While we are in France we are trying all kinds of french cuisine. French cuisine is known all over the world. The typical meal includes three courses—a simple starter (soup or a salad, which is mostly cold), a main dish (lots of cheese, vegetables or chicken but we prefer vegetarian), and then cheese and fruit for dessert , followed by coffee to end the meal. Until the day the Bastille was stormed in 1789, the majority of French citizens were poor farmers whose diets were based mainly on grains. In the decades that followed, an upper class emerged – one that upheld good food as a mark of social standing. World War I heralded the beginning of modern French cuisine. Fresh apples, berries, haricot verts, leeks, mushrooms, and various squash and stone fruits are among the most commonly used produce. France has an abundance of artisan cheese and wine and French people consume the maximum of cheese in the world. We prefer vegetarian and get lots of potatoes in different forms, baked, boiled, fried , mashed and dipped in abundant cheese. In the monastry where we are housed we get different kinds of cuisine though our choice is very limited due to Vegetarianism. Wine both red and whi
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