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Loading... The Tenth Muse: My Life in Foodby Judith Jones
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. excellent memoir. even i miss her husband. her food is not my choice but i admire her enthusiasm and adventurism. interesting glimpse of life in post-war france and new york, (  ) mahallett | Feb 6, 2009 |  Wonderful glympse into another era -- the 1950's, Paris, culinary arts, Julia Childs' rise to fame--and the progression of cooking in America over the subsequent decades. betsyhoward | Jan 9, 2009 | This book is a nice,readable autobiography of a person who had a large role in improving American food culture in the latter part of the 20th-century. The author does a nice job of presenting how she got interested in food, her life in food, and her side of how many of the classic cookbooks (and diary of Anne Frank) published by Knopf came into being. At the end of the book, she prints a number of recipes that she has enjoyed, listed by groups such as "Cooking for One" or "The Nine Lives of Leg of Lamb". (  ) willyt | Dec 28, 2007 | With insights into both the culinary and publishing worlds, The Tenth Muse is the perfect gift for the foodie reader on your list - maybe even yourself. Judith Jones, an editor at Knopf for nearly a half century and the woman who started it all with Julia Child, has finally shared her own story, well-written (she is an editor after all), fun and well, delicious. Recipes included, ( ) alphaorder | Nov 6, 2007 |  no reviews | add a review
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From the legendary editor who helped shape modern cookbook publishing—one of the food world’s most admired figures—an evocative and inspiring memoir.
Living in Paris after World War II, Judith Jones broke free of the bland American food she had been raised on and reveled in everyday French culinary delights. On returning to the States—hoping to bring some joie de cuisine to America—she published Julia Child’s Mastering the Art of French Cooking. The rest is publishing and gastronomic history.
A new world now opened up to Jones: discovering, with her husband, Evan, the delights of American food; working with the tireless Julia; absorbing the wisdom of James Beard; understanding food as memory through the writings of Claudia Roden and Madhur Jaffrey; demystifying the techniques of Chinese cookery with Irene Kuo; absorbing the Italian way through the warmth of Lidia Bastianich; and working with Edna Lewis, Marion Cunningham, Joan Nathan, and other groundbreaking cooks.
Jones considers matters of taste (can it be acquired?). She discusses the vagaries of vegetable gardening in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and the joys of foraging in the woods and meadows. And she writes about M.F.K. Fisher: as mentor, friend, and the source of luminous insight into the arts of eating, living, and aging.
Embellished with fifty recipes—each with its own story and special tips—this is an absolutely charming memoir by a woman who was present at the creation of the American food revolution and played a seminal role in shaping it.
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