French cooking is really the result of peasants Leave a Comment / By Yazmin Volante / May 22, 2016 “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 Pollan Rating Please wait... Related PostsI'd say for me it's cooking that gives me aIt's the company not the cooking that makes