Mastering the Art of French Cooking
Mastering the Art of French Cooking is a two-volume French cookbook written by Simone Beck and Louisette Bertholle, both of France, and Julia Child of the United States. The book was written for the American market and published by Knopf in 1961 (Volume 1) and 1970 (Volume 2). The success of Volume 1 resulted in Julia Child being given her own television show, "The French Chef", one of the first cooking programs on American television. Historian David Strauss argues that the publication of "Mastering the Art of French Cooking", "did more than any other event in the last half century to reshape the gourmet dining scene."
Noël Riley Fitch
New York University
Fales Library and Special Collections
Elmer Holmes Bobst Library
Guide to the Noël Riley Fitch Julia Child Papers 1912 - 2011 MSS 323
The Noël Riley Fitch Julia Child Papers consists largely of material related to the research, production, and reception of the best selling book Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child.