But what Madame Gautier did not realize was that one year before, a bomb had been set off in the international world of French cuisine, and it had been lit by a tall, gangly American, a woman from Pasadena, who loved French food as much as Madame, and loved life and loved Paris even more. With the 1961 publication of the first volume of Mastering the Art of French Cooking, by Julia Child and her French collaborators, Simone Beck & Louisette Bertholle, Madame’s rants would be rendered ever more obsolete.
“Paris is heavenly. Such fun to wander about in it again. I think, more than ever, that I shall never get over Paris, and never find anyplace more to my tastes.” Julia Child, letter to Avis Devoto, March 26, 1954
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