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Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes the French Chef by Alex Prud’Homme

March 2, 2022 by BlackRaven 2 Comments

Julia Child was just bada$$. Working in the Office of Strategic Services, learning to cook as an “older” woman, inventing a formula that was a shark repellent (wonder if that is where Batman got his Bat-Shark Repellent?) and just being herself, Child was and would become (in her words) Born Hungry: Julia Child Becomes the French Chef and would teach others that it was worth the time to learn how to do thing the “right way” when it came to cooking the perfect dish or […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction, Romance Tagged With: alex prud'homme, chefs, French cooking, julia child, Sarah Green, United States - 20th Century, women history

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:80 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Children's Books, Cooking/Food, History, Non-Fiction, Romance · Tags: alex prud'homme, chefs, French cooking, julia child, Sarah Green, United States - 20th Century, women history ·
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“‘You never forget a beautiful thing that you have made,’ he said. ‘Even after you eat it, it stays with you – always.”

My Life in France by Julia Child

August 25, 2020 by narfna 7 Comments

This was such a lovely reading experience, for lots of reasons. I felt refreshed while reading it, and afterwards. I’ve since made a little hobby of revisiting old episodes of The French Chef on YouTube because they are calming and delightful (and I can make a French omelet now!). I spent a lot of time in my childhood watching PBS because my dad was cheap and wouldn’t pay for cable, so that meant lots of Julia Child. I remember not caring so much about the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction Tagged With: #food, #memoir, alex prud'homme, cooking, France, julia child, my life in france, narfna

narfna's CBR12 Review No:99 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food, Non-Fiction · Tags: #food, #memoir, alex prud'homme, cooking, France, julia child, my life in france, narfna ·
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