Review
By the time I was old
enough to be interested in cooking
programs, Julia Child was in her
sixties, so my image of her was always
of an elderly lady with a warbling,
raspy voice presiding over cooking
programs with an authority that I
never understood. Of course, I
was familiar with her famous cook book
but I couldn't fathom what the fuss was
about, and why people so adored her.
Now I understand! Reading the memoir of
this feisty "rather loud and unserious"
six-foot-two Californian is a huge
pleasure, and the photographs of France
and the French, mostly taken by her
husband, are exceptional. As always, it
is so easy to assume that success comes...
Beyond the Book
Julia Child was
born in
Pasadena,
California. She
graduated from
Smith College
and worked for
the OSS during
World War II in
Ceylon and
China, where she
met Paul Child.
After they
married they
lived in Paris,
where she
studied at the
Cordon Bleu and
taught cooking
with Simone Beck
and Louisette
Bertholle, with
whom she wrote
the first volume
of
Mastering...
