The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food
by Judith Jones
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Author: Judith JonesEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-23
ISBN: 0307264955
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Knopf
Book Reviews of The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food
Book Review: I bought a few Knopf cookbooks!
Summary: 4 Stars
I found that as I was reading this book I wanted to investigate the cookbooks the author played a part in developing and editing. So far I've got Nela's, Jaffrey's and an updated version of Roden's Middle Eastern cookbook - which looks lovely just sitting on my coffee table! This book is a bit heavy on the name dropping, and some of the photos are a tad odd, but it is interesting to read about how this genre of "book" evolved. Jones guides us into the minds of great cooks and writers - allowing us to learn about their thinking processes - as well as their own foibles and insecurities.
Summary of The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food
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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