Chatto & Windus, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 390 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; France; Biography & Autobiography. ISBN: 0701180609. ISBN/EAN: 9780701180607. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 32678. . 9780701180607

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For the legions of fans who asked for seconds after devouring French Women Don't Get Fat, a charming and practical guide to adding some joie to your vie and to your table, every day of the year.By letter, by email and in person, readers of Mireille Guiliano's phenomenal bestseller French Women Don't Get Fat have inundated her with requests for more advice. Her answer: this buoyant new book, brimming with tips and tricks for living with the utmost pleasure and style, without gaining weight.More than a theory or ideal, the French woman's way is an all-encompassing program that can be practised anytime, anywhere. Here are four full seasons of strategies for shopping, cooking and moving throughout the year. Whether your aim is finding two scoopfuls of pleasure in one of creme brulee, or entertaining beautifully when time is short and expectations are high, the answers are here. And here too are 100 new simple and appetizing recipes that feature French staples such as leeks and chocolate and many more unexpected treats besides, guaranteeing that boredom will never be a guest at your table.Woven through this year of living comme les francaises are more of Mireille's delectable stories about living in Paris and New York and travelling just about everywhere else -- in the voice that has already beguiled a million honorary French women. Lest anyone still wonder: here is a new compendium of reasons -- both traditional and modern -- why French women don't get fat.From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 32678
Title: French Women for All Seasons
Author: Mireille Guiliano
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0701180609
ISBN 13: 9780701180607
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2006
Keywords: BZDB1 Cooking, Wine & Dining; France; Biography & Autobiography. Unbranded ISBN: 0701180609 EAN: 9780701180607 Mireille Guiliano French Women for All Seasons

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