Bob Spitz

Left Bank Books - Downtown

New York Times bestselling author Bob Spitz will speak on his book, Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child, as part of our Feast Reading Group. The original celebrity chef, Julia Child was already fifty when The French Chef went on the air at a time in our history when women weren't making those leaps. In Spitz's definitive biography, Julia comes vividly--and surprisingly--to life. Also, enjoy hors d'oeuvres related to the book courtesy of L'Ecole Culinaire at this event.

Location: Street: Left Bank Books - Downtown Additional: 321 N. 10th City: Saint Louis, Province: Missouri Postal Code: 63101 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Monday, May 6 at 7PM

Bestselling Biographer Bob Spitz In Conversation with Austin American-Statesman Food Critic ADDIE BROYLES about Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child

A Time, Washington Post, and NPR Best Book of the Year in hardcover, dearie is the stunning story of how Julia Child transformed herself into the cult figure who touched off a food revolution that has gripped the country for more than fifty years. Spanning Pasadena to Paris, acclaimed author Bob Spitz reveals the history behind the woman who taught America how to cook. Join us tonight as Statesman food critic Addie Broyles talks to Spitz about Julia Child and his highly acclaimed biography.

More About dearie: It’s rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It’s even rarer when that someone is a middle-aged, six-foot three-inch woman whose first exposure to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet on a hot plate on a local TV station. And yet, that’s exactly what Julia Child did. The warble-voiced doyenne of television cookery became an iconic cult figure and joyous rule-breaker as she touched off the food revolution that has gripped America for more than fifty years.

Now, in Bob Spitz’s definitive, wonderfully affectionate biography, the Julia we know and love comes vividly — and surprisingly — to life. In dearie, Spitz employs the same skill he brought to his best-selling, critically acclaimed book The Beatles, providing a clear-eyed portrait of one of the most fascinating and influential Americans of our time — a woman known to all, yet known by only a few.

Bob Spitz is the award-winning author of The Beatles, a New York Times best seller, as well as seven other nonfiction books and a screenplay. He has represented Bruce Springsteen and Elton John in several capacities. His articles appear regularly in magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times Magazine; The Washington Post; Rolling Stone; and O, The Oprah Magazine, among others.

In order to have anything signed at a BookPeople event, a copy of the event book must be purchased from BookPeople. If you purchase your book from BookPeople in advance of the event, please save your receipt and present it at the event.

Thank you for supporting Bob Spitz and your local independent bookstore!

Location: Street: 603 N Lamar Blvd City: Austin, Province: Texas Postal Code: 78703-5413 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Thursday, May 2, 7:30 PM Bob Spitz presents his biography dearie In conversation with chef and author Susan Spungen Bob Spitz, award-winning author of New York Times bestselling biography The Beatles, re-creates an extraordinary life in dearie, his biography of Julia Child. He takes us beyond the image of Julia as the tall, eccentric woman with a funny voice who taught America how to cook, and establishes her as a genuine rebel and beloved icon, a woman who helped to change the role of women in America, set the standard for how to create a public personality in the modern media world, and altered the way America eats and thinks of food. Spitz talks about his book with entertaining expert Susan Spungen, the founding food editor of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, and the author most recently of What’s a Hostess To Do? 313 Ideas and Inspirations for Effortless Entertaining. Susan was the culinary consultant and food stylist on the Julia Child biopic Julie & Julia, and brings her perspective as a contemporary woman in the food world to the discussion of Julia’s life and legacy.

Location: Street: 686 Fulton Street City: Brooklyn, Province: New York Postal Code: 11217 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Bob Spitz (dearie)

Bob Spitz is the award-winning author of The Beatles, a New York Times best seller, as well as seven other nonfiction books and a screenplay. He has represented Bruce Springsteen and Elton John in several capacities. His articles appear regularly in magazines and newspapers, including The New York Times Magazine; The Washington Post; Rolling Stone; and O, The Oprah Magazine, among others. He can be reached at dearie@bobspitz.com. (added from Random House)… (more)

Bob Spitz, Author of Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Childs, will be at the Brandywine Hundred Library on November 7th and we will be there to help support and facilitate the signing.

Copies of the book will be available at the event. Also, you can pick up your copy in the store any time or on our website by clicking the link below. They will also be available for purchase at the event.

The event begins at 7:30 and we hope to see you there.

Location: Street: 1300 Foulk Road Additional: City: Wilmington, Province: Delaware Postal Code: 19803 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

It's rare for someone to emerge in America who can change our attitudes, our beliefs, and our very culture. It's even rarer when that someone is a middle-aged, six-foot three-inch woman whose first exposure to an unsuspecting public is cooking an omelet on a hot plate on a local TV station. And yet, that's exactly what Julia Child did. The warble-voiced doyenne of television cookery became an iconic cult figure and joyous rule-breaker as she touched off the food revolution that has gripped America for more than fifty years. On the centenary of her birth, Spitz delivers this definitive, wonderfully affectionate biography, of one of the most fascinating and influential Americans of our time.

This discussion is free and open to the public. Those wishing to get books signed will be asked to purchase at least one copy of Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child from Vroman's, and one additional copy for every 3 books they bring from home. Save your Vroman's receipt; it will be checked when you enter the signing line.

Location: Street: 695 E. Colorado Blvd City: Pasadena, Province: California Postal Code: 91101 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)