Exchange Student from France

katliamom
Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:07:42 +0000

toledo, unless your student is a vegetarian, grilled meats should go over well: grilled steak, chicken, etc. Fresh salads, fruit. Have on hand european-style bread and some cheese for snacks. Good pizza & pastas will probably work too. Agree with binx about corn: it can be an oddity to many Europeans but sometimes it goes over very, very well.

Mexican food is a hit-or miss, many French people don’t really like it despite the apparent popularity of Tex-Mex in France (one French guy told me he goes to those restaurants for the fun/noisy ambiance mostly.) And I rarely met a European who liked American pies. The dough is too strange for them. However, chocolate chip cookies – in fact, traditional American cookies of any sort – are usually a big hit. Same with home-made ice cream sundaes.