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French Women Don't Get Fat

The Secret of Eating for Pleasure

The Secret of Eating for Pleasure

The Secret of Eating for Pleasure

By Mireille Guiliano

By Mireille Guiliano

By Mireille Guiliano

By Mireille Guiliano

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Dec 26, 2007 | ISBN 9780375710513

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Dec 28, 2004 | ISBN 9781400044801

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Dec 13, 2005 | 442 Minutes

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    About French Women Don’t Get Fat

    #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The book that launched a French Revolution about how to approach healthy living: the ultimate non-diet book—now with more recipes.

    “The perfect book…. A blueprint for building a healthy attitude toward food and exercise”—San Francisco Chronicle

    French women don’t get fat, even though they enjoy bread and pastry, wine, and regular three-course meals. Unlocking the simple secrets of this “French paradox”—how they enjoy food while staying slim and healthy—Mireille Guiliano gives us a charming, inspiring take on health and eating for our times. For anyone who has slipped out of her Zone, missed the flight to South Beach, or accidentally let a carb pass her lips, here is a positive way to stay trim, a culture’s most precious secrets recast for the twenty-first century. A life of wine, bread—even chocolate—without girth or guilt? Pourquoi pas?

    About French Women Don’t Get Fat

    #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The book that launched a French Revolution about how to approach healthy living: the ultimate non-diet book—now with more recipes.

    “The perfect book…. A blueprint for building a healthy attitude toward food and exercise”—San Francisco Chronicle

    French women don’t get fat, even though they enjoy bread and pastry, wine, and regular three-course meals. Unlocking the simple secrets of this “French paradox”—how they enjoy food while staying slim and healthy—Mireille Guiliano gives us a charming, inspiring take on health and eating for our times. For anyone who has slipped out of her Zone, missed the flight to South Beach, or accidentally let a carb pass her lips, here is a positive way to stay trim, a culture’s most precious secrets recast for the twenty-first century. A life of wine, bread—even chocolate—without girth or guilt? Pourquoi pas?

    About French Women Don’t Get Fat

    Stylish, convincing, wise, funny–and just in time: the ultimate non-diet book, which could radically change the way you think and live.

    French women don’t get fat, but they do eat bread and pastry, drink wine, and regularly enjoy three-course meals. In her delightful tale, Mireille Guiliano unlocks the simple secrets of this “French paradox”–how to enjoy food and stay slim and healthy. Hers is a charming, sensible, and powerfully life-affirming view of health and eating for our times.

    As a typically slender French girl, Mireille (Meer-ray) went to America as an exchange student and came back fat. That shock sent her into an adolescent tailspin, until her kindly family physician, “Dr. Miracle,” came to the rescue. Reintroducing her to classic principles of French gastronomy plus time-honored secrets of the local women, he helped her restore her shape and gave her a whole new understanding of food, drink, and life. The key? Not guilt or deprivation but learning to get the most from the things you most enjoy. Following her own version of this traditional wisdom, she has ever since relished a life of indulgence without bulge, satisfying yen without yo-yo on three meals a day.

    Now in simple but potent strategies and dozens of recipes you’d swear were fattening, Mireille reveals the ingredients for a lifetime of weight control–from the emergency weekend remedy of Magical Leek Soup to everyday tricks like fooling yourself into contentment and painless new physical exertions to save you from the StairMaster. Emphasizing the virtues of freshness, variety, balance, and always pleasure, Mireille shows how virtually anyone can learn to eat, drink, and move like a French woman.

    A natural raconteur, Mireille illustrates her philosophy through the experiences that have shaped her life–a six-year-old’s first taste of Champagne, treks in search of tiny blueberries (called myrtilles) in the woods near her grandmother’s house, a near-spiritual rendezvous with oysters at a seaside restaurant in Brittany, to name but a few. She also shows us other women discovering the wonders of “French in action,” drawing examples from dozens of friends and associates she has advised over the years to eat and drink smarter and more joyfully.

    Here are a culture’s most cherished and time-honored secrets recast for the twenty-first century. For anyone who has slipped out of her zone, missed the flight to South Beach, or accidentally let a carb pass her lips, here is a buoyant, positive way to stay trim. A life of wine, bread–even chocolate–without girth or guilt? Pourquoi pas?

    About French Women Don’t Get Fat

    Stylish, convincing, wise, funny–and just in time: the ultimate non-diet book, which could radically change the way you think and live.

