Quotes from Anne Barone

Even Silence Has an End: My Six Years of Captivity in the Colombian Jungle in

Since food is so easily available in the USA, adopting French habits such as no snacking, eating only at meals, eating only when seated can counter the tendency to instant gratification. Dining

French women seem less confused, less tired, less aggressive, less angry than American women. She sums them up in one word: happier. Ms.

French women seem to see themselves as members of an exclusive sorority La Société des Femmes Françaises. As members, they encourage (pressure actually) each other to be slim and careful about their appearance. Competitive American women sabotage each other's weight loss efforts. If you don't believe this, lose five pounds and see what happens. In

As for the croissant, Marie Antoinette brought the recipe when she came from her native Austria to marry King Louis XVI. And she, history claims, added her own spark to the fire of the French Revolution by saying of the populace demanding bread, "Let them eat cake.