Cannonball Read 18

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“I was thirty-seven years old and still discovering who I was.”

My Life in France by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme

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The story of Julia Child’s years in France in her own words was literally the second book I put on my Goodreads to read list in January 2012. It has taken me this long to get to it, but I’m perfectly happy to have waited until I was in the right mood – even though this book made me hungry every time I picked it up. My Life in France is exactly what the title says it is. For most people the contents of this […]

“‘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

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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 […]

I Wandered the City, Got Lost, and Found Myself Again

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Fine, I admit it. I loved Julie & Julia. The movie, because Meryl Streep is a goddess, and Stanley Tucci should be in everything. I could have done completely without the other parts and just wanted two hours of Paul and Julia Child together. Talk about romance goals. It was actually thanks to a spam comment on the Cannonball site that I saw someone else had read My Life in France and, without hesitation, clicked the link and bought myself a copy. Julia Child is one of […]

What’s for dinner? Joie de vivre

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I had the good fortune to be able to read this novel prior to, and during a trip to Paris, France. I am a self-described foodie (though I dislike the term). I am that person who is constantly inundating social media with food pics, tries to shop locally and seasonally, and enjoys cooking a good meal. I knew that Julia Child was a tour de force in the cooking world, as she practically introduced French cooking to the United States, and a charming and captivating […]



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