After listening to Julie & Julia on a car trip and not really liking it, I decided to go to the source: Julia herself. This memoir is a wonderful account of Julia’s move to France in the late 1940s with her husband Paul and head-long fall into love with her adopted country. A six foot tall American sticks out in Paris, but she doesn’t let it stop her from making friends with the market sellers and forcing her way into Le Cordon Bleu. We follow her life into the cookbook writing business with her friend Simca and the subsequent success with Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
Mastering led to the television career that she is most known for. Her larger than life personality and her way of breaking down even the most complicated meal for the lay chef endeared her to many American home cooks. Julia’s personality really comes through in My Life in France. Her love of France and French food is obvious from the first page to the last.
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