Warming Up Julia Child: The Remarkable Figures Who Shaped a Legend

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A Pulitzer prize-finalist peels back the curtain on an unexplored part of Julia Child'slifethe formidable team of six she collaborated with toshape her legendary career.

Julia Child's monumentalMastering the Art of French Cookingand iconic television showThe French Chefrequired a team of innovators to bring out her unique presence and personality.Warming Up Julia Childis behind-the-scenes look at this supporting team, revealing how the savvy of these helpers, collaborators, and supporters contributed to Julia's overwhelming success.

Juliais the central subject, but Helen Horowitz has her sharethe stage with those who aided her work. Shereveals that the most important element inJuliaChilds ultimate success was her unusual capacity for forming fruitful alliances, whether it wasPaulChild, Simone Beck, Avis DeVoto, Judith Jones and William Koshland (at Knopf),and Ruth Lockwood (at WGBH). Without the contribution of these six collaboratorsJuliacould never have accomplished what she did.

Filled with vivid correspondance, fascinating characters, and the iconicjoie de vivrethat makes us come back to Julia again and again,Warming Up Julia Childis essential reading for anyone who adores Julia and her legacy.

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"Horowitzs (A Taste for Provence, 2016) liberal use of Julias notebooks and diaries adds telling detail to this biography. The chef's many fans will deeply appreciate Horowitzs intimate insights into how Julia developed a network of talented, nurturing colleagues who helped transform her into a highly revered cultural icon." -- Booklist, starred review

Author Bio

Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz,Sydenham Clark Parsons Professor of American History and American Studies, emerita, Smith College, is a historian whose work has focused on the cultural history of the U.S. and on culturally important biographical subjects. Honors include the 2003 citation for her bookRereading Sex(Knopf, 2002) as one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize in History and the Merle Curti Award given by the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American social or intellectual history. In 2011 she (in conjunction with Patricia Hills) won the W.E. Fischelis Book Award of the Victorian Society of America forJohn Singer Sargent: Portraits in Praise of Women. Helen is also a well-known emerita professor at Smith College. The colleges large alumnae are unusually loyal to their alma mater, as wasJuliaChild during her lifetime.