My Life in France
by Julia Child


  
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Book Description

Even devoted non-cooks (I am one) will likely adore Julia Child’s memoir, My Life in France, and foodies will certainly relish this lively dish. Begun as a series of talks over a period of months with her grandnephew Alex Prud’homme, the finished product reads like a lively monologue, covering Child’s marriage, their move to Paris, France following World War II, her growing love of French food, the great restaurants of the 1950s, her first tentative forays into cooking, and how the classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her subsequent television program came about. What shines in these autobiographical sketches is Julia’s joie de vivre, her honesty (she doesn’t hesitate to express displeasure with a number of people, including Senator Joe McCarthy, her father, the head of Paris’s Cordon Bleu school, and her co-writers on the first book). The narrative is sprinkled with Julia’s characteristic interjections: “Whew!”, “Delicious!” “Ouf!” “Hooray!” These add to the sense that you’re sitting down listening to a really interesting woman tell you about the highlights of her life. I finished the book feeling as though I’d missed out on something special, only meeting Julia Child through this memoir, on television, or in her cookbooks. And it almost convinced me to go fire up the old cook stove and try a cassoulet, a bouillabaisse, or even an omelet, à la Julia Child. Almost, but not quite. Once a non-cook, always a non-cook, I’m afraid.