Read a Non Fiction Food Book #9 on the Foodie Resolution List

So Last week I worked on Foodie Resolution number 1 organized my fridge.  I feel so much better now that it is looking so good.  This week I worked on Foodie Resolution 9 Read a non fiction food book. I just finished  Provence 1970 .  

The author is the great nephew of the food writer M.K. Fisher who wrote a journal about her experiences in France and more specifically about a group of well known culinary masters of the time.  The time was the winter of 1970.  The chefs featured in the book were Julia Child, James Beard, Richard Olney, Simone Beck and Judith Jones who came together for one week to cook and share good times,

A long time ago I thought I might study cuisine in Europe.  Unfortunately, my very practical Gemini twin intervened and I ended up as an Assistant Manger of a hospital kitchen.  So very boring that I want back to school to study computer applications which turned out to be a little more interesting. 

But I have always been fascinated by people like Julie Child and the other early famous food personalities.  I was too young to follow the show The French Chef starring Julia Child but I did occasionally watch her show Julia Child and Company. Honestly I did not particularly like the show but I had a lot of admiration for the woman.  She stayed true to herself and she always made me smile.  She had a very unusual voice and when she made a mistake on her show she just continued as if nothing were wrong.  She was the pioneer of the cooking show.  I often wonder if she were to try out for a show on the Food Network if she would get the job.  Some how I am not so sure. 

 
None the less it is a very interesting and easy to read book.  So you might want to give it a try.