I have been in Paris for almost a week and I have not heard anyone say calories, or cholesterol, or even arterial plaque. The French do not season their food with regret.
Mary-Lou WeismanAll too often, when people don't know where they are, have jet lag, don't speak the language, and can't figure out the money or maintain intestinal regularity, they get hostile.
Mary-Lou WeismanPerhaps for totemic reasons, people like to possess a piece of the country they are visiting. Women like to wear it. Men like to eat it.
Mary-Lou Weisman