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Julia Child

JULIA CHILD was born in Pasadena, California. She graduated from Smith College and worked for the OSS during World War II; afterward she lived in Paris, 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. In 1963, Boston’s WGBH launched The French Chef television series. Several public television shows and numerous cookbooks followed. She died in 2004.

Books

Staff Picks + Upcoming Titles: November

It’s a celebrity packed November! Tariq Trotter, one of hip-hop’s greatest MCs, shares his creative wisdom in The Upcycled Self. Grammy-nominated, chart-topping artist Marshmello invites you into his kitchen to learn 75 simple yet seriously delicious recipes in Cooking with Marshmello. And beloved actress Hilary Duff follows up on her bestselling children’s book, My Little Brave

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