Hey, The Bird Show.

The name of the book is Why French Women Don't Get Fat. It's by Mere Juliano, and it's been endorsed by Oprah Winfrey. And if it's been endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, you kind of have to listen to what's going on. We have Miree on the phone with us this morning. Good morning, Merey. Good morning. How are you this morning? Very well on my way to Atlanta. Oh, are you really? Yes.

You're going to be here?

I'm going to be here this afternoon.

You got like a book sign in here? How are you this morning? Very well on my way to Atlanta. Oh, are you really? Yes.

You're going to be here?

I'm going to be here this afternoon. You got like a book sign in here? Oh, I'm down there for the museum auction weekend. Oh, very cool. And lots of events. Oh, we'll have to get some information and stick it up on our website for you. Okay. that we would have had just come in studio tomorrow.

Yeah, well, I didn't know that either.

I was traveling and I'm sort of working a day at a time. Okay. If we had you just come in studio tomorrow. Yeah, well, I didn't know that either.

I was traveling and I'm sort of working a day at a time. Hey, Mere, I'm a little confused exactly what to call your book because it's not really a diet book. No, no, it's actually the ultimate non-diet book. Okay, so it's a lifestyle book, really. Explain that to us. Because it's about um you know i wrote it because um i was a typical

french girl and i was thin and then i came to america as a student and i gained 20 pounds and then

i went back to paris and i gained another 10 pounds and i was in this horrible

vicious circle when you're heavy.

And with my little frame, I was more than heavy.

I was fat.

And I was unhappy and low self-esteem and grumpy and couldn't see myself, couldn't look at myself. And my little family doctor put me back on track by basically, you know, teaching

me, re-teaching me what my mother had taught me. And so when I came to America and I've been

lecturing on food and wine for the past 15 years and people see me, I always say, well,

you're so passionate about food and wine and we see you in

restaurant and you entertain a lot and how come you're not fat? And, you know, I couldn't say,

been there, done that, but I just gave them the French rug and said, well, French women

don't get fat. And why is that? Because we have a different relationship with food. We eat

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