Food and Eating in France As I reflect on my life in the United States, I don’t recall spending hours on the presentation of the food I served. I don’t think many of my friends, some who were excellent cooks, did either. In comparison, the French pay a great deal of attention to the way food looks. A lovely dip almost too pretty to eat, served at the home of a friend Eating in France could easily be declared a national obsession or religion. Or perhaps a national pastime, like baseball for Americans. Indeed, France's culinary heritage was included on