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Although My Life in France was published several years ago, it bears a second look. With a major movie out, Julie & Julia, Julia Child has been called to center stage once more. In this brief biography, Child, with her grandnephew Alex Prud’homme, focuses on her years spent in her beloved second country, where it all started - France. And if you like food, you may find this to be a particularly appealing book, with lively descriptions of elaborate meals prepared, eaten, and enjoyed. Child discusses her early days in the world-famous Parisian cooking school L’Ecole du Cordon Bleu, with the hits and misses of cooking under the strict eyes of some of France’s best chefs. She also takes readers on a journey through her life in France, from restaurant to kitchen to picnic scene to dinner party, all glorious events revolving around food, drink, and joy. But the focus of the book is really the creation of Child's seminal work Mastering the Art of French Cooking, a book that was years in the making. Readers may feel like enjoying a celebratory meal when her masterpiece is finally published.

D. L. S.

Labels: autobiographies, cookery - French, Julia Child