Appetite for Life
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Noel Riley Fitch's savory new biography, Appetite for Life, reveals a woman as appealing as the good food and serious cooking she popularized. As a California girl and Smith College undergraduate, Fitch writes, Julia McWilliams was notable for her high spirits and voracious appetite. Performing intelligence work in Asia during World War II, she met Paul Child, and their marriage of mutual devotion and affection endured until his death in 1994. His postwar assignment took them to France, where she discovered her true calling.
Fitch reminds us that Child championed fresh ingredients at a time when frozen foods and TV dinners dominated American supermarket shelves, and that she demystified haute cuisine with her earthy humor and casual attitude toward mistakes. This affectionate portrait of the remarkable Julia Child reflects her fervent belief that the pleasures of the table are a natural accompaniment to the pleasures of life.
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Entertainment Weekly
It may be unsettling to find out that Julia Child ever lusted after anything naughtier than a good burgundy. But our sanctified "lady of the ladle" has, with characteristic elan, flung open her entire life's chest of drawers--diaries, letters, falsies, you name it--to Anaïs Nin chronicler Fitch, so what can you do?... Best to make like you did while watching her wrestle with chicken legs: Sit back, slightly dazed, and let the drama unfold.
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Appetite for Life
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