WE ASKED… MIREILLE GUILIANO ANSWERED

The author of French Women Don’t Get Fat is back with a sexy new volume, Meet Paris Oyster. Naturellement, we had to ask the quintessential Parisienne about love, food and what to cook for a French lover. (Spoiler: It involves butter.)

Q Guillaume and I are hot and heavy right now, but he talks so much about missing French cuisine that I’m worried he’s going to leave me for his maman’s coq au vin. Help! “Having dated quite a few different nationalities—

quite a while ago, I confess—I can guarantee you will impress any man with hanger steak and fingerling potatoes roughly mashed with some good butter. Add boiled haricots verts for colour

and nutritional balance— et voilà.” Q Is it un-French to use Tinder? “You have to fish where the fish are.”

Q I get “hangry,” and it has ruined a few dates. How can I dine late in the evening like a soignée Parisienne? “Dining in France is as much about conversation and conviviality as good food, so perhaps Frenchwomen just lose themselves while waiting. However, hunger grows, so Frenchwomen eat with their heads. Have something before—maybe a hard-boiled egg or a few tablespoons of yogourt with fruit.” ■