The courgette festival The Courgette Festival is celebrated from the early March to the end of April. It is a celebration to foster the consumption of this vegetable at a local level but also among foreign people. Our city possess a kind of award certificating that courgettes grown here are high quality and it is the vegetable that represents our city. Over these weeks restaurants and bars devote their time to create and promote dishes whose main ingredient is the courgette. During March, bars offer original starters, called pinchos and the town council organise a contest to prize the best pincho. The last Sunday of March, the main event is celebrated, the gastronomic tasting. Most restaurant put up a stall in the city centre and they offer creative courgette dishes to the citizens. And, until the end of April, people can enjoy innovative courgette menus in several establishments. One of the menus I like best is quite good value for money. It is made up of four starters. The first one might sound strange to foreign people. It is made with the core of the courgette, which is the softer part, seasoned with romesco sauce, a sauce made with tomato, garlic, nuts and bread. The main dish is a rice dish made with courgettes and seafood. And, of couse, there is courgette in the desserts as well.