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Photo of the Day: France's Changing Culinary Culture

The country that gave us the words restaurant, bistro and cuisine is changing how it eats. For the first time in France, fast food overtook traditional restaurant receipts as the economic crisis deepened, and the share of people who pack a lunch for work is rising faster by the year.

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(AP) — In this May 16, 2013 photo, Estelle Levy sets up loaves of bread in her bakery in Paris.

France, the country that gave us the words restaurant, bistro and cuisine, is changing how it eats. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)