Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1 by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle & Simone Beck games AN ORIGIN STORY BOOK

AN ORIGIN STORY BOOK

and the author of Breakfast at Tiffany's

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders

Thames & HudsonISBN: 9780500252536Extent: 256 pages

Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol. 1 by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle & Simone Beck games AN ORIGIN STORY BOOK'This isn't just any cookery book. It is Mastering the Art of French Cooking, first published in 1961, and it's a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world view; a votive object implying taste and appetite and a little je ne sais quoi. Julia Child was like Amelia Earhart, or Eleanor Roosevelt: she was a hero who'd gone out there and made a difference. Her