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Julia Child (1912–2004)

Author of My Life in France

Includes the names: Julia Child, Juila Child, Julia Childs

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Works by Julia Child
My Life in France 4,558 copies, 191 reviews
Mastering the Art of French Cooking [Volume 1] (Author) 3,111 copies, 26 reviews
The Way to Cook 1,145 copies, 10 reviews
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume Two (Author) 1,102 copies, 6 reviews
Julia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes from a Lifetime… 771 copies, 2 reviews
The French Chef Cookbook 694 copies, 3 reviews
Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Two-volume set) 682 copies, 1 review
Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home (Author) 576 copies, 3 reviews
As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto (Author) 507 copies, 12 reviews
From Julia Child's Kitchen 457 copies, 5 reviews
Julia Child & Company 332 copies, 2 reviews
Julia Child & More Company 232 copies, 3 reviews
Cooking with Master Chefs 195 copies
In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs 154 copies, 1 review
Julia Child's Menu Cookbook 112 copies
An American Feast : A Celebration of Cooking on Public Television 29 copies
Julia's Delicious Little Dinners: Six perfect small dinner parties to… 20 copies
Julia's Casual Dinners: Seven glorious menus for informal occasions 16 copies
Julia's Menus for Special Occasions: Six menus for special… 16 copies
Julia Child - The French Chef 14 copies
Julia Child: The Last Interview: and Other Conversations (The Last… 14 copies
Julia's Breakfasts, Lunches, and Suppers: Seven menus for the three main… 12 copies
People Who Love to Eat Are Always the Best People: And Other Wisdom 12 copies, 2 reviews
Lunch & Party Dishes (Vol. II) 8 copies
Julia Child! America's Favorite Chef 8 copies, 1 review
Complete dinners from The French chef cookbook 6 copies
Julia Child's Kitchen Wisdom 5 copies
The French Chef 2 with Julia Child 3 copies
Thirty Recipes from Mastering the Art of French Cooking (Author) 3 copies
Italian Food 3 copies
Desserts : de heerlijkste recepten uit de Franse keuken 3 copies
A culinary collection Julia Child at the Denver Art Museum 3 copies, 1 review
Kip en gevogelte : De heerlijkste recepten uit de Franse keuken 2 copies
The French Chef [TV series] 2 copies
People 1992.12.28 1 copy, 1 review
Ranskalaisen keittiön salaisuudet : 800 alkuperäistä ranskalaista… 1 copy
Julia Childs köksskola 1 copy
Baking with Julia Vol 2 1 copy
Baking with Julia : Sift, Knead, Flute, Flour, and Savor...… 1 copy
Baking with Julia by Julia Child 1st (first) Edition (1996) 1 copy
Julie and Julia 2 Pack: DVD Movie & Paperback Book of My Life in France 1 copy
My Life in France (An Abridged Production)[4-CD Set] (Author) 1 copy
Wine, Food & The Arts: Works Gathered By the American Institute of Wine… 1 copy
Julia Childs standaardwerk De kunst van het koken. Alexis Lichine's… 1 copy
Food And Wine Annual Review 1993 1 copy, 1 review
French Chef: Julia Child's French Classics 1 copy
Julia Child: The French Chef. Two cooking demonstrations, 1973 1 copy
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Also by Julia Child
Baking with Julia: Savor the Joys of Baking with America's Best Bakers (Original PBS Series) 837 copies, 9 reviews
Beard on Food (Introduction, some editions) 228 copies, 1 review
Eat, Memory: Great Writers at the Table: A Collection of Essays from the… (Contributor) 148 copies, 5 reviews
James Beard's Simple Foods (Foreword, some editions) 55 copies
Food and Wine Best of the Best Cookbook Recipes 2001 Volume 4 (Contributor) 47 copies
Florence and Eric Take the Cake (Narrator, some editions) 32 copies
Sainsbury's Masterclass (Contributor) 6 copies
WINE, FOOD & THE ARTS: WORKS GATHERED BY THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF WINE &… (Introduction, some editions) 1 copy
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Canonical name
Legal name
Child, Julia Carolyn
Other names
McWilliams, Julia Carolyn
Date of birth
1912-08-15
Date of death
2004-08-13
Burial location
Gender
female
Nationality
USA
Country (for map)
Birthplace
Pasadena, California, USA
Place of death
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Cause of death
Kidney failure
Places of residence
Pasadena, California, USA
Paris, France
New York, New York, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Santa Barbara, California, USA
Education
Smith College (B.A. ∙ history ∙ 1934)
Occupations
cookbook writer
television host
Relationships
Child, Paul (husband)
Prud'homme, Alex (nephew)
Jones, Judith B, (editor)
Organizations
Office of Strategic Services (WWII)
Smith College
Awards and honors
Legion d'Honneur (2000)
Presidential Medal of Freedom (2003)
Emblem of Meritorious Civilian Service
Agents
William Loverd
Short biography
Julia Child was born in Pasadena, California. She was graduated from Smith College and worked for the OSS during World War II in Ceylon and China, where she met Paul Child. After they married they lived in Paris, where she studied at the Cordon Bleu and taught cooking with Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, with whom she wrote the first volume of Mastering the Art of French Cooking (1961). In 1963, Boston's WGBH launched The French Chef television series, which made her a national celebrity, earning her the Peabody Award in 1965 and an Emmy in 1966. Several public television shows and numerous cookbooks followed.
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