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The definitive biography of Julia Child—with access to Julia's diaries and letters—written by the author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed The Beatles and timed to Julia's 100th birthday. From Pasadena to Cambridge to New York, Washington, D.C., India, Ceylon, Paris, Marseilles,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Phila Cousins: A granddaughter of Caro
- Madeleine Kamman: A harsh critic of Julia's
- Ronald Reagan: California actor who became President of the United States
- John Updike: Famous author
- Dorothy Deane McWilliams: Julia's sister
- Tom Johnston: A young man that broke Julia's heart
- Pierre Franey: A former chef at Le Pavillon who was something of a rival of Julia's
- George Picard: A supervisor of Paul's while in France
- Jasper White: A Boston chef and friend of Julia's
- Betty McIntosh: A woman who worked with Julia in Asia during WW II
- William Donovan: Formed America's first intelligence gathering agency
- Roger Vergé: A chef
- Dorothy de Santillana: One of Houghton's leading editors and former cooking student
- Julia Child: Famous for bringing French cuisine into American homes
- Edward Filene: Bertha's lover that took an interest in Paul and Charlie
- Erica Prud'homme: Charles' grand-niece
- Joan Lunden: Host of Good Morning America
- M. F. K. Fisher: Columnist for The New Yorker
- Robert Mondavi: A winemaker and enterpriser
- Jean Fischbacher: Simca's husband
- Jess Jackson: Owner of Kendall-Jackson winery and sponsor of one of Julia's shows
- George Stevens: A playmate of Julia's brother who was murdered by his father
- Eric Spivey: A fan and friend
- Paul Child: Julia's husband who was a civil servant and diplomat
- Bill Truslow: Julia's lawyer
- Regis Philbin: Famous talk show host
- Fisher Howe: high-level diplomat
- Madame Élisabeth Brassart: Director of Le Cordon Bleu
- Tom Snyder: Host of Tomorrow
- Richard Nixon: President of the United States that was impeached and resigned
- Ruth Lockwood: Russ Morash's assistant
- Jon Child: Charlie's son
- Richard Sanford: Co-owner of Sanford winery
- David Hartman: Host who often served as Julia's on-screen foil
- Ivan Cousins: Man that Julia's sister Dort becomes engaged to despite rumors of his homosexuality
- Dr. Tim Johnson: Medical news adviser on Good Morning America
- Simca Fischbacher: First approached Julia with a cookbook idea and stayed with her throughout her career
- Pat Pratt: Smith alumna who became close to Julia
- Angus Cameron: An editor at Knopf
- Emeril Lagasse: Famous chef and tv personality
- Max Bugnard: Julia's teacher and mentor at Le Cordon Bleu
- Jo Duff: A life-long friend of Julia's
- Dione Lucas: First female graduate of Le Cordon Bleu
- Charlie Hall: Julia's friend's brother with whom her brother John played
- Dan Aykroyd: Famous comedian who started on Saturday Night Live before getting into movies
- Katy Gates: One of Julia's friends from Pasadena
- Dick Graff: Winemaker at Chalone
- Avis DeVoto: A close friend of Julia's who opens a connection with Houghton publishing
- Marian Morash: Russ' wife who worked with Julia in television
- Paul Brooks: Houghton Mifflin's editor in chief
- John McWilliams Jr.: Husband of Caro and Julia's father
- John McWilliams Sr.: Julia's grandfather and John, Jr.'s father who was very rigid and structured
- Debby Howe: Wife of Fisher Howe and an old intelligence friend
- Bertha Child: Paul's mother
- Sheryl Julian: food editor of The Boston Globe
- Helmut Ripperger: Editor for Ives Washburn
- Daniel Boulud: Famous chef
- Jo McWilliams: Caro's sister in law
- Linda McJennett: An old friend of Paul's and wife of John McJennett
- Helen Gahagan Douglas: Nixon's opponent for a Congressional seat
- Elizabeth David: Author of French Country Cooking
- Eero Saarinen: An architect who worked with Paul in Washington, D.C.
