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Tenth Muse My Life in Food

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ISBN-10: 0307264955

ISBN-13: 9780307264954

Edition: 2007

Authors: Judith Jones

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From the legendary editor who helped shape modern cookbook publishing--one of the food world's most admired figures--an evocative and inspiring memoir. Living in Paris after World War II, Judith Jones broke free of the bland American food she had been raised on and reveled in everyday French culinary delights. On returning to the States--hoping to bring some "joie de cuisine" to America--she published Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking. "The rest is publishing and gastronomic history. A new world now opened up to Jones: discovering, with her husband, Evan, the delights of "American" food; working with the tireless Julia; absorbing the wisdom of James Beard; understanding…    
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Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/23/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Judith Jones is Senior Editor and Vice President at Alfred A. Knopf. Judith has worked for the company since 1957, beginning as an editor working on translations of French writers. She had worked before that for Doubleday, both in New York and Paris, where she was responsible for recommending The Diary of Anne Frank. Judith has developed a list of first-rate cookbook writers; her authors have included Julia Child, James Beard, Joan Nathan, Jacques P�pin, among many others. Jones is the coauthor on a number of books with Evan Jones (her late husband) and Angus Cameron. Judith has written My Life in Food (2007) and The Pleasures of Cooking for One (2009). She has contributed to Vogue,…