BRITS BETTER COOKS THAN FRENCH ?
Will World War 3 be fought with pie-pans and charlotte moulds? Brits better cooks than the French? Yesterday The Guardian published an article* affirming just that. France's reputation "as the home of unrivalled culinary excellence" was undermined. "Results suggest the British cook more often, for longer, and produce greater variety than their French counterparts ." The French have always been sniffy, if not arrogant, about English cooking...understandable 20 years ago but less so today. They remain sniffy, believing that everything is underseasoned and overcooked but this can be rationalised by the fact that the majority of French nationals haven't travelled to Paris, letalone dared to cross the channel to London! It is my observation that French attitudes are largely based on swelling ignorance and nationalistic pride. This is understandable given the depth and technique of French cuisine...but where has it gone? Where do we find this amazing F...