- Jean-Georges Vongerichten: Famous chef
- Barbara Kafka: A friend of Julia's and James Beard's
- Jonathan Waxman: Famous chef
- Louis Mountbatten: British Supreme Allied Commander, South East Asia Command
- Tommy Hamilton: Gaffer who turned the World Trade Center disasters on for Julia
- Sumner Putnam: An editor at the Ives Washburn Company
- Geoffrey Drummond: TV producer who pitches a new show to Julia
- Al Franken: SNL writer who wrote the skit on Julia for Dan Akroyd
- René Verdon: French chef hired for the White House
- Jody Adams: Prominent chef from the Boston area
- Jacques Pépin: A top chef who was close friends with Julia
- Thekla Sanford: Wife of Richard and co-owner of Sanford Winery
- Alfred Knopf: Head of Alfred Knopf publishing who publishes Julia's book
- David McWilliams: John McWilliams' brother with whom he was a somewhat rival
- Michael McCarty: Prominent Californian chef
- George Merlis: In charge of extending the ABC Family and Good Morning America's executive producer
- Albert Duhamel: Prominent teacher at Boston College
- Odell: Small town where John McWilliams opened his bank and created his wealth
- Henri Babinski: Aka, Ali-Bab, author of the Encyclopedia of Practical Gastronomy
- Freddie Child: Charlie's wife who helps Julia learn to cook
- Stephanie Hersh: Julia's personal assistant
- Donald Cutler: Handler of WGBH's literary rights
- Paul Bocuse: Prominent chef
- Bob Johnson: A lawyer who represented Julia
- Louisette Bertholle: One of the women that Julia befriends in Paris and with whom she begins to write her first cook book
- Sally Jackson: Publicist on the Boston food scene
- Lydia Shire: Prominent chef
- Jeremiah Tower: Prominent Californian chef
- Philip Johnson: One of the designers of The Four Seasons
- Jean-François Thibault: Simca's nephew
- Kathie Lee Gifford: Famous co-host of a morning talk show with Regis Philbin
- Charles Tripler Child: Paul's father
- Dennis McDougal: Chandler family chronicler
- Auguste Escoffier: Famed French chef
- Miffy Goodhart: Assistant producer of People Are Reading
- Ives Washburn: Publishing company that Julia first attempts to be published by
- Nancy Silverton: A chef and friend of Julia's
- Alice Waters: Prominent Californian chef
- Paul Nitze: Harvard buddy of Charlie's
- Minou: Julia's cat
- Robert Gottlieb: Knopf's editor in chief
- Helen McCully: Editor at McCall's food pages
- Blanche Knopf: Alfred Knopf's wife
- Hélène Baltrusaitis: A friend of Julia's in Paris who helped her with her French
- Henri-Paul Pellaprat: Pastry chef who co-founded Le Cuisiniere Cordon Bleu
- Paul Bertholle: Louisette's second husband
- Richard Olney: A food writer whom Julia admired
- Madame Saint-Ange: Writer of a French cookbook
- Josie McCarthy: TV cooking personality
- Prince Curnonsky: French food critic
- Bernard DeVoto: Avis' husband and writer
- John McJennett: Companion of Julia's later in life
- Albert Wedemeyer: Mountbatten's American chief of staff
- Ali-Bab: Pseudonym for Henri Babinski
- Katie Nevins: Julia's school friend
- Michael Field: Editor of Julia's book, The Cooking of Provincial France
- Suzy Patterson: Writer for the Associated Press living in Paris
- Gregory Bateson: Worked for Morale Operations of the OSS to develop psychological warfare
- Pierre Mangelatte: A chef from Restaurant des Artistes
- Francis Stevens: Friend of John McWilliams who killed his family
- Graham Kerr: The Galloping Gourmet
- Rachel Child: Charlie's daughter
- Byron Curtis Weston: Caro's wealthy father, Julia's maternal grandfather
- Mark Miller: Prominent chef
