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''This isn''t just any cookery book. It is Mastering the Art of French Cooking, first published in 1961, and it''s a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world-view; a votive object implying taste and appetite and a little je ne sais quoi. Julia Child was like Amelia Earhart, or Eleanor Roosevelt: she was a hero who''d gone out there and made a difference. Her books are a triumph, and also a trophy'' A. A. Gill, The Times

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Mastering the Art of French Cooking Vol.1

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    A Paperback / softback by Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 24/11/2011
      ISBN13: 9780241956465, 978-0241956465
      ISBN10: 0241956463
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      ''This isn''t just any cookery book. It is Mastering the Art of French Cooking, first published in 1961, and it''s a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world-view; a votive object implying taste and appetite and a little je ne sais quoi. Julia Child was like Amelia Earhart, or Eleanor Roosevelt: she was a hero who''d gone out there and made a difference. Her books are a triumph, and also a trophy'' A. A. Gill, The Times

      Trade Review
      As close to a divine text as you can get -- Matthew Fort * Guardian *

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