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Julia Child

Born

in Pasadena, California, The United States

August 15, 1912

Died

August 13, 2004

Genre

Cooking, Food & Wine, Biographies & Memoirs

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Julia Carolyn Child was an American chef, author, and television personality. She is recognized for having brought French cuisine to the American public with her debut cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and her subsequent television programs, the most notable of which was The French Chef, which premiered in 1963.

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Julia Child’s books

Average rating: 4.22 · 222,266 ratings · 10,236 reviews · 105 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Life in France by Julia Child, Alex Prud’homme 4.16 avg rating — 94,599 ratings — published 2006 — 51 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child, Sidonie Coryn (Illustrator), Louisette Bertholle 4.25 avg rating — 79,857 ratings — published 1961 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Way to Cook 4.32 avg rating — 14,619 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baking with Julia: Sift, Knead, Flute, Flour, and Savor... by Julia Child, Dorie Greenspan 4.28 avg rating — 9,180 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Vol. 2 by Julia Child, Simone Beck 4.43 avg rating — 7,735 ratings — published 1970 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home: A Cookbook by Julia Child, Jacques Pépin 4.25 avg rating — 3,607 ratings — published 1999 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime of Cooking 4.21 avg rating — 2,285 ratings — published 2000 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The French Chef Cookbook 4.40 avg rating — 1,881 ratings — published 1968 — 39 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 1 by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck 4.39 avg rating — 1,828 ratings — published 1961 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	People Who Love to Eat Are Always the Best People: And Other Wisdom 3.47 avg rating — 2,199 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Julia Child

Mastering the Art of French Cooking (2 books)
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Julia Child,

Simone Beck

4.26 avg rating — 87,591 ratings

Quotes by Julia Child (?)

“Find something you're passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.”
― Julia Child

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“I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate.”
― Julia Child

1259 likes

“The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.”
― Julia Child

tags: dieting, diets, eating, food, joy-of-life, steak

846 likes

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Which book would you like to see as the selection for our Spring 2011 Group Reads category Biography/Autobiography/Memoir?

My Life in France by Julia Child

27 votes, 22.9%

The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls

27 votes, 22.9%

Life: Keith Richards by Keith Richards

17 votes, 14.4%

Zeitoun by Dave Eggers

12 votes, 10.2%

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope by William Kamkwamba

11 votes, 9.3%

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua

8 votes, 6.8%

The Girl from Foreign: A Search for Shipwrecked Ancestors, Lost Loves, and Forgotten Histories by Sadia Shepard

6 votes, 5.1%

Same Kind of Different as Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together by Ron Hall

4 votes, 3.4%

Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession by Anne Rice

3 votes, 2.5%

Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World by Tracy Kidder

3 votes, 2.5%

118 total votes

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