Julia Child: A Life
Author(s): Laura Shapiro
The delicious life of one of the most beloved figures in twentiethcentury American culture-soon to be played by Meryl Streep in a major motion picture With a swooping voice, an irrepressible sense of humor, and a passion for good food, Julia Child ushered in the nation's culinary renaissance. In Julia Child, award-winning food writer Laura Shapiro tells the story of Child's unlikely career path, from California party girl to coolheaded chief clerk in a World War II spy station to bewildered amateur cook and finally to the Cordon Bleu in Paris, the school that inspired her calling. A food lover who was quintessentially American, right down to her little-known recipe for classic tuna fish casserole, Shapiro's "Julia Child" personifies her own most famous lesson: that learning how to cook means learning how to live.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : Penguin Publishing Group
- : 01 November 2009
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Laura Shapiro
- : Paperback
- : 11-Sep
- : English
- : 641.5092
- : 185
- : Biography & autobiography; Women's studies