France's Food Culture

It is currently 2300hr which is 11pm in standard time and i just got back from a long day of sight seeing. Today we had an spectatcular day discovering the french food. We actually met a Culinary arts teacher since we have a friend here who's his student.. he taught us alot of great cooking methods. According to him there are 3 types of cooking methods.The Classical French Haute cuisine An important component to this is presentation. The next type is called Cuisine Nouvelle where food are prepared simpler and lighter without heavy sauces at all. This is where food is prepared and cooked fast emphasizing on local seasonal ingredients. Cuisine du Terroir is the third type that focuses on specialties in the region and is a sort of rural in character. There are restaurants catering to each group of customers wanting different types of French cooking. Another thing he taught us is... There are 2 flavor principles and they are butter cream and wine stock... These are used for the most exquisite cusines... And that was my day of fine wine and dining:)