Warming Up Julia Child

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The Remarkable Figures Who Shaped a Legend

By Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz

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Warming Up Julia Child by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz explores the transformative period during which Julia Child developed her passion and expertise in French cuisine. The book delves into her personal journey and experiences leading up to her culinary breakthrough. It provides an insightful look at how this iconic figure mastered her craft, providing a warm and engaging narrative perfect for cooking and food enthusiasts.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy this book if you're fascinated by the journey of an iconic figure in the culinary world. It delves into how she blossomed from a woman with little kitchen knowledge into a beloved cooking legend, offering charming anecdotes and insights into her unique personality and culinary journey. It’s perfect for food enthusiasts and those who admire transformative personal stories.

Warming Up Julia Child

A Pulitzer prize-finalist peels back the curtain on an unexplored part of Julia Child's life—the formidable team of six she collaborated with to shape her legendary career.

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A Pulitzer prize-finalist peels back the curtain on an unexplored part of Julia Child's life—the formidable team of six she collaborated with to shape her legendary career.

Julia Child's monumental Mastering the Art of French Cooking and iconic television show The French Chef required a team of innovators to bring out her unique presence and personality. Warming Up Julia Child is a behind-the-scenes look at this supporting team, revealing how the savvy of these helpers, collaborators, and supporters contributed to Julia's overwhelming success.

Julia is the central subject, but Helen Horowitz has her share the stage with those who aided her work. She reveals that the most important element in Julia Child’s ultimate success was her unusual capacity for forming fruitful alliances, whether it was Paul Child, Simone Beck, Avis DeVoto, Judith Jones and William Koshland (at Knopf), and Ruth Lockwood (at WGBH). Without the contribution of these six collaborators, Julia could never have accomplished what she did.

Filled with vivid correspondence, fascinating characters, and the iconic joie de vivre that makes us come back to Julia again and again, Warming Up Julia Child is essential reading for anyone who adores Julia and her legacy.

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Warming Up Julia Child by Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz offers an insightful biography using Julia Child's notebooks and diaries to explore her transformation into a cultural icon. The book is appreciated for its intimate and detailed portrayal, particularly highlighting the supportive network that helped shape Julia's renowned career.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781639363681

Publisher: Pegasus Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 October 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: Pegasus Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 210.0mm

Weight: 397g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor of American History and American Studies, emerita, Smith College, is a historian whose work has focused on the cultural history of the U.S. and on culturally important biographical subjects. Honors include the 2003 citation for her book Rereading Sex (Knopf, 2002) as one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in History and the Merle Curti Award given by the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American social or intellectual history. In 2011 she (in conjunction with Patricia Hills) won the W.E. Fischelis Book Award of the Victorian Society of America for John Singer Sargent: Portraits in Praise of Women. Helen is also a well-known emerita professor at Smith College. The college’s large alumnae are unusually loyal to their alma mater, as was Julia Child during her lifetime.