Julia Child Hardcover - 2007
by Laura Shapiro
A biography of Julia Child from the award-winning author of Perfection Salad
One of the most beloved figures in 20th century American culture was Julia Child, the bouyant 'French Chef' who taught millions of Americans to cook with confidence and eat with pleasure. With an irrepressible sense of humor and a passion for good food, Child ushered in the nation's culinary renaissance and became its chief icon. Unlike the great cooking teachers who preceded her, she won her audience through the revolutionary medium of television. Millions watched as she spun threads of caramel, befriended a giant monkfish, wielded live lobsters, flipped omelets and unmolded spectacular desserts. Her occasional disasters, and brilliant recoveries, were legendary. Yet every step of the way she was teaching carefully crafted lessons about ingredients, culinary technique, and why good home cooking still matters.
Award-winning food writer Laura Shapiro describes Child's unlikely career path, from California party girl to cool-headed chief clerk in a World War II spy station to bumbling amateur cook and finally to the classes at the Cordon Bleu in Paris that changed her life. Her marriage to Paul Child was at the center of all her work. Unlike much of what has been written about Child, Shapiro portrays a woman who was quintessentially American, and whose open-hearted approach to the kitchen was a lesson in how to live.
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- Title Julia Child
- Author Laura Shapiro
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 185
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Books, New York
- Date April 5, 2007
- ISBN 9780670038398 / 0670038393
- Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 7.82 x 5.52 x 0.81 in (19.86 x 14.02 x 2.06 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Cooks - United States, Child, Julia
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006052560
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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