Appetite for Life by Noel Riley Fitch

2012-05-01T00:30:00-05:00

Appetite for Life The Biography of Julia Child
Written by Noel Riley Fitch

Trade Paperback, 608 pages | Anchor | Biography & Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography - Women; Cooking - African | $18.95 | 978-0-307-94838-0 (0-307-94838-2)

Julia Child entered the lives of millions of Americans with her bestselling cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking; her popular and long-running cooking show, The French Chef; and her beloved memoir, My Life in France. In this intimate and revealing biography, based on exclusive interviews and scores of private letters and diaries, Noel Riley Fitch leads us through her incredible life.

We travel with Julia from her exuberant youth in California to her raucous days at Smith College; from her volunteer service with the OSS during World War II to the day she met Paul Child, the man with whom she would enjoy a fifty year marriage. We’re with her when she takes her first culinary course at 37 and discovers her true calling; when she begins work on her landmark cookbook and suffers the rejections of most publishers in New York. And when finally her vision strikes a chord with a generation of Americans tired of bland cuisine, we’re there to share in the making of a legend.

Julia Child became a household name by resisting fads and narrow conventions, by being the quintessential teacher and an inspiration to modern women, and by doing it all with her trademark humor and aplomb. Appetite for Life is her truly remarkable story.

If I Can Cook/You Know God Can by Ntzoake Shange

1999-01-01T00:30:00-05:00

If I Can Cook/You Know God Can
Edited by Ntzoake Shange

Trade Paperback, 128 pages | Beacon Press | Biography & Autobiography - People of Color; Cooking - African; Cooking - History | $12.00 | 978-0-8070-7241-7 (0-8070-7241-9)

Acclaimed artist Ntozake Shange offers this delightfully eclectic tribute to black cuisine as a food of life that reflects the spirit and history of a people. With recipes such as "Cousin Eddie's Shark with Breadfruit" and "Collard Greens to Bring You Money," Shange instructs us in the nuances of a cuisine born on the slave ships of the Middle Passage, spiced by the jazz of Duke Ellington, and shared by all members of the African Diaspora. Rich with personal memories and historical insight, If I Can Cook/You Know God Can is a vivid story of the migration of a people, and the cuisine that marks their living legacy and celebration of taste.

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Appetite for Life by Noel Riley Fitch

Appetite for Life The Biography of Julia ChildWritten by Noel Riley Fitch

If I Can Cook/You Know God Can by Ntzoake Shange

If I Can Cook/You Know God Can Edited by Ntzoake Shange

Appetite for Life The Biography of Julia Child
Written by Noel Riley Fitch

If I Can Cook/You Know God Can
Edited by Ntzoake Shange