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My life in France

Child, Julia (Author). Prud'homme, Alex. (Added Author).

Summary: Here is the captivating story of Julia Child's years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found "her true calling." From the moment she and her husband Paul, who worked for the USIS, arrived in the fall of 1948, Julia had an awakening that changed her life. Soon this tall, outspoken gal from Pasadena, California, who didn't speak a word of French and knew nothing about the country, was steeped in the language, chatting with purveyors in the local markets, and enrolled in the Cordon Bleu. She teamed up with two fellow gourmettes, Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, to help them with a book on French cooking for Americans. Filled with her husband's beautiful black-and-white photographs as well as family snapshots, this memoir is laced with wonderful stories about the French character, particularly in the world of food, and the way of life that Julia embraced so wholeheartedly. Bon appétit!--From publisher description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0307475018
  • ISBN: 9780307475015
  • ISBN: 1400043468
  • ISBN: 9781400043460
  • ISBN: 0307474852
  • ISBN: 9780307474858
  • ISBN: 0307277690
  • ISBN: 9780307277695
  • Physical Description: xi, 352 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
    print
  • Edition: 1st Anchor books ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Anchor Books, 2007.

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General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: I: La Belle France -- Le Cordon Bleu -- Three hearty eaters -- Bouillabaisse à la Marseillaise -- II: French recipes for American cooks -- Mastering the art -- Son of mastering -- The French chef in France -- From Julia Child's kitchen -- Fin.

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Genre: Biography.

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My Life in France
My Life in France
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My Life in France

Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California on August 15, 1912. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Smith College in 1934 and served with the Office of Strategic Services in East Asia during World War II. After the war, Child lived in Paris for six years, attending the famous Cordon Bleu cooking school. After graduating from cooking school, Child opened her own culinary institute called, L'Ecole des Trois Gourmandes with her friends Simone Bech and Louisette Bertholle. She achieved critical acclaim with her first cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking which was first published in 1961 and is still in print today and helped to popularized French cuisine in America. Starting in 1963, Child hosted the first of many award winning cooking series on PBS, where she was best known for her exuberant personality and flamboyant cooking style. Her other books include The French Chef Cookbook; From Julia Child's Kitchen; and The Way to Cook. She also filmed an instructional video series on cooking and wrote columns for various magazines and newspapers. She died of kidney failure on August 13, 2004 at the age of 91. (Bowker Author Biography)

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