French Cuisine And Its History!

The diversity of French Cuisine is so extremerelying on their local production of fresh
that only Chinese have kinds of their foods thatingredients like cheeses, vegetables, wines, and
are similar to the French ones. They have tomany others,...
thank this variety to the amazing history ofCommonly in the South of France the stores and
France, the different climates and geographiessuch close at lunch time because most of the
that are the base of their local production thatpeople return to their homes to take a two our
brings so much kinds of ingredients and of coursebrake with their families. To provide them enough
last but not least the well known French Passiontime to go out to lunch they usually reopen the
for excuisite Foods. In all its forms, if you want tobusinesses around 2 P.M. And stay open until 7
understand France or its inhabitants you have toP.M. This is more particular in the villages and
understand the culture of its food!smaller towns in the South of France.
Their dinners can variate from very basic mealsWine and cheese are the most common
like the traditional baguette with cheese and cheapaccompaniments to a French dinner aside bread
wine until extraordinary « Gourmetand water. In other countries wine is reserved for
festivities » like their `Jet Set` meals whichspecial occasions and is very expensive but in
mostly contain Caviar and a lot of different winesFrance it is a standard way of eating to have
which cost enormous amounts. Of course this `Jetsome wine with their everyday meal. In their
Set` meals are only reserved to exceptionalculture they really appreciate to match the kind of
V.I.P`s.wine with the style of food even if it stays an
This kind of sophisticated meals are normallyordinary meal.
found in the typical French restaurants like inOften they serve a « Cheese Plateau
other Europe countries or in The United States of» that contains three or four kinds of
America which mainly misguides the foreigner bycheeses before the dessert to appreciate the
making them think that the French Cuisine islocal cheese. Typically they provide at the same
complicated and very heavy! In fact, the basictine some sliced baguette or another kind of
French Cuisine is extremely simple and mostlybread.