Bibliograph

Julia Child, Laura Shapiro

Type

Label

Julia Child, Laura Shapiro

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Julia Child

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

456558595

Responsibility statement

Laura Shapiro

Series statement

Penguin lives series

Summary

One of the most beloved figures in 20th century American culture was Julia Child, television's bouyant "French Chef." With an irrepressible sense of humor and a passion for good food, Child ushered in the nation's culinary renaissance and became its chief icon. Millions watched as she spun threads of caramel, wielded live lobsters, flipped omelets and unmolded spectacular desserts. Her occasional disasters, and brilliant recoveries, were legendary. Yet every step of the way she was teaching carefully crafted lessons about ingredients, culinary technique, and why good home cooking still matters. Her open-hearted approach to the kitchen was a lesson in how to live. Food writer Shapiro describes Child's unlikely career path, from California party girl to her marriage to Paul Child, to cool-headed chief clerk in a World War II spy station, to bumbling amateur cook, and finally to the classes at the Cordon Bleu in Paris that changed her life.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Hungry -- Prof. Julia -- How to make things taste the way they should -- The performance of me -- Real male men -- I am getting very tired of kiwi fruit -- She likes to eat

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