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America does not have a good food culture

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Last month an off-the-cuff drunk tweet by a French guy, Philippe, living in America erupted into an online firestorm, starting weeks of dunks, arguments, and hot takes, that is still going on. The responses fell roughly into two camps. The first, smaller, and supportive camp, were not surprisingly other French who didn’t have much to say beyond “of course!” because what Philippe said was so obvious to them. I mean, duh, everyone knows that old joke, “Heaven is where the cooks are French, the police are British, the mechanics are German, the lovers are Italian and everything is organized by the Swiss. Hell is where the cooks are British, the police are German, the mechanics are French, the lovers are Swiss, and everything is organized by the Italians.” It doesn’t matter that America is not part of Europe, because to Europeans America is worse at everything (except war), especially food. The larger more vocal camp was Americans, mostly journalists, some angry, some amused, but both who h

America does not have a good food culture Sorry, but it's true. Chris Arnade Sep 29, 2023 573 162 72 Share Last month an off-the-cuff drunk tweet by a French guy, Philippe, living in America erupted into an online firestorm, starting weeks of dunks, arguments, and hot takes, that is still going on. The responses fell roughly into two camps. The first, smaller, and supportive camp, were not surprisingly other French who didn’t have much to say beyond “of course!” because what Philippe said was so obvious to them. I mean, duh, everyone knows that old joke, “Heaven is where the cooks are French,

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