France
Specialities: Macarons, foie gras, French onion soup, assorted breads, champagne
Not speciality: French fries
It’s a fact that France is home to some of the world’s most lip-smacking dishes. From the simple aromatic baguette to exotic goose liver (foie gras), this country has produced all kinds of food movements.
Yes, food movements. Examples include haute cuisine (“high”, traditional cuisine) and nouvelle cuisine – “‘new” cuisine that focuses on detail and presentation.
French bubbly is also the most renowned in the world, so much that it has become the name of the drink itself. Champagne originates from the French region of its namesake.
To connoisseurs, champagne is called “champagne” only if it comes from Champagne.
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