{"id":13320,"date":"2016-11-17T12:03:36","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T17:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexprudhomme.com\/?p=13320"},"modified":"2016-11-17T12:03:36","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T17:03:36","slug":"happy-104th-birthday-julia-child-accidental-revolutionary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexprudhomme.com\/2016\/11\/17\/happy-104th-birthday-julia-child-accidental-revolutionary\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 104th birthday to Julia Child, accidental revolutionary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just came across this beautiful Jesse Kornbluth tribute to Julia and MY LIFE IN FRANCE from August, which would have marked her 104th birthday. Merci, Head Butler &#8230; now, what do you think of THE FRENCH CHEF IN AMERICA?<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"review_title\">Julia Child: My Life in France<\/h1>\n<div class=\"image_wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"review_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.headbutler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/julia_child.jpg\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0307277690\/?tag=headbutlercom-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"amazon_img\" src=\"https:\/\/www.headbutler.com\/wp-content\/themes\/HeadButler\/images\/icon-amazon.png\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"node-details\">By\u00a0<span class=\"author\">JESSE KORNBLUTH<\/span><br \/>\nPublished: Aug 31, 2016<br \/>\nCategory:\u00a0<a class=\"mini_url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.headbutler.com\/review-categories\/books\/food-and-wine\/\">Food and Wine<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Julia Child would be 104, so it\u2019s understandable that, for many Americans, she looks and acts like Meryl Streep in the Nora Ephron film that burnished her eccentricities. But in the wayback machine, you can find the real Julia, teaching her fellow citizens the joy of French cooking on public television \u2014 a frowsy, big-boned (6\u20192&#8243;, 158 pounds)\u00a0matron with a trill in her voice, hacking up a chicken with more zest than is called for, most likely because she\u2019s been chugging the cooking sherry.<br \/>\nMy favorite way of considering Julia Child \u2014 the Julia Child of &#8220;My Life in France&#8221;\u00a0\u2014 is as a revolutionary. Not intentionally. She just had the great good fortune to find herself living in Paris\u00a0with no job and nothing more compelling than a tentative interest in cooking &#8230;<br \/>\nThe book ends this way: &#8220;The pleasures of the table, and of life, are infinite \u2014\u00a0<em>toujours bon appetit!&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0As\u00a0you read these words, you finally get it \u2014 this is not a book about food, this is a book about life. A wise life, a life of beauty, art and invention. You\u00a0can learn a lot from a life like that.<br \/>\nStart with\u00a0this book.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just came across this beautiful Jesse Kornbluth tribute to Julia and MY LIFE IN FRANCE from August, which would have marked her 104th birthday. Merci, Head Butler &#8230; now, what do you think of THE FRENCH CHEF IN AMERICA? 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