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Welcome to Dinner Time. On today's programme, we will be looking at French food.
It is known throughout world for its quanlity.
A typical French breakfast usually includes a special kind of bread called croissants served with coffee or hot chocolate.
Dinner is very important to many families in French. Everyone gets together to enjoy a long meal.
A typical meal begins with salad or soup served with bread.
Next is the main course, with usually includes meat, fish or chicken, served with vegetables.
Wine is also very important to the French. White wine is usually served with fish or chicken and red wine is served with red meat.
Dessert is also a big part of the meal: cake, oil cream or fruit is often served after the main course.
Meals are often finished with cheese. In fact, there are almost 400 different kinds of French cheese.
A good cup of coffee is usually enjoyed after the meal.
French food often uses butter, oil and cream so people worry that it is unhealthy.
However, it is actually quite healthy. The butter, oil and cream are used in small amounts and red wine is good for the heart.
So feel free to enjoy a good French meal the next time you are going out for dinner.