“French women typically think about good things to eat. American women typically worry about bad things to eat.”

“French women don't eat Wonder Bread.”

“French women eat and serve what's in season, for maximum flavor and value, and know availability does not equal quality.”

“French women love bread and would never consider a life without carbs.”

“We can't imagine anything more boring than to live with someone who doesn't care about food or eating or sharing meals.”

“Ever since that day in Chicago, whenever I see such scenes, I think of a quote by Billat-Savarin, the eighteenth-century 'modern' gastronome, well known for his writings and meditations on the physiology of taste and for his famous dictum 'We are what we eat.' But he also wrote even more revealingly: 'The destiny of a nation depends on how it feeds itself.”

“Making choices that are meaningful to you is the essence of the French woman's secret.”