European Food According to The French – Brilliant Maps

The
map
above
looks
at
how
France
and
the
French 
view
cuisine
from
the
rest
of
Europe.

It’s
the
work
Yanko
Tsvetkov
and
was
created
in
2015
as
part
of
his

Atlas
of
Prejudice map
series.

Titled
the
Culinary
Map
of
Europe
According
to
France,
it’s
a
funny
look
at
how
the
French
look
down
at
the
rest
of
Europe’s
food
choices.

But
before
continuing,
keep
in
mind
this
map
is satire.

Below
is
a
convenient
country‐by‐country
“key”
to
the
satirical
labels
on
Yanko
Tsvetkov’s

Culinary
Map
of
Europe
According
to
France.

Note
that
some
small
countries
get
lumped
together
under
one
label,
and
the
borders
are
approximate—it’s
all
tongue‐in‐cheek!

• 
  France
  –
  “PROPER
  CUISINE”
• 
  Portugal
  –
  “RICE”
• 
  Spain
  –
  “SUGAR‐GLAZED
  CROISSANTS”
• 
  Belgium
  –
  “FRENCH
  FRIES”
• 
  Switzerland
  –
  “MONEY”
• 
  Austria
  –
  “MARIE
  ANTOINETTE”
• 
  Hungary
  –
  “TOO
  MUCH
  PEPPER”
• 
  Italy
  –
  “OVERRATED”
• 
  Germany
  (and
  the
  Netherlands)
  –
  “ROTTEN
  CABBAGE”
• 
  Denmark
  –
  “SOGGY
  PASTRY”
• 
  Norway
  –
  “HEALTH
  HAZARD”
• 
  Sweden
  –
  “MEATBALLS
  ‘INVENTORS’”
• 
  Finland
  –
  “ICE
  CUBE
  SALAD”
• 
  Poland
  &
  Eastern
  Europe –
  “POTATO
  MUNCHERS”
• 
  Ukraine
  –
  “WHOLE‐GRAIN
  URANIUM”
• 
  Russia
  –
  “YOUR
  SALAD
  IS
  FRENCH!”
• 
  The
  Balkans –
  “FAMINE”
• 
  Greece
  –
  “CHALKY
  CHEESE”
• 
  Turkey
  –
  “STICKY
  PASTRY”

You’ll
also
see
“THE
VAST
ATLANTIC
OCEAN”
labelled
out
west.

And
of
course
the
best
joke
of
all
is
the
that
the
UK
&
Ireland
are
completely
missing
altogether!

It’s
all
playful
stereotyping
from
a
French
point
of
view!

Other
maps
in
this
series:

And
you
can
buy
his
books:

Which
do
you
think
is
the
funniest/most
accurate?

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