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The Leonard Lopate Show Book Club<\/a><\/h3>\nMore<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nJulia Child is widely credited with single handedly teaching America about the pleasures of good\u00a0<\/em>cooking with her groundbreaking cookbook\u00a0Mastering the Art of French Cooking\u00a0<\/em>and her television show\u00a0The French Chef<\/em>. She would have turned 100 years old on August 15, and to celebrate her contributions to cooking and culture, the Leonard Lopate Show Book Club selection for August-September is her memoir,\u00a0My Life in France<\/em><\/a>, written with her grand-nephew\u00a0Alex Prud\u2019homme<\/a>. He joins us to talk about her life, how she learned to cook in France, and how she became a brilliant teacher and writer. When she passed away in 2004, she and Alex were working on the book, about what Julia Child described as the best years of her life, and Alex finished it and published it in 2006.
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The Leonard Lopate Show Book Club<\/a><\/h3>\nMore<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\nJulia Child is widely credited with single handedly teaching America about the pleasures of good\u00a0<\/em>cooking with her groundbreaking cookbook\u00a0Mastering the Art of French Cooking\u00a0<\/em>and her television show\u00a0The French Chef<\/em>. She would have turned 100 years old on August 15, and to celebrate her contributions to cooking and culture, the Leonard Lopate Show Book Club selection for August-September is her memoir,\u00a0My Life in France<\/em><\/a>, written with her grand-nephew\u00a0Alex Prud\u2019homme<\/a>. He joins us to talk about her life, how she learned to cook in France, and how she became a brilliant teacher and writer. When she passed away in 2004, she and Alex were working on the book, about what Julia Child described as the best years of her life, and Alex finished it and published it in 2006.
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\nJulia made cooking and food preparation exciting and new to a then small boy.
\nWhile a true American Icon, truth be told, Julia’s recipes were not easy to follow at the time. Especially when she sent you out for some obscure ingredient that was impossible to find in an American market at the time.
\nFrustrating, but at the same time intriguing. So, I kept up with it! It was fun!!
\nYOU ROCK JULIA!!!\n<\/div>\n
\nIt seemed to me that Julia, by that time in her mid-80s, might have felt threatened (for want of a better word) by the young lady. I’m curious.
\nI was delighted by the book and although I don’t keep books any more (space), I kept that one. I love that Julia loved Paris (as do I). I wish now that I had tried to “do” Mastering the Art. <<sigh>>\n<\/div>\n
\nI loved Ms. Child\u2019s television persona; she was endearing and adorable. The film, \u201cJulie & Julia” also depicted her as charming, capable, ambitious, but never uppity. What I loved most, was her lovely relationship she had with her devoted husband and her appreciation for wonderful foods. Her contributions will certainly influence all future cooks. So looking forward to hearing the discussion with a family member.\n<\/div>\n
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