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Gifts for French Family?
I will be staying with two different host families when I go to France in two weeks. What is a nice present for the parents and a 12 year old girl and 12 year old boy? So far, I have some Wisconsin wine and chocolate coverd cherries for the parents, a little rhinestone necklace for the girl, and a book of 50 state quarters for the boy… Is this all okay?
I heard it is rude to bring a lot of presents for the French, but is that even true?
The cherries are a Wisconsin thing, so thats why I’m bringing those.
No, not at all. In fact those are some really awesome presents you got.
Sure you don’t wanna visit Belgium instead? 
From my experience, French people are very normal in this thing, and will be more than flattered that you graced them with a few presents. It shows that you take interest in them and wish to share a little bit of your culture.
How could anyone consider this rude?
I’d just be careful on what to bring or give if these people are Muslims. They have strict traditions in the exchanging of gifts and there is quite a strong population of Muslims in certain parts of France.
Exploring French Wine Regions
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The Cook and the Gardener : A Year of Recipes and Writings for the French Countryside $19.94 The Cook and the Gardener is Amanda Hesser’s first book. From the opening lines of its introduction, her literary gifts are as evident as her passion for good food. Since this work combines recipes with her essays about Monsieur Milbert (the gardener at the Chateau du Fey in Burgundy, where Hesser worked as the cook), readers get to enjoy both of her talents. Hesser worked hard to get M. Mi… |
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Remembrance of Things Paris: Sixty Years of Writing from Gourmet (Modern Library Food) $7.94 For sixty years the best food writers have been sending dispatches from Paris to Gourmet. At once unique and universal, these essays by Joseph Wechsberg, Naomi Barry, and Diane Johnson, among others, present tantalizing glimpses of culinary life in the world capital of love and food. From unforgettable vignettes of resourceful chefs feeding hungry Parisians after World War II to the birth and rise… |
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Burgundy Stars: A Year in the Life of a Great French Restaurant $24.95 When chef Bernard Loiseau bought the restaurant-hotel La Cote d’Or in Burgundy, he vowed to make it a gastronomic paradise. More than a decade later, his famed restaurant has become one of the fewer than 20 restaurants that the Michelin Guide recommends with two stars. Photos…. |
