing, or artistic move. In addition to the “seasons”, the museum hosts exhibitions and performances that dilute the atmosphere and make a trip to the world of alcohol pleasant and unforgettable.





Tula Carrot Museum, Tula, Russia

A visit to the Tula Carrot Museum is not only another gastronomic experience, but also a lesson in the history of the Russian state. And illustrations for the history are the painting on gingerbread. In addition, visitors to this museum can learn about the intricacies of confectionery, ancient recipes and traditions of making the most beloved delicacy in Russia. Here are the largest pood gingerbread and the smallest, smaller than a five-ruble coin. At the end of the tour, everyone will have a gingerbread treat with tea, and in the store at the museum you can buy traditional Russian souvenirs.



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