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Fact File
| Name:
Julia Child
Also Known As:
Julia McWilliams (maiden name)
Current Home:
Santa Barbara, California
Date of Birth:
August 5, 1912
Place of Birth:
Pasadena, California
Date of Death:
August 12, 2004
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Santa Barbara, California
Education:
B.A., Smith College, 1934; Le Cordon Bleu, 1950
Awards:
Emmy Awards, 1965, 1996 and 1997; George Foster Peabody Award, 1965; Ordre de Mérite Agricole, 1967; Ordre de Mérite National, 1976; Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur, 2000
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The Best Book to Read First
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| | Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1
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Julia Child
You'll find a stained, smudged, dog-eared copy of this three-pound tome in almost any serious home cook's kitchen. With six pages on cassoulet and eight pages on omelettes, Mastering the Art of French Cooking may seem daunting at first -- but the purpose of all that text is to lead you, step by careful step, to the creation of something delicious. As Child wrote in the preface to the 1983 edition, "If you can read, you can cook." Bon appétit!
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Kitchen Myth
| A persistent story about Child is that she once dropped a whole chicken (in some versions it's a leg of lamb or a roast) during her television show, then picked it up off the floor and kept cooking, saying to the camera, "Remember, you are alone in the kitchen." It's not true. She did, however, once flip a potato pancake onto the stovetop, scooping it back into the skillet with the famous "alone in the kitchen" line.
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A Chef's Story
| A Rich Life
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| | Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child
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Noel Riley Fitch
"This immensely readable biography will delight Child's legions of loyal fans," say our editors. "Even the most devoted may not know the fascinating details of her life before the publication of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which appeared when she was 50."
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| | My Life in France
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Julia Child, With Alex Prud'homme
In her own words, here is the captivating story of Child's years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her "true calling." Filled with beautiful black-and-white photographs and family snapshots, this memoir is laced with wonderful stories about the French character, particularly in the world of food, and the way of life that Julia embraced so wholeheartedly.
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