Why Does France Have So Many Rules for School Lunch?

Monday lunchtime in a state primary school near Paris: leek and potato soup, Label Rouge chicken in a mustard sauce, camembert, and a madeleine. Water and bread for everyone, and no ketchup bottle on the table. Why do French children eat lunch in courses? The answer is a rulebook. Since 2011, French rules say every school lunch must have four or five dishes, and they count fish, fruit, cheese and fried food over every 20 meals. We look at how French schools went from wine to milk, why France treats taste as something you teach, who pays for more than a billion school meals a year, how France compares with Finland, Sweden and England, and where the system falls short. Then six practical tips for eating in France. Old Meridian · France, off the postcard. #France #TravelTips #FrenchCulture #FrenchFood #FranceTravel