There is such a bridge at the end of the Disney animated film "Food Story". In order to deal with food critics who are famous for their vitriol, Remy, the protagonist of the film, and Lin Guini, the chef of waste wood, combined their swords and finally melted the cold heart of food critics with a homemade hodgepodge.
The film tells an inspirational story of a grassroots counterattack. The story takes place in Paris, the capital of food. Xiaomi, a country mouse, has an unparalleled sense of smell. He always likes to peek at "Everyone Can Be a Chef" by the chef Auguste Gustavo, and dreams of becoming a creative chef.
By chance, Xiaomi came to a restaurant in Paris, the capital of food. The founder of this restaurant is the late chef Auguste Gustavo.
The prototype of Kitchen God in the film is Auguste Escoffier, who is a revolutionary of modern French cuisine.
19 12 years, Auguste Escoffier initiated "Epicurus Dinner". In this unique activity, different French restaurants all over the world will provide guests with a wonderful meal on the same day with the same menu.
French chef Alain Ducasse.
The idea of "Epicurus Dinner" is carried forward by the French today. 20 15 Allen Ducas, a famous French chef, and the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs jointly launched the "Delicious France" global food plan, inviting global food lovers to feel the vitality and fragrance of French food at the same time.
French cuisine, which occupies a place among the three major cuisines in the world, always gives people the impression of noble Leng Yan. French cuisine is very good at using fresh seasonal ingredients, but it needs exquisite and perfect performance in food quality, service and dining atmosphere.
However, is the temperament of French cuisine always cold?
In fact, rare and unique ingredients and noble and exquisite skills do not represent the essence of French catering culture.
A touching French dinner reveals the fragrance of earth and the smell of fireworks in mom's kitchen.
Four delicious movies about French cuisine
Movies related to French cuisine are always inseparable from the vitality of new ingredients, and the relaxed and pleasant food atmosphere makes people drool. In addition to moving pictures, these films often convey an inspirational and rebellious spirit, or challenge the powerful or return to the truth. This is the ingenious philosophy that simple food teaches human beings.
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BBC documentary "Little Paris Kitchen"
Paris Kitchen: Cooking with Rachel Ku
In order to pursue her dream of learning to cook, Rachel Khoo, a British beauty chef, resolutely gave up her fashion public relations career and insisted on going to France alone to study at the most famous French Blue Ribbon Cuisine Institute.
After finishing school, Rachel was convinced that the real famous French dishes might not only be tasted in Michelin-starred restaurants, so she began to study simple and easy-to-cook French private kitchens to break the stereotype that French dishes are complicated and difficult to cook.
In the documentary, the beautiful chef tells about her beautiful relationship with food, and the vivid pictures make the foodies marvel at the superb skills of French cooking.
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Babettes g?stebud
Babettes g?stebud
In a small village in northern Denmark, there are two Lutheran sisters. When they were young, they sacrificed their love in order to protect their religion. Day after day, year after year, they lived in simple living with salted fish porridge. On a stormy night, two sisters who are about to enter their twilight years took in a woman from Paris, Babette, to escape the chaos. One day, Babette unexpectedly won the lottery prize. To celebrate, she hopes to cook in person and prepare a sumptuous French dinner for the congregation on the day when their fathers died. The whole preparation and cooking process of the feast brought the color, fragrance and taste of French cuisine to the extreme, and Lutherans who paid attention to abstinence and temperance were also conquered by this feast.
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A female chef at the Elysee Palace
A rescuer in Paris
Hottenser, a female chef, runs a small restaurant in the French countryside. Hottenser is famous in the local area because of its exquisite ingredients and excellent production. To Hortense's great surprise, her fame caught the attention of the French President, and in this way, she was appointed as the President's personal chef. From an idle rural town to the tense Lishe Palace, facing a group of cynical colleagues, Hortense won the respect of colleagues and the trust of the president with her exquisite skills and good intentions. The pleasing working scene in the imperial kitchen in the film is like a popular science documentary about French cuisine.
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cook
Chef Commeun
The venerable Alexander (Jean Reno) has been a three-star chef in Michelin restaurant for many years, but his situation has been in crisis frequently recently. At present, French cuisine is an era when "molecular cuisine" is popular and traditional cuisine is declining. Alexander's traditional cuisine is likely to fail in the upcoming star rating. Just when Alexander was in a hurry, a little-known chef Jack (played by michael young) came to Alexander's restaurant for an internship. Jack's innate cooking talent and unique cooking creativity greatly appreciated Alexander. The collision between two traditional chefs has brought new sparks.
Answer questions about French food culture
In order to explore "more truth about French cuisine", we interviewed the following two French chefs living in Beijing.
1. Thomas Ray, chef of French Ambassador's residence.
2. Cyrille Molle, chef of Raffles Anfa Restaurant in Beijing Hotel.
Q: Why do you eat French food so slowly?
This is the French way of life.
"The French don't eat lunch at work so slowly. Dinner is slow, because we like chatting very much. It is a French way of life to drink and enjoy food in chat. What the French are really proud of is the spirit of sharing at dinner. Paul Bo Gu, a recognized chef in the French western food industry, has a classic saying: without good friendship, there is no good cooking. "
-tommasi Ray.
Q: What is the home cooking that Mr. Ambassador misses most?
A: It's a bull's head!
"Former French President Jacques Chirac also likes this dish very much. The basic method of this dish is to cut off the eyes and ears on the cow's face, then tie the cow's head with a rope, cook it in vegetable soup, cut it into pieces and put it on a plate. Then it is served with tartar sauce, which is made of mayonnaise with pickled cucumbers, onions and eggs. "
-tommasi Ray.
Q: How to make a touching taste?
Think about the smell of mom.
"The most touching food is related to childhood memories. The taste of childhood is impressive. Every time I eat this dish when I grow up, I will think of something when I was a child. "
-tommasi Ray.