false 5084 10 In her own words, here is the captivating story of <i>Julia Child's</i> years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her true calling. From the moment the ship docked in Le Havre in the fall of 1948 and Julia watched the well-muscled stevedores unloading the cargo to the first perfectly soigné meal that she and her husband, Paul, savored in Rouen en route to Paris, where he was to work for the USIS, 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. After managing to get her degree despite the machinations of the disagreeable directrice of the school, Julia started teaching cooking classes herself, then teamed up with two fellow gourmettes, <i>Simone Beck</i> and <i>Louisette Bertholle</i>, to help them with a book they were trying to write on French cooking for Americans. Throwing herself heart and soul into making it a unique and thorough teaching book, only to suffer several rounds of painful rejection, is part of the behind-the-scenes drama that Julia reveals with her inimitable gusto and disarming honesty. Filled with the beautiful black-and-white photographs that Paul loved to take when he was not battling bureaucrats, 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. Above all, she reveals the kind of spirit and determination, the sheer love of cooking, and the drive to share that with her fellow Americans that made her the extraordinary success she became. 1602216 4 4 2006 My Life in France total:5027|5:1750|4:2252|3:876|2:129|1:20| 5027 20664 8721 1684 4 4 false false Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 13:24:18 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 04:55:45 -0700 2008
Certainly, her life had great adventure.

Highlights: p. 268

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Readers who do not know Julia may find the book a little too rambling, and a little too focused on f...more...]]> 4 4 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 21:37:25 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 05 00:34:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:25:53 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 13:35:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 26 02:10:19 -0800 2008 Sat May 24 20:34:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Sep 23 22:07:30 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 12 17:02:08 -0800 2007 - a bad cook (she was really, really horrible when she started);
- a great cook (obviously)
- a wayward child/late bloomer (didn't touch a pan until she was 36)
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isbn 1400043468 (isbn13: 9781400043460)
pages 336
description In her own words, here is the captivating story of Julia Child’s years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found ‘he...more

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