Book Review of
My Life In France
The bestselling story of Julia’s years in France—and the basis for Julie & Julia, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams—in her own words.
Although she would later singlehandedly create a new approach to American cuisine with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, Julia Child was not always a master chef. Indeed, when she first arrived in France in 1948 with her husband, Paul, who was to work for the USIS, 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 with her newfound passion for cooking and teaching. Julia’s unforgettable story—struggles with the head of the Cordon Bleu, rejections from publishers to whom she sent her now-famous cookbook, a wonderful, nearly fifty-year long marriage that took the Childs across the globe—unfolds with the spirit so key to Julia’s success as a chef and a writer, brilliantly capturing one of America’s most endearing personalities.
Lynn's Review
If you love food and cooking My Life In France by Julia Child is a must read. Yes, a must read. I don’t say that about many books, but Julia Child changed cooking in America.
I read this book quite a few years ago and loved it. Julia Child is not quite as well known to the younger generation today, but she is still one of the most well known cooks in American. She changed cooking in America. She also changed cooking on TV and the way cookbooks were designed and published. American cooking and food TV would not be what it is today without Julia Child. If you, or someone you know, loves cooking and have not read this book, it is a great read!