4. BACKGROUND HISTORY:
• IN 1789 POPULATION WAS 2 CRORE & 80 LAKHS
• LOUIS AUGUSTE XVI (1774-1792) WAS THE KING AND MARIE
ANTOINETTE WAS THE QUEEN.
• POPULATION WAS DIVIDED INTO 3 CATEGORIES (CHRISTIAN PRIESTS
+ CHIEF + LOCAL PEOPLES)
• PRIEST AND CHIEF CAN KILL 10 PEOPLE AND SALARY WAS 1-2 LAKHS
• 16000 WORKERS WERE IN CASTLE
• 500 SERVANTS SPECIALLY FIXED FOR QUEEN
• PEOPLE HANGED IF THEY THEFT A HEN
• ONE BREAD WAS THE COST OF 4 POUNDS
5. REVOLUTIONARY TIME :
• SOMEBODY KILLED 2 GOVERNMENTAL OFFICERS
• 14 JULY 1789 THE FORT OF KING AND HIS GOVERNANCE WAS
DESTROYED
• KING WAS MURDERED BY REVOLUTIONARIES
• QUEEN WAS LOCKED IN DARK CELL
• AFTER ONE AND HALF OF MONTH HER HAIRS WERE WHITENED AND
LATER ON SHE WAS ALSO KILLED
• HER FAMOUS DIALOGUE WAS : IF THEY DON’T HAVE BREAD LET THEM EAT
CAKE
6. INDEPENDENCY OF FRANCE
• A MACHINE WAS FIXED TO CUT HEADS ON SHANZAY LEZAY STREET
• MAXIMILIEN ROBESPIERRE WAS A GREAT REVOLUTIONARY AT THAT TIME.
• ALL PEOPLE WHO WERE HALF PANTS, PERFUMED, HEAVY STOMACH ,SOFT HANDS
DUE TO NO WORK, CLEAN COLLAR WERE KILLED
• CHRIST RELIGION WAS BANNED, CHIEFS WERE KILLED AND MAXIMILIEN WAS ALSO
MURDERED
• NEPOLIAN BONA PART WAS A GREAT LEADER AT THAT TIME WO FOUGHT WITH
AUSTRIA AND PERSIA
• FRANCE FINALLY BECAME INDEPENDENT IN 22 SEPTEMBER 1792 AND PARIS
BECAME THE CAPITAL
7. LETS KNOW SOME
GESTURES ABOUT FRENCH
1. GREETINGS
2. POSITIVE GESTURES
3. NEGATIVE GESTURES
4. NEUTRAL GESTURES
10. 3. NEGATIVE GESTURES
• BOF
• C’EST PAS MON PROBLÈME !
• QUELLE BARBE !
• MON OEIL !
• J’EN AI RAS LE BOL !
• LE BRAS D’HONNEUR
11. 4. NEUTRAL GESTURES
• CHUT !
• VIENS !
• COMME CI COMME ÇA
• OH LÀ LÀ !
• AVOIR UN COUP DANS LE NEZ
• C’EST PAS DONNÉ
• IL EST FOU; ELLE EST CINGLÉE
12. CUISINE:
• CLASSICAL FRENCH CUISINE: INCLUDES ALL THE CLASSICAL FRENCH DISHES
WHICH WERE AT ONE TIME REGIONAL, BUT NO LONGER SPECIFICALLY
REGIONAL
13. • HAUTE CUISINE: CLASSICAL FRENCH CUISINE TAKEN TO ITS MOST
SOPHISTICATED & EXTREME. FOOD IS ELEGANT, ELABORATE, &
GENERALLY RICH. EMPHASIS ON PRESENTATION.
14. • CUISINE NOUVELLE: STYLE DEVELOPED IN THE 1970S AND IS
GENERALLY SIMPLER & LIGHTER. EMPHASIS ON LOCAL AND SEASONAL
INGREDIENT.
15. • CUISINE DU TERROIR: FOCUSES ON REGIONAL SPECIALTIES
AND IS MORE RUSTIC IN NATURE. LOCAL PRODUCE AND
FOOD TRADITIONS ARE THE MAIN FOCUS.
16. EAT TO ENJOY:
• DINING HAS TURNED INTO A RITUAL
• EATING IS TO BE ENJOYED, SHARED, AND MOST OF ALL
FILLED WITH MARVELOUS FOOD!
• FOOD MUST BE PLEASING TO THE PALATE, BUT ALSO
PLEASANT TO THE EYE
• HOW FOOD IS OFFERED TO THE PLATE IS VERY IMPORTANT
IN FRENCH COOKING