Bayonne is known for its fine chocolates, produced in the town for 500
years, and Bayonne ham, a cured ham seasoned with peppers from nearby
Espelette. Izarra, the liqueur made in bright green or yellow colours, is
distilled locally. It is said by some that Bayonne is the birthplace of
mayonnaise, supposedly a corruption of
Bayonnaise,
the French adjective describing the city's people and produce. Now bayonnaise
can refer to a particular mayonnaise flavoured with the Espelette chillis.
Bayonne is now the centre of certain craft industries that were once
