French cuisine is UNESCO-listed intangible cultural heritage for good reason. Croissants, baguettes, and café au lait for breakfast; steak-frites or croque-monsieur for lunch; and a leisurely multi-course dinner with regional wines in the evening.
Each region specializes: Normandy for cream and calvados, Lyon for hearty bouchon cooking, Alsace for choucroute and flammekueche, and Bordeaux for its legendary wines. French cheese deserves its own itinerary — from Brie to Roquefort to Comté.