France moves against substandard restaurant food Food lovers may put France on a pedestal, but microwaved or pre-packaged dishes have become so common in restaurants that authorities are introducing a new "homemade" label for chefs cooking meals from scratch. From Tuesday, French restaurants will be able to hang up a "homemade" logo for all to see if the in-house chef makes everything him- or herself, or next to specific dishes on the menu, according to a decree published Sunday in the official government gazette. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES