The Leonard Lopate Show

Julia Child's Life in France

When Julia Child died at age 91 in 2004, she left an unfinished memoir. Her grandnephew Alex Prud’Homme gathered her papers and put together My Life in France, Julia’s account of her formative years in France—when she learned to speak the language, appreciate a whole new way of life, and master the art of French cooking. Her longtime editor Judith Jones joins Alex Prud’Homme for a look back at how Julia found her true calling in a country she knew almost nothing about when she arrived in 1948.

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