My Life in France

By Julia Child and Alex Prud'Homme...I have been meaning to read this book for a long time, and now, with Julie and Julia coming to the big screen and part of this book being in the movie, I felt I wanted to read this sooner rather than later. I went on vacation and finished a couple of the books I had planned to read while I was gone, so I picked this one up to read on the way home. Ah, I admire Julia Child...I love that she married a man that took her to France to live away from her family...I love that she jumped into cooking with both feet...she admits she wasn't much of a cook before she was married and was inspired by eating a meal in France. From personal experience, I concur! Eating food in France will make you want to become a better cook and will also make you want to lift your nose in the air every time you taste sub par food. Hearing about her experience, learning to cook, trying out new recipes...thinking of writing a book...makes me want to do more with my cooking and baking! This doesn't cover her whole life...it was co-wrote with an author who finished the book after Julia passed away...and while there are snippets of her childhood, this picks up right about the time she is married and then carries the reader until her husband passes away. I highly recommend the book...read Julie and Julia if you haven't...it is also really good and makes you want to run out and buy Mastering the Art of French Cooking and taking a crack at it!