Fete de la Gastronomie, Frances First National Food Festival

We all know that the French love their food, but they've never tried anything like this before. On Friday, there will be 3,000 food events across the country.

For a country whose cuisine has been officially recognised by Unesco as a "world intangible heritage", it seems only right it should have its own festival, and that is exactly what will take place all over France for the first time this Friday, 23 September. The organisers are hoping the Fête de la Gastronomie will have the same kind of success generated by the Fête de la Musique, and with more than 3,000 events planned, excitement is mounting as the big day approaches. You could turn up at any of the venues and eat well, but of course even if you can not make it, you always eat well in France.