i enjoyed listening to this audible on my drive to and from work. Julia Child was something else. Besides her love for cooking she was into politics, opinions on sexuality. She founded scholarships. i use to like watching her when i as a lot younger and would laugh while she cooked. She was entertaining.
#juliachilds #lovecooking
Favorite way to spend a Sunday afternoon, curled up with a mug of sweet coffee and a book. Frank Lloyd Wright is my all time favorite architect, I‘m loving reading about him, while also developing some serious judgements on his character. Character faults aside he is without a doubt a master of architecture
so-soA pretty edition and a nice writer, but there‘s not much here. Bibliography is thin, and it devolves into a chapter by chapter Schmoopy book report of the Comedia. Maybe I would have liked it better if it was the first book I had read on Dante. (side note - never thought of reading the bibliography first. Maybe I should do that more often. Here it‘s four not-really-filled pages.)
She‘s like, seriously dad, another book? Do you realize how many you have started recently? (She‘s not wrong.) But I‘ve picked this as my next Dante book before I hunt down a good copy of his Rimes. Lewis‘s book on Florence is wonderful and was one of my spiritual guides to the city during my honeymoon back in 2000 (the other being my wife...who knew the city and a bit about me too.)
pickI thoroughly enjoyed reading this, and as I do any time I read a book about food, I bought some new kitchen utensils, pulled out cookbooks I haven't used in awhile, and planned some meals. Looking forward to cooking some of Julia's meals soon! Thanks again for sending this book to me @Mitch!
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Sunday morning reading ☕📚 #coffeeandabook
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Listening to this story and how impactful she was in trying to teach Americans to value a cooked meal as well as pushing more women to be chefs was exactly what I needed. It was definitely a surprise to hear the chapter on her homophonic views and how they influenced her relationships with well known gay chefs in America. Being someone who loves a good book on food and the culture surrounding it, I highly suggest taking a listen (or read).
