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5 chic dishes from ‘French Women Don’t Get Fat’

Want to enjoy food but still look like a slim femme fatale? Mireille Guiliano, author of  “French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret to Eating for Pleasure,” shares her joie de vivre of food and reveals healthy-cuisine recipes. Learn how to make butternut squash soup, chicken au Champagne, braised carrots with ginger, pear-apple compote — and voila! Dinner is served!Excerpted from “French Wo
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Want to enjoy food but still look like a slim femme fatale? Mireille Guiliano, author of  “French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret to Eating for Pleasure,” shares her joie de vivre of food and reveals healthy-cuisine recipes. Learn how to make butternut squash soup, chicken au Champagne, braised carrots with ginger, pear-apple compote — and voila! Dinner is served!

Excerpted from “French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret to Eating for Pleasure” by Mireille Guiliano. Copyright 2007 Mireille Guiliano. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced without written permission from Alfred A. Knopf. For more information, visit the author's Web site.