Julia Child''s Kitchen: The Design, Tools, Stories, and Legacy of an Iconic Space

Julia Child's Kitchen is a gorgeous dive into the beloved cookbook author and television stars favorite place in the worldher home kitchenand how this space has influenced the ways we cook today.

Foreword by Jacques Pépin

This book, a beautifully designed tribute to Julia Child's legacy, is a musthave for every serious home cook and Julia Child fan.

Including interviews with famous chefs who knew Julia well, commentary on her favorite kitchen gadgets, and a stunning array of photos, Julia Childs Kitchen illuminates the stories behind the rooms design, use, and significance, revealing how Julia Child continues to impact food and cooking today.

Julia Child's 20 x 14 kitchen was a serious workspace and recipetesting lab that exuded a sense of midcentury homey comfort. It has been on display at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C., for most of the past twenty years, and museum goers have made it a top destination.

Between lively narrative, compelling photography, and detailed commentary on Julia's favorite kitchen gadgets, Julia Child's Kitchen illuminates the stories behind the room's design, use, significance, and legacy, showing how deeply Julia Child continues to influence food today.

The kitchen contains more than one thousand parts and piecestools, appliances, utensils, furniture, artwork, knickknacks, books, and bits of whimsyall reflecting Julias status as an accomplished chef, gastronome, delightful cooking teacher, television trailblazer, womens advocate, mentor, and generous, jovial friend.

Authored by Paula J. Johnson, one of the original collectors and keepers of Julia Childs home kitchen for the past twentyone years at the Smithsonians National Museum of American History.

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