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 PollanRatingRelated PostsThe French cook we open tinsI started cooking when I was about 10It's the company not the cooking that makesI love to talk about cooking and recipes but I love