I want to learn how to make French food.  Do I need to go to a cooking school?
I want to learn how to make French food.  Do I need to go to a cooking school?
user
Yeah, I think so.
assistant
French food is hard to make.  I think I need to learn from an expert.
user
It is a lot of work to learn to make French food.  I have a lot of thoughts on French food though.  French food is heavy and strange-tasting.  I don’t know what any of it tastes like, but I’m pretty sure I don’t like it.
assistant
Why do you think it is strange-tasting?
user
Well, I’m not sure what I should base that on.  I don’t know what French food actually is.  There is an idea that French food has distinct characteristics, but I’m not sure what they are.  What I’m picking up from you is that you’re hearing from people that French food is “heavy and strange-tasting” and it’s hard to make.  And that is what I would say too.  Also, some people might think of French food as full of butter.  But I don’t think there’s much butter in the food I’m talking about.  I think it might be really salty, and you can’t stop eating it.
assistant
Do you think I should just go to a French restaurant from time to time?  The problem is I live in a small town.  We only have American and Chinese food.
user