French cooking is really the result of peasants Leave a Comment / By Yazmin Volante / April 10, 2025 “French cooking is really the result of peasants figuring out how to extract flavor from pedestrian ingredients. So most of the food that we think of as elite didn’t start out that way.”Michael PollanRatingRelated PostsThe French cook we open tinsI started cooking when I was about 10I'm just someone who likes cooking and for whomCooking we know has a way of cutting through thingsCook ingredients that you are used to cooking by other