# Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol.1

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- Book: [Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol.1](https://www.bookquiver.com/julia-child/mastering-the-art-of-french-cooking-vol1) ([Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Vol.1.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/julia-child/mastering-the-art-of-french-cooking-vol1.md))
- Authors: [Julia Child](https://www.bookquiver.com/julia-child), [Simone Beck](https://www.bookquiver.com/simone-beck), [Louisette Bertholle](https://www.bookquiver.com/louisette-bertholle)
- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-02-4195-646-5
- Pages: 784
- Published: 2011-11-24
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

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