I hate to be the one to tell you, but no, this recipe is not from France. This style of cooking bread originated all the way back in the Roman Empire. It was created as a way to save old bread that had gone stale. By dipping it in the batter, cooking it, and topping it with honey, you could cover up the fact that it was stale. Other countries have different versions of this recipe, including France. There, they call it "pain perdu," meaning "lost bread". The name as we know it, came from an innkeeper in the 1700s named Joseph French who served the dish at his inn and called it "French's Toast". Eventually people dropped the "'s" and just called it French toast.