#23 My Life in France by Julia Child, Alex Prud'Homme

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This was a really great read. Not only do you find out about Julia Child's journey learning how to cook French food but you also get a slice of how life was in the 1950's as well. I did get hungry reading the book and I also broke down and got her cookbooks.  The book goes into quite a bit of detail about writing the cook book and was a surprise to me how many times it was rejected.  If you like bios or travel books about Europe this will be an enjoyable read.



                                                                         

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In the book she talks about how she updated one of the baking recipes that tells people to use an asbestos tile in the oven and hit it with water to get steam to get the right crust.

I'll have to look for the Rombauer book.

I've heard people talk about recutting the movie to slice out all the Julie scenes.