French cuisine across the country. Knowledge of French cooking has contributed significantly to Western cuisines. Its criteria are used widely in Western cookery school boards and culinary education. In November 2010, French gastronomy was added by the UNESCO to its lists of the world's "intangible cultural heritage". In French medieval cuisine, banquets were common among the aristocracy. Multiple courses would be prepared, but served in a style called "service en confusion", or all at once. Food was generally eaten by hand, meats being sliced off in large pieces held between the thumb and two fingers. The sauces were highly seasoned and thick,
La Fête espagnole single line of text, and a gradual acceleration in the pace of these shots is observed as the film progresses. Henri Langlois commented that "La Fête espagnole" was "the key film of French film history: as important as Eisenstein's "Strike"." Despite its influence on other filmmakers and favorable critical appraisal, the moviegoing public ignored the film, and it was banned in Portugal. Delluc's screenplay was one of three published under the title "Drames du Cinema" in 1923. Only 8 minutes of "La Fête espagnole", which originally ran 67 minutes, have survived. According to Williams, this consists of three or four