If leeks, shallots, and sea salt are available at your local supermarket, you probably have Julia Child to thank for it. Education-B.A., Smith College Le Cordon Bleuįoster Peabody Award, 1965 Ordre de Mérite Agricole,ġ967 Ordre de Mérite National, 1976 Chevalier of the.The film version of this memoir has been combined with Julie and Julia by writer/director Nora Ephron. Julia's unforgettable story unfolds with the spirit so key to her success as as a cook and teacher and writer, brilliantly capturing one of the most endearing American personalities of the last fifty years. But as she dove into French culture, buying food at local markets and taking classes at the Cordon Bleu, her life changed forever. Indeed, when she first arrived in 1948 with her husband, Paul, she spoke no French and knew nothing about the country itself.

Julia Child single handedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she didn't know the first thing about cooking when she landed in France.

My Life in France by Julia Child