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.

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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?