Occupation: Author Birth: April 14, 1946
Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret..
Since the pleasure of most foods is in the first few bites, eat one thing on your plate at a time, at least at the start of the meal when you can con….
You and I don't have the same genetics, we don't live in the same places, but we can have the same basic attitude - being comfortable in our skin..
Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself..
In America, you look at food as bad and guilty. In France, we love food and we enjoy food; food is pleasure..
Make treating yourself a priority and always remember your life is happening now. Don't put off all your dreams and pleasures to another day. In any ….
One does not laugh because one is happy; one is happy because one laughs..
Taking care of your mental and physical health is just as important as any career move or responsibility..
French women don't eat Wonder Bread..
When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained 20 pounds..
I would advocate that chocolate be covered by health insurance, but that is admittedly a very French public policy perspective..
I cannot live without flowers everywhere. I grew up having a big garden, the size of a city block, in Rombas..
Give us being and feeling over having any day..
The memory of some bottles can stay with your for life. While the wine doesn't have to be old and rare, a great old bottle can be like a time capsule….
The real reason French women don't get fat is not genetic, but cultural, and if the French subjected themselves to the American extremes of eating an….
French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat..
We women are so judged by the way we dress, and men are not. So style is part of developing your own brand..
We only have one body, and you have to show respect for it..
Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and c….
I am a believer in change peu a` peu (little by little) since drastic changes, including lots of changes made all at once, are often the sort of modi….
In # France we have a saying, 'Joie de Vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at your life as something th….