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France is unique and one of the most amazing countries in the world. The food is amazing, and the sights in France are breathtaking. It has existed as a country for a little over a thousand years, and managed to fill those with some of the most important events in European history. It is bordered by the English Channel to the north, Luxembourg and Belgium to the northeast, Germany and Switzerland to the east, Italy to the southeast, the Mediterranean to the south, southwest by Andorra and Spain and west by the Atlantic Ocean.
France has been one of the most dominant agricultural centers of Europe for centuries. That gave France an important role in European and, to some extent world, affairs in the pre-industrial age. Currently, France still
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Much of this happened because of Catherine de' Medici (a Florentine princess) who married Henry duc d'Orleans (who later became King Henry II). Italian cooks were light years ahead of French culinary specialists. These chefs had started making a variety of dishes. For example, manicotti, and lasagna. In addition, they had tested the use of ingredients like garlic, truffles, and mushrooms. The French Revolution additionally achieved a defining moment in the food industry, since it initiated the fall of guilds. With guilds no longer functional, any French cook could create as well as offer any kind of food product they wished. This led to a type of enlightenment inside the French food industry. More gourmet specialists started to explore different avenues regarding different types of ingredients and meals. In the late 19th century and mid-20th century there started a modernization of haute cooking. Much of this new food owes its improvement to Georges Escoffier Auguste. Auguste was chef and a proprietor of numerous restaurants, and in addition, a culinary writer. A lot of Escoffier strategies in modernizing haute cooking were drawn from the formulas invented by Marine-Antonie Carême, a pioneer of grande cuisine. By streamlining Carême's formulas and also including his own particular touches, Escoffier was able to discover a modern day French cuisine. In his endeavors to …show more content…
France doesn't just have different cultures; the word "culture" actually comes from France. "'Culture' derives from the same French term, which in turn derives from the Latin colere, meaning to tend to the earth and grow, cultivate and nurture, French is the dominant language of the country’s 66 million residents, but there are a number of variants based on region. French, the official language, is the first language of 88 percent of the population, according to the BBC. French is the second most widely learned foreign language in the world, with almost 120 million students, according to the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development. About 3 percent of the population speaks German dialects and there is a small group of Flemish speakers in the northeast, according to the BBC. Arabic is the third-largest minority language. Those living near the border of Italy may speak Italian as a second language, and Basque is spoken by people living along the French-Spanish border. Other dialects and languages include Catalan, Breton (the Celtic language), Occitan dialects, and languages from the former French colonies, including Kabyle and Antillean Creole. Catholicism is the predominant religion of France. In a survey by the French Institute of Public Opinion (IFOP), 64 percent

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