A local no-diet fair

Every year - for nine years now - my home town hosts a gastronomical event that celebrates the traditional drinks and cakery that emerged in western European monasteries from the Middle Age all the way to modern day. Most of the bakeries, family factories and religious congregations taking part in it are Portuguese - by reason of geographical proximity - but some are from Spain, France and, though not this time, Belgium and Italy. Besides food there are also several shows with medieval dancing and religious singing and yes, appart from sweet licors, in the fair one is bound to find hundreds of those egg abundant cakes I told you about in Sweden. It's definitively not the kinf of thing you want to go to if you're on a diet or have a liver problem. The fair takes place inside my hometown's monastery, of which I don't think I've ever shown photos of. I'll do it one of these days, but in the meantime you can check it here.

So without further delay, and either to be a feast for your eyes or a nauseating moment, here are some pictures of the event: