The French chef in America : Julia Child's second act / Alex Prud'homme.

"Julia Child is synonymous with French cooking, but her legacy runs much deeper. Now, her great-nephew and My Life in France coauthor vividly recounts the myriad ways in which she profoundly shaped how we eat today. He shows us Child in the aftermath of the publication of Mastering the Art of French...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prud'homme, Alex (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Child, Julia.
Cooks > United States > Biography.
Cooks.
United States.
Biographies.
Genre:
Biography.
Biographies.
Physical Description:318 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The French chef faces life
  • Dinner and diplomacy
  • The French chef
  • Volume II
  • The French chef in France
  • That's it
  • The French chef in America
  • From Julia Child's kitchen
  • The spirit of '76
  • The president, the queen, and the captain
  • The new French revolution
  • A go-to cultural figure
  • Bursting out of the straitjacket
  • Following the gleam
  • Prime time
  • The celebrity chef
  • "Bon appétit, America!"
  • Epilogue: a civilized art.