I rather enjoyed this book, and appreciated Le Billon's self-deprecating tone. Le Billon (she's Canadian) and her French husband decide to relocate their family to his small village in Brittany and quickly learn that her kids' eating habits will not cut in the the strict food culture of France. I liked that she both embraced the French food culture and questioned it as well, and acknowledged that there are clear cultural differences in what the French value and what North Americans value. What I mean is that the message of this book is not, like so many books about the French diet, "The French are better." Her message is that there are things that North Americans can learn from the French, especially the way they teach their children to enjoy a variety of healthy foods and the social pleasure taken from good quality food savored with family and friends.