My favorite read, while on the road, was from my new favorite author, Karen Karbo. I love her Kick Ass Women series.
In 2016, we toured Washington, DC and ended one day at the Smithsonian's American History Museum. With our limited time, we focused on the Food Exhibition and Julia Child, who I loved. Legendary cook and teacher Julia Child (1912–2004) had a tremendous impact on food and culinary history in America. Through her books and television series, which spanned forty years, she encouraged people to care about food and cooking. She inspired many Americans to conquer their fears of the unfamiliar and to expand their ideas about ingredients and flavors, tools and techniques, and meals in general.
The above photo was Julia in her Paris apartment in 1948. She was 6'3" and this apartment shows her 'magnitude'. So much of Ms. Karbo's book is focused in this kitchen.
In 1976, Julia Child wrote an essay for Architectural Digest about her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In it she called her kitchen "the beating heart and social center of the household ... both practical and beautiful, a working laboratory as well as a living and dining room." This this her actual American kitchen. It contains tools and equipment from the late 1940s, when Julia Child began her life in food, through to 2001, when she donated this kitchen to the Smithsonian Institution. Oh my gosh. Ms. Karbo's book captured the awesomeness of this wonderful space. I could totally see Julia working her culinary magic here.Julia Child Rules: Lessons on Savoring Life was one of those books that makes one feel like the subject, and the author, could be your friend. I learned so much about both women. Don't we all need lessons on savoring life? What fun.And just for fun, I thought I'd throw in a photo of me from my world class love affair with Paris. In 2000, we rented an apartment and spent a month in The City of Light. It was magical and though our kitchen was certainly not "the beating heart and social center of the household" it was home in Paris and that was worth savoring... très merveilleux."Life itself is the proper binge." -Julia Child
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Wow, I might have to borrow that book from you!
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