Food and Friends: Recipes and Memories from Simca's Cuisine: A Cookbook

by Simone Beck, Suzanne Patterson, Julia Child (Introduction)

View recipes from Food and Friends .The coauthor of Mastering the Art of French Cooking shares an irresistible feast of reminiscence and recipes.

Simone "Simca" Beck first met Julia Child in 1949 in the women's cooking club Cercle des Gourmettes in Paris. Soon afterwards, the two began collaborating on what would become Mastering the Art of French Cooking .

During her extraordinary career, Simca was mentor and friend to a generation of cooks and food writers. In Food and Friends , she interweaves tantalizing recipes and menus with a wonderfully evocative account of her Normandy childhood, her madcap escapades in 1920s Paris, her work with Julia Child, and her friendships with James Beard, Craig Claiborne, M.F.K. Fisher, and Richard Olney, among others.

Genres: Food, Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Culinary, Biography

544 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1991

About the author

Simone "Simca" Beck was a French cookbook author and cooking teacher who, along with colleagues Julia Child and Louisette Bertholle, played a significant role in the introduction of French cooking technique and recipes into American kitchens.

Reviews

[Jen Dalton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute little memoir with some fascinating history and also something of a who’s who of the culinary world. The recipes though... they all look delicious.

[Jack · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful adjunct to everything Julia (Child). Simone Beck was Julia Child's collaborator on both volumes of "Mastering the Art of French Cooking."

[Betty Wershing · Rating 1 out of 5]

Did not finish

[Anneb]

a wonderful read - especially the early years. I won't be following up by cooking the recipes but it is still inspirational to create good food