Once you have to start counting calories, it takes away from the joy of eating. — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret. — Mireille Guiliano Choices Copy Share Image
Of course there are fat French women. There are fat people everywhere. — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
We only have one body, and you have to show respect for it. — Mireille Guiliano Body Copy Share Image
I can never leave a bookstore without buying a book. I read four or five at a time. — Mireille Guiliano Book Copy Share Image
French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs. — Mireille Guiliano Bread Copy Share Image
One does not laugh because one is happy; one is happy because one laughs. — Mireille Guiliano Comedy Copy Share Image
“You owe it to your loved ones as well as yourself to know and pursue your pleasures.” — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
French women don't have too many clothes - a few good pieces that last for a while and are classic and timeless. — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
I'm not a great consumer. I always ask myself, 'Do I really need that piece?' I have friends who have 300 pairs… — Mireille Guiliano Consumers Copy Share Image
French women eat and serve what's in season, for maximum flavor and value, and know availability does not equal quality. — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
I find it so unattractive when women wear sneakers with their business suits. I wear a nice pair of loafers or low-heeled… — Mireille Guiliano Business Copy Share Image
In # France we have a saying, 'Joie de Vivre,' which actually doesn't exist in the English language. It means looking at… — Mireille Guiliano English language Copy Share Image
When I grew up in France, I was a normal size. And then I came to the United States and I gained… — Mireille Guiliano France Copy Share Image
Since the pleasure of most foods is in the first few bites, eat one thing on your plate at a time, at… — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
“Expose them {your kids} to the widest variety of vegetables and fruits, showing them how good things can be in season. Tasteless… — Mireille Guiliano Children Copy Share Image
The word that I constantly hear out of women is 'fear.' It's almost like a background melody. Women have excellent degrees and… — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
Wine is a living, breathing thing during its time in the bottle and in the glass. It is always changing, especially in… — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
I love my kitchen. For Manhattan, I have a rather decent-size kitchen, and it has an opening that gives out to the… — Mireille Guiliano Cities Copy Share Image
Scientifically, it has been proven that after three bites, your palate has been satisfied. It doesn't matter what you eat. So if… — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
“Ever since that day in Chicago, whenever I see such scenes, I think of a quote by Billat-Savarin, the eighteenth-century 'modern' gastronome,… — Mireille Guiliano Food Copy Share Image
“If my fellow Americans could adopt even a fraction of the French attitude about food and life (don't worry, you don't have… — Mireille Guiliano Art of living Copy Share Image
The memory of some bottles can stay with your for life. While the wine doesn't have to be old and rare, a… — Mireille Guiliano Aroma Copy Share Image
French women love to shop and prepare food. They love to talk about what they have bought and made. It's a deeply… — Mireille Guiliano Culture Copy Share Image
“Seasonality (eating the best at its peak) and seasoning (the art of choosing and combining flavors to complement food) are vital for… — Mireille Guiliano Art Copy Share Image
“~…value simplicity in all things, never serve any aperitif but Champagne. Hard liguor requires a bar, special paraphernalia, and a variety of… — Mireille Guiliano Champagne Copy Share Image
My friends say everything I touch turns to gold. I'll say, 'I've been very lucky. — Mireille Guiliano Copy Share Image
Learn to say no, with an eye to saying yes to something else. — Mireille Guiliano Diplomat Copy Share Image
Expensive clothes with inappropriate or inexpensive shoes may send an unflattering message. — Mireille Guiliano Clothes Copy Share Image
“For many, the twenties seem like the time of infinite possibility, although in retrospect a woman will almost always idealize her thirties.” — Mireille Guiliano Thirties Copy Share Image
“A meal that can be packed and frozen and thawed is nothing you should desire--much less teach your kids to want.” — Mireille Guiliano Food Copy Share Image
