We salute the French

Still today, in much of France, they respect locally sourced food and the sacred twelve-to-two lunch break. We have seen people on building sites, farm workers, artisans and even those in law offices and
government buildings trooping off religiously at noon to sit down to a three course lunch and some pleasant conversation. With our Anglo-American mind-sets this looks unproductive and out-of-date. Even a little quaint. But compare the obesity levels of these healthy-living French with our fast-food, and super-sized eating Americans. Slow Food which is such a hot topic these days did not have to be legislated in much of old Europe, people just knew what was good for them. The culture absorbed the knowledge and people lived well.