Why is French Food "Fancy"?
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. Subscribe for more videos in the future: https://bit.ly/3Jz0f2c SOCIAL MEDIA: Twitter - / itsmatthewli Instagram - / randomchino Credits: Producer - Matthew Li Production Assistant - Mana Chuabang Script Supervisor - Russ Medcalf Special thanks: Louis Govier Yusef Iqbal Yeevonne Lim Dylan Payne Brandon Goddard Logan Johnson Music from Musicbed & Tom Fox SOURCES: DW - https://shorturl.at/jquF8 Britannia - https://shorturl.at/jqO67 BBC - https://shorturl.at/bmDOS Western Society for French History - https://shorturl.at/ityAI 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?
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