This dishy and delightful, never-before-published correspondence between America\'s queen of food, Julia Child, and her mentor Avis DeVoto, shows not only the blossoming of a lifelong friendship, but also an America on the verge of transformation. -- Boston Globe. -- People (31/2 of 4 stars) Blazingly alive and entirely irresistible.
A delicious read. . .
Child] comes booming back to life in these dishy missives .
Frank, bawdy, funny, exuberant, these astonishing Letters show an America on the verge of political, social, and gastronomic transformation and two women deeply engaged in the making of that new world.
We see, too, the turbulent creation of one of the most influential cookbooks ever written.
But how much do we really know of the inner Julia Child? Through this riveting correspondence between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her pen pal and literary mentor, we hear Julia\'s deepest thoughts and feelings and witness the blossoming of a unique and lifelong friendship. -- Wall Street Journal Julia is known around the world by her first name alone.
These Letters offer a] glimpse of how the truly great can merge heart and soul in the pursuit of excellence. . . -- Entertainment Weekly Julia\'s inimitable voice shines through .
A National Bestseller Winner of an International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for Literary Food Writing An absorbing portrait of an unexpected friendship.
This dishy and delightful, never-before-published correspondence between America\'s queen of food, Julia Child, and her mentor Avis DeVoto, shows not only the blossoming of a lifelong friendship, but also an America on the verge of transformation
