/ck/ - Food & Cooking

I know this is bait but part of the reason is French cooking got popular was because it is very standardized and faceted. So you had very clear directions on how to do a lot of specific things, kind of like how all music is written is Italian.

The other answer is, it really is more encompassing than you think. With borders to Spain, Italy, and Germany, many food customs transfered and you end up with French variations on European staples. Also the French colonized a ton, so you see their influence worldwide. Your American grandma loved Julie Child, Vietnamese people love consummes and baguettes, French pizza lowkey is better than Italian pizza (wine too).

Also French people are cool af. They smoke like 5 times in a meal and they don't give a fuck about rushing shit or safe drinking practices.