The Tenth Muse: My Life in Food
by Judith Jones
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Author: Judith JonesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-14
ISBN: 0307277445
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: Delicious Descriptions of Eating Well
Summary: 5 Stars
"But, for all the seductions of Italy and the Cote d' Azur that Sarah and I traveled along by train, stopping at little seaside towns like Cassis, it was Paris that captured my heart."
~ pg. 19
If you are interested in cooking at all then Judith Jones' "The Tenth Muse" is required reading. In this book she tells the story of her life and how it intermingled with the culinary stars of her day.
I loved how she starts the book reminiscing about Chocolate Steamed Pudding and Apple Brown Betty. She then explains her involvement with various cooks I'd never heard of like Irene Kuo and Claudia Roden. I got the feeling that she nurtured each author in such a way as to make them much more successful. I felt this was especially true as she describes working with Julia Child.
Throughout the book you will get a sense of how adventurous Judith Jones is. She will really try just about anything that sounds good. I think this is one of the reasons she was so successful working with authors who introduced foreign foods to a willing American audience. In this book she seems to focus on French, Indian, Chinese and Japanese foods.
Judith Jones truly conveys the excitement of new discoveries with a tantalizing relish. I loved her warm captivating writing style that draws you into her intriguing stories that are filled with delicious descriptions. A fifth of this book is also dedicated to her favorite recipes.
Ever since I received a very nice rejection letter from Judith Jones I've always been mildly curious about her life. She helped me immensely by stating that my instructions in my recipes were too truncated. That made me change my style of writing. She also liked the headers so that gave me some encouragement to publish my book myself. So even though Knopf didn't want to publish my book Judith Jones was influential in my life because she gave me a renewed sense of confidence I didn't have before.
Highly Recommended!
~The Rebecca Review
Author of Seasoned with Love: A collection of best-loved recipes inspired by over 40 cultures
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-comes this evocative and inspiring memoir.Living in Paris after World War II, Jones broke free of bland American food and reveled in everyday French culinary delights. On returning to the States 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 as she discovered, with her husband Evan, the delights of American food, publishing some of the premier culinary luminaries of the twentieth century: from Julia Child, James Beard, and M.F.K. Fisher to Claudia Roden, Edna Lewis, and Lidia Bastianich. Here also are fifty of Jones's favorite recipes collected over a lifetime of cooking-each with its own story and special tips. The Tenth Muse is an absolutely charming memoir by a woman who was present at the creation of the American food revolution and played a pivotal role in shaping it.
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