Category Archives: The Secrets to Why French Women Don’t Get Fat!

Recipes From Trip to France

As promised, here are the recipes that my daughter Nicole and I made one evening while in Paris. I have got to say, both recipes turned out amazingly delicious! Enjoy…  Oh and enjoy some photos too Okay, first recipe and first course for the evening: Soupe Printaniere Spring Harvest Soup with Fava Beans This fresh,…

Final Chapter of the Book & More From My Trip To France

I want to talk a little about Rituals today. We have so many cultural and holiday rituals that we experience every year. Christmas, Hanukkah, New Year’s Eve, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July and so on. Rituals give us meaning to different aspects of our lives; other important rituals include birth, marriage and death. Mireille Guiliano states…

Day One in Paris

As exhausted as I was landing in Paris at 7:30 a.m., I was also exhilarated! I was seeing my daughter for the first time in over 5 months and in France for the first time. Our first day was full! We went to the flat where my daughter has been living with her host parents Ghislan…

French Women Don’t Get Fat! Chapters 3 & 4~Recasting

Chapter 3 finds Mireille in a three-month “re-casting” mode… She is resetting her individual equilibrium, with the help and guidance of Dr. Miracle. Yes, the beginning is three months of resetting new/old (French style) habits. Dr. Miracle fully understands that quick fixes will not yield long-term results. Before beginning this process, it’s important to consider…

French Women Don’t Get Fat ~ Chapters 1 & 2

Chapters one and two take us back a little way to Mirielle’s first trip to the United States. She was 18 years old and on a one year exchange… Here is where her love for brownies and bagels and poor eating habits began, only to return back home to France with an extra 15 pounds…