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A Chat About Julia’s Second Act with ‘My Little Bird’
I am in Washington DC for the second annual Julia Child Award (this year’s recipient is Rick Bayless), and will present The FCiA at the Smithsonian on Sat 10/29 (3:30 pm). Nancy McKeon and I had a nice chat about Julia in the 1970s for her blog My Little Bird. Here’s an excerpt and the…
Read MoreWhen There Really Is Not a Drop to Drink
‘Last Call at the Oasis,’ a Documentary About Water Supplies Jay Famiglietti, one of a handful of expert witnesses in Jessica Yu’s “Last Call at the Oasis,” is a thoughtful scientist with an engaging manner who specializes in water. In particular, he studies — and tries to raise public awareness about — the rapid depletion…
Read More“The French Chef in America” drops today — join me at a reading
Friends — a reminder that my latest, THE FRENCH CHEF IN AMERICA: Julia Child’s Second Act, drops Today. Before I launch on my book tour, I’ll be doing a few events in NYC and hope you will join me: TONIGHT(10/4), 7PM at Barnes & Noble, 2289 Broadway at 83rd Street. TOMORROW DAY (10/5) James Beard…
Read MoreFCiA prompts Mimi Sheraton to recall several memorable encounters with Julia Child, some more giggly than others
Mixing It Up with Julia Child The author’s long and complex relationship with the culinary icon. MIMI SHERATON 10.01.16 12:01 AM ET The date was July 8, 1976, just a few months after I arrived at The New York Times and, as I recall, before I ever had met Julia. The event was a state…
Read MoreAlex Joins Chef Barbara Lynch at the Full Plate Lunch Series
On Tuesday, October 18th, we’re thrilled to welcome author and Julia Child’s great-nephew, Alex Prud’homme to Menton to celebrate the release of his latest book, The French Chef in America: Julia Child’s Second Act. True to Full Plate Form, we will gather, eat, and learn over a memorable lunch with an extraordinary guest speaker who…
Read MoreBon Appétit, America: How the French Chef captured the zeitgeist.
In 2006, Julia Child’s memoir My Life in France was a rousing bestseller. The story of how a “6-foot-2-inch, 36-year-old, rather loud and unserious Californian” (her words) transformed herself and America’s appetites was a sheer delight. But it nearly didn’t happen. For years she had talked about writing a memoir of her postwar years in…
Read MoreKirkus Reviews: THE FRENCH CHEF IN AMERICA Julia Child’s Second Act
Prud’homme (Hydrofracking: What Everyone Needs to Know, 2013, etc.) explores the life of his great aunt, Julia Child (1912-2004), America’s first celebrity chef and an enduring cultural icon. Co-author of her autobiography, My Life in France, the author demonstrates how Child, a cultural mediator between France and America in the first act of her career,…
Read MoreCrazy eggplant dip, and other delectable Julia Child recipes, courtesy of the NYT
The NYT Food section followed up on Julia Moskin’s piece (see previous post) with a paean to JC’s down home French cooking, including a zany — and very un-French — eggplant appetizer. Check it out, and let me know how yours tasted. Bon appetit! https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/dining/recipes-from-julia-julia.html?&moduleDetail=section-news-4&action=click&contentCollection=Food®ion=Footer&module=MoreInSection&version=WhatsNext&contentID=WhatsNext&pgtype=article
Read MoreLa Pitchoune Lives! The NYT’s Julia Moskin chez Julia in Provence
Intrepid food reporter Julia Mosking rented La Pitchoune, Julia and Paul Child’s Provencal perch, for a week of inspired shopping, cooking, and eating. She writes: “La Pitchoune is in the hills that rise above the Côte d’Azur, 10 miles north of Cannes, though it feels far from the yachts, crowds and burkini battles of the…
Read MoreMerci, “Bon Appetit!”
“Bon Appetit” magazine names FCiF one of 8 New Nonfiction Books to Read this Fall — Merci! (interesting factoid: the mag was title before it became Julia Child’s catch-phrase) https://www.bonappetit.com/entertaining-style/trends-news/article/nonfiction-food-books-fall-2016
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