The French take their baguettes seriously! 🥖🇫🇷 The baguette is a staple food in French culture and you can find them in any bakery (🇫🇷une boulangerie) in France. UNESCO even added it to its list of intangible cultural heritage items in 2022. More than six billion baguettes are produced each year in France* and it must contain only four ingredients: flour, water, salt, and yeast (🇫🇷la farine, l'eau, le sel et la levure). Learn how to order and eat this iconic bread the French way! French Recap Steps: 1. 🗣 Commander la baguette (order the baguette) - Bonjour ! Une baguette s’il vous plaît (Hello/Hi! One baguette, please) - Merci beaucoup, bonne journée, au revoir (Thank you so much, have a nice day, goodbye) 2. 🥖 Manger le croûton de pain (eat the tip of the bread) - The tip can also be called ‘le cul de la baguette’ (literally: the ass of the baguette) 3. 🔪 Couper la baguette (cut the baguette) - French people often use their hands to tear the bread into small pieces, but you can also use a knife 🇫🇷 French vocab: - Une baguette bien cuite: a well-baked/cooked baguette - Une baguette pas trop cuite: a baguette not too baked/cooked - Une demi-baguette: a half baguette - Le croûton: the end/tip of the bread - Croustillante: crispy - Dorée: golden 💬 Do you like baguettes? What other French food would you like to learn about? 🥖 Baguettes from Boulangerie Basil *Source: Reuters and New York Times, 2022 . . . #French #learnfrench #baguette #bakery #boulangerie #paris #france #frenchfood #frenchbread