{"product_id":"as-always-julia-the-letters-of-julia-child-and-avis-devoto-food-friendship-and-the-making-of-a-masterpiece","title":"As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eAs Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJoan Reardon\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780547417714\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eHoughton Mifflin Harcourt\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Volumes: \u003c\/b\u003e2\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e416\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eWith her outsize personality, Julia Child is known around the world by her first name alone. But despite that familiarity, how much do we \u003ci\u003ereally \u003c\/i\u003eknow of the inner Julia? Now more than 200 letters exchanged between Julia and Avis DeVoto, her friend and unofficial literary agent memorably introduced in the hit movie \u003ci\u003eJulie \u0026amp; Julia\u003c\/i\u003e, open the window on Julia's deepest thoughts and feelings. This riveting correspondence, in print for the first time, chronicles the blossoming of a unique and lifelong friendship between the two women and the turbulent process of Julia's creation of \u003ci\u003eMastering the Art of French Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e, one of the most influential cookbooks ever written. Frank, bawdy, funny, exuberant, and occasionally agonized, these letters show Julia, first as a new bride in Paris, then becoming increasingly worldly and adventuresome as she follows her diplomat husband in his postings to Nice, Germany, and Norway. With commentary by the noted food historian Joan Reardon, and covering topics as diverse as the lack of good wine in the United States, McCarthyism, and sexual mores, these astonishing letters show America on the verge of political, social, and gastronomic transformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Houghton Mifflin Harcourt","offers":[{"title":"As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece | Joan Reardon | Hardcover | 9780547417714 | Used: Like New | Letters \u0026 Diaries 1760457 (temp: 28)","offer_id":49287621804184,"sku":"1760457","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/811Y_zO9oQL.jpg?v=1781892483","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/as-always-julia-the-letters-of-julia-child-and-avis-devoto-food-friendship-and-the-making-of-a-masterpiece","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}