<DIV>As the inventor of gastronomic slimming cuisine and a driving force behind nouvelle cuisine, Michel Guérard was one of the first global Gallic celebrity chefs. Essential Cuisine Minceur distils forty years of wisdom into one extraordinary toolkit for eating well and staying slim. Over 140 exquisite recipes fuse the best traditional flavours with the global influences that are redefining French cuisine, all with astonishingly low calorie counts.<BR></div>