FRIT 37.10 French Gastronomy: Culture et Cuisine

For over 300 years the world has associated France with the gastronomic arts.  In 2010 the “gastronomic meal of the French”was inscribed by UNESCO on its list of the “Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.”  In this interdisciplinary course, we will examine the culture of French gastronomy from its origins to the present.  We will use the case of France to illustrate how a country’s culinary culture illuminates its history, politics, economics, and “mentalités,” thought patterns.  There are no prerequisites for the course; students taking the course to count towards their French major/minor should only enroll if they have already received credit for FREN 008.

Degree Requirement Attributes

Dist:INT or LIT; Lang:LRP; WCult:W

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