false 76463604 575354 6454694 0307474852 9780307474858 102 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6454694-my-life-in-france-movie-tie-in-edition 3.91 244 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. 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.]]> 3465 4.14 7463 2133 3464 4.10 5798 1904 2006 4 0 false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 06:32:29 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 06 09:20:39 -0800 2009
I was surprised by how light and happy this book was. Julia Child's voice is so fun to read, and she has a few zinger lines I really liked. I appreciated how willing she was to jump into whatever culture where she was (Paris, Marseille, Germany, Norway), and I doubt I...more...]]>