French food is fancy, romantic, and classy… But why? I dug into French history to see why we view French cuisine the way we do.
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Credits:
Producer – Matthew Li
Production Assistant – Mana Chuabang
Script Supervisor – Russ Medcalf
Special thanks:
Louis Glover
Yusef Iqbal
Yeevonne Lim
Dylan Payne
Brandon Goddard
Logan Johnson
Music from Musicbed & Tom Fox
SOURCES:
DW –
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BBC –
Western Society for French History –
Timestamps:
0:00 – French cuisine is weird
1:56 – French food used to be looked down on
2:27 – The man who changed French culture
4:11 – The Era of Versailles
6:52 – French cuisine gets codified
8:06 – Let them eat cake
8:51 – How the French Revolution gave us restaurants
11:16 – How the world fell in love with French cuisine
11:55 – French food is falling off?