Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California. She graduated from
Smith College and worked for the OSS during World War II; afterward
she lived in Paris, studied at the Cordon Bleu, and taught cooking
with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, with whom she wrote the
first volume of Mastering the Art of French
Cooking (1961). In 1963, Boston’s WGBH launched The
French Chef television series, which made Julia Child a
national celebrity, earning her the Peabody Award in 1965 and an
Emmy in 1966. Several public television shows and numerous
cookbooks followed. She died in 2004.
Alex Prud'homme is Julia Child's great-nephew and the coauthor
of her autobiography, My Life in France, which was
adapted into the movie Julie & Julia. He is also the author
of The Ripple Effect: The Fate of Freshwater in the
Twenty-First Century, Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to
Know, and The Cell Game, and he is the coauthor
(with Michael Cherkasky) of Forewarned: Why the Government Is
Failing to Protect Us--and What We Must Do to Protect Ourselves.
Prud'homme's journalism has appeared in The New York Times,
The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Time, and People.
“Exuberant, affectionate, and boundlessly charming . . . It
chronicles, in mouth-watering detail, the meals and the food
markets the sparked her interest in French cooking . . . It also
tells the story of the inspired partnership between Child . . . and
her husband, Paul . . . Every day in France brought a thrilling new
discovery, but Child’s capacity for wonder and delight co-existed
with ‘show me’ skepticism . . . It is a wonderful picture of the
most successful American export to France since Benjamin
Franklin.”
–William Grimes, The New York Times
“In mouth-watering detail, her learning years in Paris and the
stellar career that followed.”
–Meeta Agrawal, Life Magazine
“Captures her charm, warmth, and, above all, her determined and
robust spirit . . . Anyone who has heard her on television will
immediately recognize the frank, jovial, and embracing tone.”
–John Skoyles, The Seattle Times/Associated Press
“What a joy . . . charming . . . inspiring.”
–Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly
“Like a surprise nougat bursting from the center of a chocolate
truffle, My Life in France also serves up her moving romance with
the Renaissance man of her life . . . her husband, Paul
Child.”–Andrew Marton, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Exuberant, affectionate, and boundlessly charming . . . It
chronicles, in mouth-watering detail, the meals and the food
markets the sparked her interest in French cooking . . . It also
tells the story of the inspired partnership between Child . . . and
her husband, Paul . . . Every day in France brought a thrilling new
discovery, but Child's capacity for wonder and delight co-existed
with 'show me' skepticism . . . It is a wonderful picture of the
most successful American export to France since Benjamin
Franklin."
-William Grimes, The New York Times
"In mouth-watering detail, her learning years in Paris and
the stellar career that followed."
-Meeta Agrawal, Life Magazine
"Captures her charm, warmth, and, above all, her
determined and robust spirit . . . Anyone who has heard her on
television will immediately recognize the frank, jovial, and
embracing tone."
-John Skoyles, The Seattle Times/Associated Press
"What a joy . . . charming . . . inspiring."
-Jennifer Reese, Entertainment Weekly
"Like a surprise nougat bursting from the center of a chocolate
truffle, My Life in France also serves up her moving romance
with the Renaissance man of her life . . . her husband, Paul
Child."-Andrew Marton, The Philadelphia Inquirer
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