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i need to find some french recipies using duck as a main ingredient. Anyone got any suggestions?

Contents 1 Vandalism 2 Move 3 intrusion of "cuisine" content onto this page 4 Opening sentence 5 Discrepancy? 6 How about the French Islands ? 7 Semiprotect page

[edit] Vandalism

Lots here, dunno how to edit, sorry =(

[edit] Move

Okay, I hope someone is watching this page. I propose to move this to Cuisine of France, its proper name. The adjective form (French) shouldn't come first, and the convention is almost always to have it this way. Objections? --Dmcdevit 01:54, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

A bit late - but - food is cultural not territorial. For example, in Brick Lane I may be served Chicken Tikka Masala which is probably the most famous Indian cuisine dish in the world, but I would in London, eating a dish invented in Scotland, and prepared by Bangladeshis. Jooler 18:27, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

[edit] intrusion of "cuisine" content onto this page

anyone else bothered that the cuisine article has usurped a large part of the opening of this article? shouldn't an article about french cuisine be first about french cuisine and only LINK to the cuisine page?

[edit] Opening sentence

I made an edit yesterday removing the sentence "French cuisine is characterized by its extreme diversity" from the beginning because it is an empty statement. For one thing, the article begins much more naturally with the next sentence, and for another, as I noted, the current opener doesn't actually say any information. "Extreme diversity" doesn't help us understand anything, while the second sentence immediately gives us concrete knowledge about french cuisine. I think the edit was a strong one; it was, however, reverted by a certain user. I am going to revert it back now. Thank you. If anyone feels this notion of diversity is important for the opening sentence (which I don't) it should be better written and more specific. 128.12.66.132 08:15, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Please. Don't manipulate the truth. In your 1st edit you talk about a vandalism whereas you was removing the first sentence. Pixeltoo 14:47, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

That 's ok I won't revert. I will removed this empty sentence. Pixeltoo 17:57, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discrepancy?

I see a huge difference between:

Restaurants offering Japanese dishes such as sushi or yakitori are getting increasingly popular in urban centers, though the majority of the French population probably objects to eating raw fish.

And Famous French Dishes, which reads:

Oysters are generally eaten raw; cooking oysters are uncommon.

Can someone offer a source for the first quote? "Probably" isn't very encyclopedic, and Sushi isn't even synonymous with seafood, raw or otherwise.

This is really simple. (We don't have any "official" polls on hand, but ask anybody in France, they will say the same.) Apart from the minority (young, in urban centers, etc.) that eat sushi, hardly anybody eats raw fish. Most of the French object to eating any kind of fish raw, except oysters (which is shellfish), which is a traditional exception. Despite that, Japanese restaurants are getting increased audience, but it tends to be within the young, urban, etc. minority.

It really boils down to different lifestyles. There's a traditional lifestyle, where people tend to eat French food in the traditional way (where oysters are eaten raw, but no other fish is eaten raw) and other people are more adventurous, to different degrees. David.Monniaux 23:35, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for clearing that up! 24.4.199.243 03:49, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] How about the French Islands ?

I'm suprised to see no mention of the French Islands such as Martinique, Guadeloupe, Réunion... If my english was good enough, I would have written something... Can somebody help ?? You should write it anyway here and maybe some bilingual user could translate it for you! User OliverVascovi

[edit] Semiprotect page

I have made a request to semi protect the page due to increased vandalism. STTW (talk) 17:06, 11 February 2007 (UTC)