See Paris and die? No, see Paris and eat. That is, or should be, the intention of the thousands of visitors who will go to Paris this anniversary year.
To believe that French cooking must be rich means that somewhere in one's gastronomical adventures the essence of la vraie cuisine française has been missed.
June, according to La Cuisine de tous les mois, one of my French books on cooking, is par excellence le mois des légumes—unsurpassed as the month of vegetables.