French Dining: Table Manners & Etiquette
May 23, 2017
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Discover the French dining etiquette do’s and don’ts. Including weird superstitions, unwritten dining rules, some basic French table vocabularies & more!
Category: Food & Table
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Basic French: French Restaurant Vocabulary
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Wondering what vocabulary to use in your favourite French restaurant? These words will help you order the perfect dish…
4 Traditional French Candies – That Are Known in France
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French candies that are still in the market after hundreds of years! Everybody in France knows about them – French learners should too!
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French Food: Le Sirop
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Salut ! You might have seen it at the café du village or maybe at a friend’s home or in the local supermarket, and you didn’t know what it was. It looks like juice, but it’s clearer. It’s not the usual fruits like apple or
Les Viennoiseries
September 8, 2015
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Salut ! When you enter a boulangerie, you don’t only see des baguettes. You see different kinds of bread, cakes, sandwiches… and des viennoiseries. Viennoiseries are croissants and pains au chocolat, but not only these. Far from only these! Today, on Comme une Française TV,
How to Go to the Market in France
July 28, 2015
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Salut ! First, a gift for your friends. If you have francophile friends who are not yet signed up to the Comme une Française email list and you KNOW they could benefit from it, I’ve got something special for them. I’ve created a 30-day free
How to Appreciate Food Like a French Native
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Salut ! Food is at the center of French culture. The worst cultural faux pas are around food, and not appreciating it properly will be seen as… gross. When you go to summer apéros, three-hour-long meals or endless dinners, you’ll hear French people around you
My Guide to the Bread Etiquette in France
December 2, 2014
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Salut ! In France, bread is sacred. French people buy their daily baguette from their favorite boulangerie (not ANY boulangerie). And cutting bread and sharing it is FULL of unwritten cultural rules. What are these precise bread rules? This is what I’ll show you today.
How to Make a Toast in France
November 4, 2014
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Coucou ! Toasting in all countries is full of customs and superstitions. It’s a tradition that goes back to the Middle Ages and probably beyond. And still now, it’s always a ritual. How to make a toast in France, what to do, what to say?
