Flagship recipes like the Niçoise salad soon to be protected by law?

On the French Rivierathe niçoise salad is one of the most famous culinary specialities. The recipe is very popular in summer, but often distorted. The recipe raises questions. But the original ingredients are: lettuce, tomatoes, Nice olives (Alpes-Maritimes)boiled eggs, tuna, celery, artichokes and anchovies. “In the Niçoise salad, the most important ingredient, I would say, are the anchovies and the Nice olives. Before, it was the dish of the poor so at the base, it was only anchovies, they did not have tuna at the time“, Yohan gopaulchef at Le Safari restaurant in Nice.

Franck Viano founded the collective Cuisine Nice. He calls for a law to defend regional products. “In France, you can deposit a work of art, a novel, a piece of music, not a cooking recipe. In the land of gastronomy it is quite surprising“, he believes. A bill brought by a senator should be tabled soon. If adopted, she could perhaps put an end to the long debate on the real recipe for a Niçoise salad.