I don't miss too much food anymore while living in France, even after only 1.5 years. I still miss Kraft Mac-n-cheese... but besides that I can find either a good substitute here or I have found other foods I love and just eat them instead. There are so many different vegetables and side dishes that I am not used to, so I am enjoying trying all those for now.

but it should be noted that I am not much of a "sweets" person and usually just eat fruit as a desert so I rarely crave any candies or cakes from the US.

I was a marmite (New Zealand marmite, the others taste gross - strangely you can buy vegemite (australian) in the small anglo section of our supermarket) girl through and through. I loved having marmite on toast (with cheese, avocado, tomatoes even cottage cheese) for breakfast everyday. When I forgot to take my marmite with me to the US for 1 month, I nearly died. But now, 2 years on, I can live without marmite. I rarely eat it anymore, I have cravings but maybe every 3 months (perhaps when I'm lacking in Vit B). There are a few things I do miss - cadburys caramello chocolate (not this cadbury caramel you get in England), a good roast lamb with kumara (a type of sweet potato), oh and parsnips I can't seem to find them here, do they exist in France? There are other lollies (pineapple lumps, peanut slab, jaffas, creme eggs...) I miss but I can live without them. I definitely don't NEED anything from home like I used to and I now savour the treats from home if a rare care package arrives.

Sweet Pretzels in the USA:
http://www.auntieannes.com/

Are French pretzels like this?

I too say "gram" cracker, instead of "graham". Maybe that's an American-ism? Cupcake shops are getting pretty big in the states, there was one down the street from my apartment in Charleston (SC) that was SOOO good. We also had a movie theatre where you could eat a meal, and there is one at home in NC too-I've never been, but it seems like a great idea to me! And I wanted to give the Auntie Anne's link too-sweet pretzels can be good! Though I am partial to savory ones... And when I went home in November I came back to France with 6 boxes of Kraft Mac and Cheese :) That's gotta be my all time favorite American food. But I really miss Diet Dr. Pepper...

"Graham" has one syllable.

Book closed.

@Kolenda yeah, the crazy book

My sweet expats, you will find the most delicious cupcakes at "Berko", it's 23 rue Rambuteau near le Marais.

Look at the pictures and diiiiiiiie!!! :))
http://www.qype.fr/place/262626-Berko-Paris/photos?trackpage=placepage&trackelement=gallery

(By the way, about the origin of "texto". When the major operators began in the late 90ties to promote SMS, they invented 3 trademarks to communicate. Orange was promoting "minimessages", Bouyguestel was "télémessages or TMS" and SFR : "Texto". Texto is just the one that has been widely adopted by french, and that has nearly replaced the word SMS.)

I personally thought Bretzel was the word for the tiny and over-salty things, whereas Pretzel was the name of the big and soft stuff.

I had Pretzels when I was in New York, and loved it! I'm not a big fan of Bretzels, though...