French Women Don't Get Fat

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This is the book we've all (certainly every woman between 25 & 75) been waiting for. It is classy chic convincing funny wise well-written & very timely. It's the ultimate non-diet book which nonetheless shows us how to eat with balance control & above all pleasure. Chuck out all the radical diet books think about what you eat & why & then enjoy eating the right things (and some of the wrong ones) intelligently & in smaller portions. Eat like a French woman with your head not your stomach. Guiliano French-born & bred gets the tone absolutely right. She succeeds in that rare high-wire act of being really serious about her subject but without taking herself too seriously; manages to encourage & inspire & amuse without being bossy or earnest. This is a book that will make you laugh out loud & yet have you following several of her practical precepts within days
- everyone who reads it becomes evangelical (French women don't go to the gym they climb the stairs). It combines just the right balance of memoir wisdom wit delicious recipes & French common sense. Guiliano emphasizes the virtues of freshness variety personal taste enjoyment & above all portion control (research shows that dishes served in US restaurants are 25 per cent larger than those served in restaurants in France!).