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My Life in Food
Knopf
November 2007
On Sale: October 23, 2007
304 pages
ISBN: 0307264955
EAN: 9780307264954
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
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 food as memory through the writings of Claudia
Roden and Madhur Jaffrey; demystifying the techniques of
Chinese cookery with Irene Kuo; absorbing the Italian way
through the warmth of Lidia Bastianich; and working with
Edna Lewis, Marion Cunningham, Joan Nathan, and other
groundbreaking cooks. Jones considers matters of taste (can it be acquired?). She
discusses the vagaries of vegetable gardening in the
Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and the joys of foraging in the
woods and meadows. And she writes about M.F.K. Fisher: as
mentor, friend, and the source of luminous insight into the
arts of eating, living, and aging. Embellished with fifty recipes—each with its own story and
special tips—this is an absolutely charming memoir by a
woman who was present at the creation of the American food
revolution and played a seminal role in shaping it.
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