This isn't just any cookery book. It is Mastering the Art of French Cooking, first published in 1961, and it's a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world-view; a votive object implying taste and appetite and a little je ne sais quoi. Julia Child was like Amelia Earhart, or Eleanor Roosevelt: she was a hero who'd gone out there and made a difference. Her books are a triumph, and also a trophy. AA GILL, The Times
- ISBN10 0141048417
- ISBN13 9780141048413
- Publish Date 26 October 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 5 January 2012
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 688
- Language English