Differences in expectations around baked goods found its way into the episode of the 90's show, "The Tick" in "The Tick vs. Europe" https://www.imdb.com/title/

Differences in expectations around baked goods found its way into the episode of the 90's show, "The Tick" in "The Tick vs. Europe" https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0723382/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0723382/ I've seen it as a throwaway gag in a few movies too - also usually with French speaking characters for some reason - observing how terrible baked goods (or sometimes bread specifically) are in the US.