    French women don’t get fat, but they do eat bread and pastry, drink wine, and regularly enjoy three-course meals. In her delightful tale, Mireille Guiliano unlocks the simple secrets of this “French paradox”–how to enjoy food and stay slim and healthy. Hers is a charming, sensible, and powerfully life-affirming view of health and eating for our times.

    As a typically slender French girl, Mireille (Meer-ray) went to America as an exchange student and came back fat. That shock sent her into an adolescent tailspin, until her kindly family physician, “Dr. Miracle,” came to the rescue. Reintroducing her to classic principles of French gastronomy plus time-honored secrets of the local women, he helped her restore her shape and gave her a whole new understanding of food, drink, and life. The key? Not guilt or deprivation but learning to get the most from the things you most enjoy. Following her own version of this traditional wisdom, she has ever since relished a life of indulgence without bulge, satisfying yen without yo-yo on three meals a day.

    Now in simple but potent strategies and dozens of recipes you’d swear were fattening, Mireille reveals the ingredients for a lifetime of weight control–from the emergency weekend remedy of Magical Leek Soup to everyday tricks like fooling yourself into contentment and painless new physical exertions to save you from the StairMaster. Emphasizing the virtues of freshness, variety, balance, and always pleasure, Mireille shows how virtually anyone can learn to eat, drink, and move like a French woman.

    A natural raconteur, Mireille illustrates her philosophy through the experiences that have shaped her life–a six-year-old’s first taste of Champagne, treks in search of tiny blueberries (called myrtilles) in the woods near her grandmother’s house, a near-spiritual rendezvous with oysters at a seaside restaurant in Brittany, to name but a few. She also shows us other women discovering the wonders of “French in action,” drawing examples from dozens of friends and associates she has advised over the years to eat and drink smarter and more joyfully.

    Here are a culture’s most cherished and time-honored secrets recast for the twenty-first century. For anyone who has slipped out of her zone, missed the flight to South Beach, or accidentally let a carb pass her lips, here is a buoyant, positive way to stay trim. A life of wine, bread–even chocolate–without girth or guilt? Pourquoi pas?

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    About Mireille Guiliano

    Mireille Guiliano, born and brought up in France, is an internationally bestselling author and a long-time spokesperson for Veuve Clicquot Champagne. For more than 20 years she was president and CEO of Clicquot, Inc. (LVMH). She is married to an… More about Mireille Guiliano

    About Mireille Guiliano

    Mireille Guiliano, born and brought up in France, is an internationally bestselling author and a long-time spokesperson for Veuve Clicquot Champagne. For more than 20 years she was president and CEO of Clicquot, Inc. (LVMH). She is married to an… More about Mireille Guiliano

    About Mireille Guiliano

    Mireille Guiliano, born and brought up in France, is an internationally bestselling author and a long-time spokesperson for Veuve Clicquot Champagne. For more than 20 years she was president and CEO of Clicquot, Inc. (LVMH). She is married to an… More about Mireille Guiliano

    About Mireille Guiliano

    Mireille Guiliano, born and brought up in France, is an internationally bestselling author and a long-time spokesperson for Veuve Clicquot Champagne. For more than 20 years she was president and CEO of Clicquot, Inc. (LVMH). She is married to an… More about Mireille Guiliano

    Product Details

    Category: International Cuisine | Nutrition & Dietary Needs

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 26, 2007 | 304 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375710513

    Category: International Cuisine | Nutrition & Dietary Needs

    Ebook | $13.99
    Published by Vintage
    Dec 28, 2004 | 272 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/4 | ISBN 9781400044801

    Category: International Cuisine | Nutrition & Dietary Needs | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $15.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Dec 13, 2005 | 442 Minutes | ISBN 9781415927021

    Category: International Cuisine | Nutrition & Dietary Needs | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $11.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Dec 28, 2004 | 207 Minutes | ISBN 9780739316573

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    Praise

    “The perfect book…. A blueprint for building a healthy attitude toward food and exercise.” —San Francisco Chronicle

    “A perfect, slim (and slimming) read for dieters and bon vivants alike.” —Marie Claire

    “It’s hard not to be enlivened by a [weight-control] book that celebrates both chocolate and bread, and espouses such wisdom as ‘Life without pasta? Perish the thought.’” —The Washington Post Book World

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