Julia Child single handedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she didnt know the first thing about cooking when she landed in France.
Indeed, when she first arrived in 1948 with her husband, Paul, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself. But as she dove into French culture, buying food at local markets and taking classes at the Cordon Bleu, her life changed forever. Julias unforgettable story unfolds with the spirit so key to her success as a cook and teacher and writer, brilliantly capturing one of the most endearing American personalities of the last fifty years.
Julie & Julia is now a major motion picture (releasing in August 2009) starring Meryl Streep as Julia Child. It is partially based on her memoir, My Life in France. Enjoy these images from the film, and click the thumbnails to see larger images.
Inspirational!
My Life in France is an exhilarating memoir. Accompanying her husband on his assignment to Paris, Julia Child becomes enamored with French food. The book shows how her new-found passion led the former OSS file clerk to become a renown chef and cookbook author. Along the way, readers meet the family and friends who assisted - and sometimes challenged - her. And we discover her husband Paul, the love of her life and the man behind the scenes.
In many ways, My Life in France is a real-life love story between Julia and Paul and their various artistic talents. It is also a good accompaniment to Malcolm Gladwells Outliers: The Story of Success, because Julias story is one of being in the right place at the right time with the right people and working very, very hard.
I loved My Life in France! Alex Prudhomme does an excellent job of making readers feel like they are traveling along on Julias journey. It is a delightful trip and one I encourage you to take.
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