Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child - Hardcover

Fitch, Noel Riley

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038548335X ISBN 13: 9780385483353

Publisher: Doubleday, 1997

Synopsis

The first biography of the singular television chef reveals her private life as Julia McWilliam, from her youth in California to her volunteer service during World War II to her forty-year career bringing French food to American kitchens. Tour.

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Review:

"Because Child allowed Fitch complete access to her papers, we get a real feel for the relentless work that went into the much-massaged Mastering."
--Washington Post

"Fitch's richly detailed biography of Child describes how a plainspoken woman who loved food inspired millions to pick up a whisk and make a fine French dinner from scratch."
--Newsweek

"Makes Julia [Child's] evolution from high-security clerk to cook to writer to star an incredible adventure."
--Boston Globe

"A delicious recounting of the life of the woman who has inspired confidence in generations of American cooks."
--Town & Country

"Entertaining and informative--represents the best of biographical writing."
--Library Journal

"A delicious recounting of the life of the woman who has inspired confidence in generations of American cooks."
--"Town & Country"
"Marvelous. . . . Mesmerizing."
--"Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel"
"Fitch's richly detailed biography of Child describes how a plainspoken woman who loved food inspired millions to pick up a whisk and make a fine French dinner from scratch."
--"Newsweek"
"A deep dish on the food world."
--"House Beautiful"
"An incredible adventure."
--"The Boston Globe"
"Because Child allowed Fitch complete access to her papers, we get a real feel for the relentless work that went into the much-massaged "Mastering.""
--"The Washington Post"
"Entertaining and informative--represents the best of biographical writing."
--"Library Journal"
"I thoroughly enjoyed reading "Appetite for Life." . . . Our admiration and love for Julia grows stronger as we keep reading. . . . The narration reads like a thriller, vivid and engrossing. . . . This well-written, lively tale brings to life a complex, multifaceted personality, endearing, and, at times, heroic."
--Jacques Pepin

A delicious recounting of the life of the woman who has inspired confidence in generations of American cooks.
"Town & Country"
Marvelous. . . . Mesmerizing.
"Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel"
Fitch s richly detailed biography of Child describes how a plainspoken woman who loved food inspired millions to pick up a whisk and make a fine French dinner from scratch.
"Newsweek"
A deep dish on the food world.
"House Beautiful"
An incredible adventure.
"The Boston Globe"
Because Child allowed Fitch complete access to her papers, we get a real feel for the relentless work that went into the much-massaged"Mastering."
"The Washington Post"
Entertaining and informative represents the best of biographical writing.
"Library Journal"
I thoroughly enjoyed reading "Appetite for Life." . . . Our admiration and love for Julia grows stronger as we keep reading. . . . The narration reads like a thriller, vivid and engrossing. . . . This well-written, lively tale brings to life a complex, multifaceted personality, endearing, and, at times, heroic.
Jacques Pepin"

A delicious recounting of the life of the woman who has inspired confidence in generations of American cooks.
Town & Country
Marvelous. . . . Mesmerizing.
Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Fitch s richly detailed biography of Child describes how a plainspoken woman who loved food inspired millions to pick up a whisk and make a fine French dinner from scratch.
Newsweek
A deep dish on the food world.
House Beautiful
An incredible adventure.
The Boston Globe
Because Child allowed Fitch complete access to her papers, we get a real feel for the relentless work that went into the much-massagedMastering.
The Washington Post
Entertaining and informative represents the best of biographical writing.
Library Journal
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Appetite for Life. . . . Our admiration and love for Julia grows stronger as we keep reading. . . . The narration reads like a thriller, vivid and engrossing. . . . This well-written, lively tale brings to life a complex, multifaceted personality, endearing, and, at times, heroic.
Jacques Pepin

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"A delicious recounting of the life of the woman who has inspired confidence in generations of American cooks."
--Town & Country

"Marvelous. . . . Mesmerizing."
--Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel

"Fitch's richly detailed biography of Child describes how a plainspoken woman who loved food inspired millions to pick up a whisk and make a fine French dinner from scratch."
--Newsweek

"A deep dish on the food world."
--House Beautiful

"An incredible adventure."
--The Boston Globe

"Because Child allowed Fitch complete access to her papers, we get a real feel for the relentless work that went into the much-massaged Mastering."
--The Washington Post

"Entertaining and informative--represents the best of biographical writing."
--Library Journal

"I thoroughly enjoyed reading Appetite for Life. . . . Our admiration and love for Julia grows stronger as we keep reading. . . . The narration reads like a thriller, vivid and engrossing. . . . This well-written, lively tale brings to life a complex, multifaceted personality, endearing, and, at times, heroic."
--Jacques Pepin

About the Author:

NoÙl Riley Fitch is the author of Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirties and Anaïs: The Erotic Life of Anaïs Nin, as well as other books chronicling the French-American artistic experience.  She lives with her husband in Los Angeles and on the Left Bank in Paris.  She has one grown daughter.

About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 038548335X
• ISBN 13: 9780385483353
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 569