- Alex Prud'homme: A distant nephew
- Nancy Barr: One of Julia's kitchen assistants
- Jane Friedman: Head of HarperCollins
- Irving Berlin: Famous songwriter and composer
- Bob Larsen: Program manager at WGBH
- Russ Morash: Friend of Julia's
- Joseph Baum: A decisive role player in shifting American cuisine
- Jane Bartleman: Astrologer who made predictions to Paul
- Dr. Koonce: Doctor who treated Julia
- Sara Moulton: One of Julia's assistants
- John F. Kennedy: President of the United States who was assassinated
- Dorothy Weston: Caro's sister whom she took care of while she suffered from tuberculosis
- Jack Moore: Developer of maps for ERES that worked for Paul
- Craig Claiborne: Food editor of The New York Times
- Ethel Ettlinger: Woman who proposed a toast to women and their hard work at Le Club's yearly feast and helped launch the Gourmettes
- Aunt Theodora: Julia's aunt on the East Coast with whom she stays for a while
- Tony Schulte: Knopf's financial man
- Wolfgang Puck: Famous chef
- John Roosevelt: FDR's son
- Corby Kummer: A food writer
- Charlie Chaplin: Famous actor in silent movies
- Raymond Calvel: Head of Ecole Professionnelle de Meunerie in Paris
- Judith Jones: An editor that played a major role in Julia's career
- Charlie Gibson: Introduced Julia's segments on Good Morning America
- Gordon Hamersley: Young chef who Julia sent to Jasper and Lydia to learn
- Ernest Hemingway: Renowned author of The Old Man and the Sea and other novels
- George W. Bush: President of the United States
- J. G. Boswell: Neighbor and friend of John McWilliams who benefitted from his influence and clout
- James Beard: Famous teacher and chef who became a friend to Julia
- John Kenneth Galbraith: Prolific author who lived near Julia
- Evan Jones: Writer and Judith's husband
- Fannie Farmer: Author of a popular early American cookbook
- Harrison Chandler: Man who pursued marriage with Julia early on
- Louis Diat: Author of a cookbook that Julia researched
- Mary Case: Julia's roommate her freshman year at Smith
- Jack Sidell: Banker who gave Jasper White his loan for his restaurant
- Anne Willan: Cooking teacher and friend of the Childs
- Rosie Manell: Friend of Julia's who helped her test recipes while Paul was ill
- Rebecca Alssid: Ran the culinary arts program at Boston College
- Clark Wolf: An acolyte of James Beard
- Sonya Selby-Wright: Brit in charge of Family and a friend of Julia's
- Edith Kennedy: Paul's first love
- Irma Rombauer: Author of The Joy of Cooking
- Michael Batterberry: An acquaintance of James Beard
- Gladys Birch: Bookstore owner who encouraged Louisette to write a cookbook
- Jane Foster: A woman with whom Paul had a flirtation before he met Julia
- Bill Koshland: An executive at Knopf
- Philip Johnson: One of the designers of The Four Seasons
Setting & Locations edit
- Paris
- New York
- Pasadena
- France
- Cambridge
- California
- Washington
- Good Morning America
- Boston
- United States
- Europe
- Santa Barbara
- China
- Kandy
- Los Angeles
- Ceylon
- Oslo
- Phila
- Germany
- Provence
- Norway
- Kunming
- Chongqing
- Chicago
- New England
- Roo De Loo
- Princeton
- Massachusetts
- Maine
- D.c.
- San Francisco
- Marseille
- Rouen
- Bramafam
- West Coast
- Hollywood
- Irving Street
- India
- Fairlawn
- Italy
- Cannes
- San Malo
- Plascassier
- Illinois
- Southeast Asia
- White House
- Stride
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Publication Date: August 7, 2012
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Page Count: 576
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