Read and Enjoyed: “Dearie–The Remarkable Life of Julia Child” by Bob Spitz

Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz (Knopf, 2012; 529 pp)

This book, a biography of American food writer and pioneering television cook, was one of my Christmas presents. As I wrote on January 20th:

“It’s an impressive looking book and I loved the film Julie: Julia so am going to be very interested to see if my interest in food and in Julia Child will see me through the 529 pages, given biography is generally not my vein of reading gold.”

The verdict is that I did enjoy the b...