Bon+Appétit-+some+food+links


 * Bon Appétit !!!!! Avez-vous faim?**

[|The Gastronomic Meal of the French] -UNESCO has listed the Gastronomic Meal of the French as Intangible Cultural Heritage. It is based on the idea that this meal is a real social practice and contributes to the transmission of the French heritage.

[|La Gastronomie]

http://www.frenchfoodintheus.org/IMG/pdf/Plaquette-SIQO-anglais.pdf

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 * La Cuisine Française au patrimoine UNESCO**

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 * Le Repas Gastronomique des français**


 * Vocabulary**

[|Etudions la nourriture] - this page has a number of vocabulary videos as well as excellent pictures of food, etc.

[|food vocabulary videos]

[|Les fruits] Cliquez et écoutez [|Les legumes] Cliquez et écoutez [|la nourriture 1] .Cliquez et écoutez [|la nourriture 2] Cliquez et écoutez [|la nourriture 3] Cliquez et écoutez

(see nearer the bottom of this page for more vocabulary and grammar exercises and activities)

Ordering in a restaurant:

[|un repas classique]

[|Living like the French - eat in courses]

[|How my daughters learned to eat like the French] - article from NYTimes, March 2012

Weights and measures and conversion: There are several here for your convenience. http://www.delish.com/cooking/a839/metric-conversions/ http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/cooking/ http://startcooking.com/measurement-and-conversion-charts http://www.epicurious.com/tools/conversions/


 * Organizing and Planning a French Style Dinner**

Some sample dishes for the various courses of a French meal (the ppt we looked at in class):

[|French Cuisine]

Cooking Project:


 * Recipes and info :**

[|French Food and Cook]- complete with all you need: recipes, meal and table "how to", etc

[|Mrs. Shackelford's Pinterest Board for French Cuisine]

[|About French Food]- loaded with recipes and information

[|Globe Gate Gourmet](another excellent bibliography)

[|Marmiton] - one of my favorite recipe sites ; in French only

[|Gastronomie des régions] - vidéos de TF1

[|L'alimentation et produits régionaux] - carte interactive

[|Recipe videos]

[|Cuisine T.V.]

[|French Cheese] [|La Cuisine de Veronique] (recettes) [|Index of French recipes] [|Adminet Recipe Links] [|Délices de France (recipes)] [|Les Recettes de Miam-Miam] [|Saveurs de France (regional products, etc.)]

Shackelford crepe recipe:

truffles cream puffs

croque monsieur

[|Nuts for Nutella] (Nutella recipes ! ! !)

More Shackelford Recipes - Actually, these came from my former professor, friend and mentor, Micheline Ghibaudo. She was from Nice, France, and she taught me (along with Julia Child;-) most of what I know about French food and cooking.

[|Gastronomie, spécialités culinaires] (cliquez sur gastronomie/recettes de cuisine)

Information(Recipes, etc.):
 * To Order authentic French specialties****: [|Joie de vivre]**

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 * Chefs and cooking demonstrations**

(Note: You will find some Julia Child cooking videos on Youtube.)

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 * Le bon pain français!**

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 * Dans la cuisine**


 * Restaurants and cafés:**( **You will find examples of menus here):**

[|The Bistro] (Cincinnati Restaurant!)
 * [|Le Procope]** **(oldest café in Paris)**
 * [|Les Deux Magots - famous Parisian café]**
 * [|Menu from université de Paris]**
 * [|Brasseries]**
 * [|Jean Robert at Pigalls][| (in Cincinnati !)]**
 * [|Le Cordon Bleu]- famous cooking school**
 * [|Les restos du coeur] (French "soup kitchens")**

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 * Paris Cafés** (From CBS Sunday Morning)

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 * Les marchés**


 * Les Patisseries**

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 * Le Vin**

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 * Bien Manger - Nutrition**

[|La Pyramide Alimentaire]

[|Le guide nutrition pour les ados]

[|MangerBouger.fr] - site de la nutrition, santé, plaisir

[|Bien Manger, c'est Important] !

[|Les 7 familles d'aliments] (poster)

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 * School Cafeterias**

[|What school lunches look like around the world]

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[|Les cantines scolaires du monde francophone] - Explorez les cantines scolaires du monde francophone! Comparez vos menus avec ceux des écoles mondiales. Y-a-t-il des différences? Des similarités? Partagez une photo de votre déjeuner à la cantine scolaire avec nous. Affichez-la sur cette carte et décrivez le plat. Bon appétit!

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 * Hamburgers!**

For Fun, look at: [|Les pommes frites sont belges!] [|Orangina - popular boisson] [|Tarte à l'escargot] [|Meet Monsieur Camembert]

[|Le service du fromage] - This site is in French, but within it are diagrams that depict the proper way to cut the different forms of cheese. Very useful, even for those who can't read French!


 * Games and practice exercises:**

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[|The menu please] - a listening activity culture capsule : the menu, please [|Table Place Settings Vocabulary games] [|"Au Café" vocabulary game] [|Vocabulaire Illustré en français] (click on aliments-food) [|Online grammar game for two people] [|Challenge Board game for one or two players] [|Food and food shopping game] [|Food shopping in France](matching, flash cards, etc.) [|Verb game (faire, vouloir, pouvoir) for one or two players] [|Planning the special meal (a Quia game)] [|La Gastonomie Française Trackstar activity] [|Partitive or definite article?]

[|English language food idioms and their French equivalents]

Chocolate Tasting

crossword puzzle: ...answer key:

Check out the movies about [|French cuisine] and [|French breakfast] ! There are interactive exercises to go with them. [|On va au restaurant à Paris] [|Avez-Vous Faim?] [|Don't Gross out the world]
 * Internet Activities:**

[|Défis Mondiaux] - Question essentielle: Comment est-ce que les coutumes (usages et habitudes)

alimentaires révèlent les valeurs et croyances d'une culture?


 * Articles**: [|En 2050 on mangera des insectes!]

..... [|Say Bonjour to the McBaguette]

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 * Les Bonnes Manières**

Recent news/articles: [|The French are getting fatter too] (NPR article)

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