Being and working in America, it's very important to work hard, work smart and work in a certain way. France and Europe has, with the tradition and culture, it's slow-moving and it's not always good.

If you believe you can shed pounds quickly by force of will and deprivation, you will in all likelihood not only regain the ones you lost, but add a few more besides.

Just as established products and brands need updating to stay alive and vibrant, you periodically need to refresh or reinvent yourself.

French women eat and serve what's in season, for maximum flavor and value, and know availability does not equal quality.

In the U.S., too many yogurts are filled with corn syrup, preservatives, artificial this and that. To me, this is poison.

I've never been ambitious.

In America, you look at food as bad and guilty. In France, we love food and we enjoy food; food is pleasure.