Phas > wrote:

> according to ratio of ingredients; I mean, I heard traditional French
> meal always contain a reasonable piece of protein (either fish,
> poultry or red meat), as well as _moderate_ amount of carbohydrates,
> and never excessive amount of fat.

Hmm... all of this is relative. Traditionally, they do seem to eat
rather a lot of fat in Périgord-Quercy, for example, yet remain none the
worse for it. If you are after "healthy" food, whatever that happens to
mean in the context of the day, consider _Jacques Pépin's Simple and
Healthy Cooking_, which provides well-thought-out recipes attempting to
"go with the times." A nice cookbook.

Victor