Authentic France: Bon appetit

Food is the one thing we have in common. It signifies our way of culture, tradition, beliefs, history and our way of life. It gives a blast back to the past and a push to the future ahead. It is the experience we have that connects us to other people from different cultures, societies and make new friends. 

Now let’s travel all the way to the land of many faces, FRANCE. French cuisines is the most refined in the world and famous for many delicacies such as truffles, pate de foie gras, cured ham and many more items on the gourmet menu, some of us may be familiar with them. Every country has its own style of cookery and distinctive cuisine, like how northwest France uses butter, cream and apples and cuisines from the southwest France uses duck fat, mushroom (cepes) and gizzards and so on. For French people, cooking is part of culture so they are well appreciated, and take a high pride in their cuisines, particularly the elderlies and older generations, so they are very reluctant to experiment new dishes. Here in France, wine is a stable food even today, 98.67% of wine is consumed, and beer is very popular to the youths, but the legal age is 18, which is good. No wonder it’s the leading wine production, enough of that fact, so they are very extreme diverse and kind of strict to the influence of other countries and new dishes.

French cuisines can be simply divided into:

     Cuisine Bourgeoise

Ø  Which includes all the classic French dishes which aren’t, or no longer specifically regional and of which have been adapted over the years to suit the taste of the affluent classes.

Ø  This type of cooking includes the rich, cream-based sauces and somewhat very complex cooking techniques.

     Cuisine du terroir

Ø  Covers regional specialists with a strong focus on quality local produce and peasant tradition.

•       Mnay that fall into this category don’t exactly stand out as “French”, sometimes because regional cooking styles can be quite different from the fancy dishes seen in French restaurants around the world.

     Today

Ø  Food fashions and trends in France tend to be successful between these 3 types of cuisines.

Ø  The “fusion” cuisine popular in the English-speaking world is not widespread in France, though some restaurants in the capital have a “fusion” theme

Ø  Many modern French chiefs are influenced by a variety of international cooking styles.

That is all for this post, I hope you learned something I know I did, since I don’t normally go travelling. Who would have thought that France is more interesting than fashion or Paris being the city of life, lights and romance.