International Food Extravaganza Period A: French Culture

French Culture

~Blog post #1~

April 12, 2015

By: Jenny Doyle

I have decided to focus on the culture of France for this project. I don’t have much prior knowledge of French cuisine, but with more research, I am hoping to learn more about the history of it. I am also interested to see how it has progressed since then. The reason that I am want to learn more about the French culture is because during my freshman and sophomore year I took French as my language course. Something I learned from my teacher Mr. Recchia, is that the most important meal in France is lunch, because of that, a typical lunch break in France can last up to two hours. The reason that the lunch break is so long, is because French people treat eating with respect, and enjoy it a lot. Another interesting fact about France, is that they consume the most cheese out of any other country in the world. Geography also plays an important role on French cuisine. France is surrounded by Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, and the UK; all these countries have an influence of the history of French food. For example, Italy influenced the French cuisine when Catherine de Médicis married Henry the II of France. When they got married Catherine brought her Italian chefs over from Italy, in doing such a small thing, they advanced the culinary arts of French cuisine.