My Life in France
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (809 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000FEBYKQ |
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| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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It is partially based on her memoir, My Life in France. Book DescriptionJulia Child single handedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she didn't know the first thing about cooking when she landed in France.Indeed, when she first arrived in 1948 with her husband, Paul, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself. Julia's unforgettable story unfolds with the spir
But as she dove into French culture, buying food at local markets and taking classes at the Cordon Bleu, her life changed forever. Julia's unforgettable story unfolds with the spirit so key to her success as as a cook and teacher and writer, brilliantly capturing one of the most endearing American personalities of the last fifty years.. Julia Child single handedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she didn't know the first thing about cooking when she landed in France.Indeed, when she first arrived in 1948 with her husband, Paul, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself
Julia Child's Second Greatest Achievement after Cooking Beatlenik For those of you who like to read the occasional true story slash biography, artfully told of course, and who may or may not love the wonderful movie Julie & Julia with Amy Adams and Meryl Streep in the respective roles, this humorously and sometimes sadly written account by Julia Child forms the basis for fully half of the movie. Child was not only an inspirational chef to America in the art of French cooking, and a gifted teacher to many and thousands, she was also a very personable writer, who in this book at least, easily guides you into the happy, sad, funny, dramatic, and even sometimes mysterious, pathways of her and P. Lovely Personal Recollections Heather Campbell I knew I would like this book, because I've always loved Julia Child. I didn't realize just how MUCH I would love this book. Her crazy personality just shone through so much--your mind reads the anecdotes in her voice, and there is so much laughter in the pages. Great details of life with Paul and about her friendships with Simca and Louisette. Though the focus is her life in France, the epilogue does continue in to Paul and Julia's later years, and it was bittersweet to finish it.. I love Julia Child! I never had much interest in Julia Child until reading Julie and Julia by Julie Powell and then watching the DVD of the same name( Meryl Streep was wonderful as was Amy Adams). The movie incorporated parts from this memoir, so I decided to read it.It could more aptly be named My Love of France or My love of French Food.Julia married Paul Child after they met while both working for the OSS in WWII. They lived in France while Paul was assigned to the embassy there. Julia knew little of French culture but immediately fell in love with it's cuisine. Julia tries to keep herself busy, taking French lessons, but ultimately decides s