The Language Of Gallic Gourmandise

The Language of Gallic GourmandiseInternational Gastronomists have unanimously crowned French cooking the king of cuisines; for no matter where peripatetic food fanciers dine--be it Lisbon, London or New York--outstanding menus in the language of the land are interlaced with Gallic culinary terminology. Why French and not Flemish or Finnish or Fiji? Simply because France has contributed more to cooking in the past hundred years than any other country; therefore, many Gallic creations have no tra...