Warming Up Julia Child: The Remarkable Figures Who Shaped a Legend

by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz

Overview

A Pulitzer prize-finalist peels back the curtain on an unexplored part of Julia Child's life—the formidable team of six she collaborated with to shape her legendary career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781643139371
Publisher:	Pegasus Books
Publication date:	04/05/2022
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	11 MB
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About the Author

Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor of American History and American Studies, emerita, Smith College, is a historian whose work has focused on the cultural history of the U.S. and on culturally important biographical subjects. Honors include the 2003 citation for her book Rereading Sex (Knopf, 2002) as one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in History and the Merle Curti Award given by the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American social or intellectual history. In 2011 she (in conjunction with Patricia Hills) won the W.E. Fischelis Book Award of the Victorian Society of America for John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Praise of Women. Helen is also a well-known emerita professor at Smith College. The college’s large alumnae are unusually loyal to their alma mater, as was Julia Child during her lifetime.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix

Chapter 1 Assembling the Initial Team 1

Chapter 2 Avis Comes Aboard 25

Chapter 3 Marseille 41

Chapter 4 Home Leave and Germany 62

Chapter 5 Washington 85

Chapter 6 Shifting Gears 103

Chapter 7 Waiting 124

Chapter 8 The House of Knopf 141

Chapter 9 The Launch 172

Chapter 10 The French Chef 194

Chapter 11 "Julia" 236

Endnotes 257

Acknowledgments 277

Illustration Credits 279

Index 281

Editorial Reviews

"Horowitz’s (A Taste for Provence, 2016) liberal use of Julia’s notebooks and diaries adds telling detail to this biography. The chef's many fans will deeply appreciate Horowitz’s intimate insights into how Julia developed a network of talented, nurturing colleagues who helped transform her into a highly revered cultural icon."

starred review Booklist

Ann Richardson narrates the story of Julia Child as she developed recipes, found an editor and publisher, and eventually produced her popular television series “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.” Subtitled “The Remarkable Figures Who Shaped a Legend,” the audiobook follows Child’s ten-year path to fame, all of which is recounted in Richardson’s bright voice. Richardson fluidly shifts her intonation, clearly differentiating narrative from letters, memos, and diaries. Through ups and downs, successes and failures, listeners learn, via Richardson’s steady performance, about this remarkable chef who conquered French food, brought the complex cuisine to reading and TV-watching audiences, and became a household name. M.B.K. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine

JUNE 2022 - AudioFile