My Life in France

The book explains how Child fell in love with food when she and her husband moved to France, because it was just so good. It was so much more thought out and finessed than American food was, and her love affair with it is just delightful to read. The way she describes the tastes and smells had me wishing I could be right there in France along with her, tasting that fish with the perfect buttery sauce.

You learn all about the process of learning to cook for her, in Paris at Le Cordon Bleu. She didn't grow up knowing how to cook, she just learned it all! I hadn't known that. The book also goes through the years-long process of writing her first cookbook, Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

I gobbled this book up! If you enjoyed watching Child on TV or the movie Julie & Julia or you just love the romanticism of cooking and French cuisine, you'll love this one. Five stars.

See my full review here: http://www.literaryquicksand.com/2017/10/review-life-france/