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French was the language that everyone used for diplomacy, so I assume that's how their culture spread in that period. Much like American culture spreads so eas
by mattmanser 6y ago
French was the language that everyone used for diplomacy, so I assume that's how their culture spread in that period.
Much like American culture spreads so easily at the moment because of English.
- boudin 6y agoOn the cuisine side, it's also the act a few people that made french cuisine popular in the west. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Antoine_Car%C3%AAme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie-Antoine_Car%C3%AAme https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Escoffier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Escoffier Especially Escoffier did set the ground on how to run a big restaurant kitchen efficiently. I'm sure part of it was France influence, but I wonder how much of it was also due to people who had a big influence in a specific field. They happened to be French, but they could have been from another country as well.