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Happy 100th Birthday Julia Child!
Celebrate the Julia Child centennial cooking up some French cuisine or reading a dishy biography. Bon appetit!
Appetite for life: the biography of Julia Child by Noel Riley Fitch
As always, Julia: the letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: food, friendship, and the making of a masterpiece by selected and edited by Joan Reardon
A covert affair: Julia Child and Paul Child in the OSS by Jennet Conant
Dearie: the remarkable life of Julia Child by Bob Spitz
The French chef with Julia Child [videodisc] by produced by Russell Morash or Ruth Lockwood; directed by Russell Morash, David B. Atwood, Russell Fortier or David Griffiths
Julia and Jacques cooking at home by Julia Child and Jacques Pépin, with David Nussbaum; photographs by Christopher Hirsheimer
Mastering the art of French cooking. Volume 1 by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck; illustrations by Sidonie Coryn
Mastering the art of French cooking. Volume 2 by Julia Child and Simone Beck; illustrations by Sidonie Coryn, based on photographs by Paul Child who also contributed 36 drawings to the text
My life in France by Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme