Maybe your next trip to Paris isn’t just around the corner—but your heart and appetite have taken up permanent residence here. In that case, you will definitely want The French Women Don’t Get Fat Cookbook, recently published by Atria Books. This is the latest offering from Mireille Guiliano, everyone’s favorite expert Frenchwoman. As we might expect, the former CEO of Veuve Clicquot turned best-selling author (French Women Don’t Get Fat; French Women for All Seasons; Women, Work and the Art of Savoir Faire) has come out with a cookbook that couldn’t have been written by anybody else.

As she told me, “My mother always used to tell me, ‘Never be afraid of risks. What’s the worst thing that can happen?’ That became my motto for life, and it continues to shape how I think. So, although my aim is to bridge cultures and to help women, the way I write remains frankly French—and, I am proud to say, feminine.”

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