Elizabeth Bard is American writer who, 15 years ago, went to lunch with a handsome Frenchman “and basically never went home.” She lived with her husband in Paris for eight years before moving to Céreste, a tiny village in Provence, where they started Scaramouche, an artisan ice cream company. Her new book, Dinner Chez Moi: … Read more
Supplied Sue French turned her life around and lost 43 kilos. “After a lightbulb moment, I joined the gym and Weight Watchers in the same day.” While working as a nurse with sick women at Waitemata District Health Board, Sue French from the Hibiscus Coast, north Auckland, noticed a life limiting pattern and decided to change. … Read more
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“The new gourmet law: hold the butter,” reads the strapline of the European edition of TIME’s Feb. 9 1976 issue, alongside a cartoon of the French culinary master Michel Guérard, then 42. Fast forward four decades and the debate over butter and fat intake is still magazine-cover-worthy. But now it’s a far more saturated conversation: … Read more
Sign up to IndyEat’s free newsletter for weekly recipes, foodie features and cookbook releases Get our Now Hear This email for free For a country where you’ll find mouth-watering pastries and fresh baguettes on every corner, most of its inhabitants have little trouble staying trim. Just as famous for its foie gras and fine wine … Read more
Although the Parisians are known for their trim physiques, every American-made restaurant dish with the word “French” in front of it seems to be bad news: French fries, French dip sandwiches, and yes, French toast. Among all of the sweet breakfast offerings in restaurant land, the egg-coated, sugar-injected dish is one of the very worst. … Read more
Somehow I spent a whole month on vacation in Italy and didn’t manage to discover any Italian beauty product to try for this column. Instead I discovered a pretty basic French product thanks to my Parisian aunt: Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse. This roughly translates to amazingness in French. Okay, what it actually translates to is “multi-purpose dry … Read more
Visitors in Paris for couture week beginning Sunday won’t be likely to hear their Parisian neighbors complain about their juice cleanses—because when it comes to matters of fitness, diet, and overall health, the French are anything but extremists. “It’s a very different approach than what we’re doing here,” says New York–based Parisian Lola Rykiel. “In … Read more
Ah, to be an eater in France: the cheese, the baguettes, the wine, the petit fours. Our chicken nuggets pale in comparison. So does our health. While an astounding 34% of people in the U.S. are obese, the French are a full 10 percentage points behind. So what, exactly, are French people putting on their … Read more
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