02488nam a2200253u  4500003000500000005001700005007000300022008004100025010001300066020003500079040003000114043001200144050002400156082002100180100002300201245007500224250001200299260003500311300002800346504006600374520173900440600001802179650003702197DLC 20250625110934.0ta090922s1997    nyua     b    001 0beng    a97011061  a0385493835 (alk. paper)c16.00  aDLCcDLCdDLCdWaOLNdAJM  an-us---00aTX649.C47bF57 199700a641.5/092aB2211 aFitch, Noel Riley.10aAppetite for life :bthe biography of Julia Child /cNoel Riley Fitch.  a1st ed.  aNew York :bDoubleday,cc1997.  a569 p. bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [547]-552) and index.  aJulia Child became a household name when she entered the lives of millions of Americans through our hearts and kitchens. Yet few know the richly varied private life that lies behind this icon, whose statuesque height and warmly enthused warble have become synonymous with the art of cooking. In this biography we meet the earthy and outrageous Julia, who, at age eighty-five, remains a complex role model. Fitch, who had access to all of Julia's private letters and diaries, takes us through her life, from her exuberant youth as a high-spirited California girl to her years at Smith College, where she was at the center of every prank and party. When most of her girlfriends married, Julia volunteered with the OSS in India and China during World War II, and was an integral part of this elite corps. There she met her future husband, the cosmopolitan Paul Child, who introduced her to the glories of art, fine French cuisine, and love. Theirs was a deeply passionate romance and a modern marriage of equals. Julia began her culinary training only at the age of thirty-seven at the Cordon Bleu. Later she roamed the food markets of Marseilles, Bonn, and Oslo. She invested ten years of learning and experimentation in what would become her first bestselling classic, Mastering the Art of French Cooking. Now, her career is legend, spanning nearly forty years and still going strong. Generations love the humor and trademark aplomb that have made Julia a household name. Resisting fads and narrow, fanatical conventions of health-consciousness, Julia is the quintessential teacher. The perfect gift for food lovers and a romantic biography of a woman modern before her time, this is a truly American life. bProvided by the publisher.10aChild, Julia. 0aCookszUnited StatesvBiography.