Proving that I'm French...

...In today's SF Chron, there's a writer that did a mini-review of sorts on the book "French Women Don't Get Fat - The secret of eating for pleasure" by Mireille Guiliano. Brilliant! Check this out -

- French Women typically think about good things to eat. American Women typically worry about bad things to eat.
- French Women eat smaller portions of more things (or in my case are too busy blathering on about whatever, so we don't eat as much!!!). American Women eat larger portions of fewer things.
- French Women LOVE bread and would NEVER consider a life without carbs (I mean, what IS the point of eating without them???).
- French Women don't eat anything 'fat free' or 'sugar free' or anything artificially stripped of natural flavor (the horror!!).
- French Women LOVE chocolate - especially the dark slightly bitter silky stuff with it's nutty aroma. (Can I get an AMEN??)
- French Women do stray (okay, I do like TWIX bars), but they always come back, believing there are only detours and no dead ends.
- French Women don't watch much TV. (Too busy shopping!)
- French Women don't have much TV to watch anyways.
- French Women don't care for hard liquor (unless it's a watered down White Russian!)
- French Women do enjoy wine regularly, but with meals and only a glass (so true!!!)
- French Women think dining in is as sexy as dining out (especially if one's hubby is a great chef!)
- French Women walk everywhere they can (well, if they can - not in the country)
- French Women will dress to take out the garbage (you never know). AMEN, sister!
- French Women know one can go far with a great haircut, a bottle of bubbly and a divine perfume (Mandy my hairdresser does the awesome haircut, I love French REAL bubbly OR Korbel Pink, and the best perfume EVER is Chanel #5. Even before it was trendy.)
- French Women eat for pleasure. (oh yeah!!)
- French Women don't diet (oh, heavens NO! We may skip meals, but never diet!)
- French Women Don't Get Fat! (okay, occasionally we do, and we do get bloated, but it's nothing a good scarf can't hide!)

...there - it's the proof that although I'm French Canadian, but the French still shines through!!

For those ladies that don't think they're French, I say that there's a bit in all women! Kinda like everyone being Irish (which I am as well!). I don't like the French politics, but I'll take their fashion and food and style ANYDAY!

Viva la France - and Montreal! God Bless 'em!